Press Alt-Left arrow to move backward or Alt-Right arrow to move. Quote, quotation mark, or inverted commas. Press Alt-Spacebar to open the shortcut menu for the active application window. Open brace, squiggly brackets, or curly bracket.Ĭlose brace, squiggly brackets, or curly bracket.įorward slash, solidus, virgule, whack, and mathematical division symbol. Octothorpe, number, pound, sharp, or hash.Īsterisk, mathematical multiplication symbol, and sometimes called a star. Information about the F13 through F24 keyboard keys.Īlternate key (PC only Mac users have an Option key).Īcute, back quote, grave, grave accent, left quote, open quote, or a push.Įxclamation mark, exclamation point, or arobase, asperand, at, or at symbol. PC keyboards also have a Menu key that looks like a cursor pointing to a menu. PC keyboards have a Windows key that looks like a four-pane, wavy window.Īpple Mac computers have a Command with a symbol resembling a cloverleaf. Ctrl+A: Select all of the text on the page or in the active window. Listing of non-alphanumeric keys Key/symbol They can help you perform commonly repeated tasks, like copying and pasting text. Clicking any of the keys opens a new page with full details. You can hover your mouse cursor over any key to see a description. Example of a keyboardīelow is a close-up image of a QWERTY computer keyboard with each of the keys selectable. For information on keyboard shortcut combinations (e.g., Ctrl+ S or Alt+ F4), see our computer keyboard shortcuts page.