Using the keyboard for mouse functions
Some of these shortcuts can be helpful to save time…but sometimes, your mouse just doesn’t work and you still need to get stuff done.
In Windows, you can select items using Tab and the cursor keys. You can then use Enter to activate the item. Taken together, that more or less gives you the same functionality as left-clicking or double-clicking on items.
What most people don’t know is that you can also perform a keyboard shortcut to do a right-click. On some Windows keyboards, there’s a button that looks like this.
However, many modern keyboards don’t have this. Luckily Windows has a universal shortcut, Shift + F10 (or some laptops it could be FN + Shift + F10), which does exactly the same thing. It will do a right-click on whatever is highlighted or wherever the cursor is in software like Word or Excel.
To uncheck a box or toggle a switch, try the space bar.
For a more indepth article or to learn how to do these same tricks on a mac:
https://www.online-tech-tips.com/computer-tips/right-click-keyboard-shortcut/
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