There are a lot of applications that you can use on your computer, and many of them have keyboard shortcuts that you can use to make them easier to use. Here are some of the most popular applications that have keyboard shortcuts, and how you can create them for them.

  1. Windows Media Player: To make Windows Media Player easier to use, create a shortcut to the “Windows Media Player” application on your desktop. This shortcut will open the Windows Media Player application with a keyboard shortcut instead of a mouse button click.
  2. Outlook: To make Outlook easier to use, create a shortcut to the “Outlook” application on your desktop. This shortcut will open the Outlook application with a keyboard shortcut instead of a mouse button click.
  3. Adobe Photoshop: To make Adobe Photoshop easier to use, create a shortcut to the “Adobe Photoshop” application on your desktop. This shortcut will open the Adobe Photoshop application with a keyboard shortcut instead of a mouse button click.
  4. Microsoft Excel: To make Microsoft Excel easier to use, create a shortcut to the “Microsoft Excel” application on your desktop. This shortcut will open the Microsoft Excel application with a keyboard shortcut instead of an arrow key press and hold down the left mouse button until you release it.

Creating New Keyboard Shortcuts

Go to the start menu shortcut for the program, right-click on it, and select properties.

When the properties window opens click in the shortcut key text area. All that you need to do is choose an appropriate letter for the program (i.e. O for Opera, E for Editra, etc.) and type it in the blank.

You will not need to type any other keys or combination in…the “Ctrl + Alt +” will be automatically entered for you as soon as you type the letter in. Click OK to finish creating the new keyboard shortcut.

Those new keyboard shortcuts will speed up access to your favorite software.

Another example from our system using “I” for Iron Browser.

Certainly much quicker than using the start menu.

Conclusion

If you only need one or just a few special keyboard shortcuts then this method provides a quick and simple solution.