Anatomy of a keyboard
9/7/13
Anatomy of a Keyboard | Ctrl+Alt+Design
Ctrl+Alt+Design blog of graphic designer and artist – shannon crutchfield
AUG 11 2011
2 COMMENTS
BY SHANCRUTCHFIELD DESIGN EFFICIENCY
Anatomy of a Keyboard
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In my last post I mentioned I would talk about more than just keyboard shortcuts, but since it is one of the basic elements in efficiency when designing on the computer I thought it appropriate to begin with.
Keyboard shortcuts save time. Plain and simple. And they allow you to make the most of your primary tool, the computer. If you hired a mechanic that charged by the hour you would take comfort in knowing that he/she knew their tools well enough to fix your vehicle in the most time efficient way possible. The same should stand for designers as well. In other words to become a master of your machine you must first master your command center: the keyboard.
Why discuss keyboard shortcuts when you could just look them up on one of hundreds of the websites out there? I know. But when I see a really long list on a website that I have to sort through and remember up to 2 or 3 shortcuts at a time I become easily frustrated, and it’s because the list seems so ctrlaltdesign.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/anatomy-of-a-keyboard/ 1/6
9/7/13
Anatomy of a Keyboard | Ctrl+Alt+Design
daunting. It’s not easy to remember shortcuts if you don’t use them religiously every day like ctrl(or cmnd)+c and ctrl{cmnd+v). The problem lies in knowing the function of the keys you are using. It was difficult to find any websites that really gave the anatomy of a keyboard so I created these diagrams depending on your weapon of choice (PC or Mac) and short understandable explanations of what important keys on your keyboard actually do. Gaining the foundation in knowing what the basic key functions mean will offer an easier route to remembering all the standard keyboard shortcuts.
Anatomy of a Keyboard | Ctrl+Alt+Design
Ctrl+Alt+Design blog of graphic designer and artist – shannon crutchfield
AUG 11 2011
2 COMMENTS
BY SHANCRUTCHFIELD DESIGN EFFICIENCY
Anatomy of a Keyboard
(http://ctrlaltdesign.files.wordpress.com/2011/08/anatomy-header.gif)
In my last post I mentioned I would talk about more than just keyboard shortcuts, but since it is one of the basic elements in efficiency when designing on the computer I thought it appropriate to begin with.
Keyboard shortcuts save time. Plain and simple. And they allow you to make the most of your primary tool, the computer. If you hired a mechanic that charged by the hour you would take comfort in knowing that he/she knew their tools well enough to fix your vehicle in the most time efficient way possible. The same should stand for designers as well. In other words to become a master of your machine you must first master your command center: the keyboard.
Why discuss keyboard shortcuts when you could just look them up on one of hundreds of the websites out there? I know. But when I see a really long list on a website that I have to sort through and remember up to 2 or 3 shortcuts at a time I become easily frustrated, and it’s because the list seems so ctrlaltdesign.wordpress.com/2011/08/11/anatomy-of-a-keyboard/ 1/6
9/7/13
Anatomy of a Keyboard | Ctrl+Alt+Design
daunting. It’s not easy to remember shortcuts if you don’t use them religiously every day like ctrl(or cmnd)+c and ctrl{cmnd+v). The problem lies in knowing the function of the keys you are using. It was difficult to find any websites that really gave the anatomy of a keyboard so I created these diagrams depending on your weapon of choice (PC or Mac) and short understandable explanations of what important keys on your keyboard actually do. Gaining the foundation in knowing what the basic key functions mean will offer an easier route to remembering all the standard keyboard shortcuts.