How to Create a New File (Shortcut)

by Paul Blasgen on March 23rd, 2010

In PowerPoint, Word and Excel, the quickest way to create a new blank file is to use the keyboard shortcut Ctrl + N.

Previous Tips:

  • In Word to quickly select a word, double-click on it.
  • In Word to quickly select a paragraph, triple-click on it.
  • To quickly access Help in most programs press the F1 funtion key
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+A means Select All
  • In Word, to clickly select an entire sentence, hover your mouse over a sentence, hold down the Ctrl key and click once.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+Z means Undo.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+C means Copy.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+X is a shortcut for Cut.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+V is a shortcut for Paste.
  • In most PC programs Ctrl+O is a shortcut to the Open dialog.

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