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keyboard shorcuts mapping
| Mac OS X | v.10.9.2 | 
application
Switch application:
Refresh the screen
- macOS  : fn + F5 to refresh the file list for FTP client /  ⌘ command + r to refresh the webpage for web browser : fn + F5 to refresh the file list for FTP client /  ⌘ command + r to refresh the webpage for web browser
- Win  : F5 / ⌘ ctrl + r : F5 / ⌘ ctrl + r
Print/Capture the screen[1]
- Capture the full screen: macOS  : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 3 / Win : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 3 / Win : PrintScreen : PrintScreen
- Capture the selected region: macOS  : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 4 /  Win : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 4 /  Win : ? : ?
- Capture the selected application window: macOS  : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 4 -> SPACE to select the window / Win : ⌘ command + ⇧ Shift + 4 -> SPACE to select the window / Win : Alt + PrintScreen : Alt + PrintScreen
system
clear the console window
Launch task manager
- macOS  : ⌘ command + ⌥ option + esc : ⌘ command + ⌥ option + esc
- Win  : ctrl + alt + delete[2] : ctrl + alt + delete[2]
search
- macOS  : ctrl + space to launch Spotlight search : ctrl + space to launch Spotlight search
- Win  : :- F3 to search files or folders, or
- ⊞ Win + F[3]
 
show the desktop
Page down / Page up
Jump to end / to beginning of document
Page down / Page Up
text editing
delete
copy the selected text
paste the copyed text
select the text from the mouse cursor to the end of a line / beginning of a line
Select to edge of region on Microsoft Excel
- macOS   - If the Excel installed on Mac: ctrl + shift + (Arrow)
- Remote control the Excel installed on another Windows PC by using the TeamViewer: Please follow these steps. (1) ctrl + shift + (Arrow) (2) Click anywhere to Cancel the preview mode (3) shift + (Arrow)
 
- Win  : ctrl + shift + (Arrow)[7] : ctrl + shift + (Arrow)[7]
switch input method
Jump to the end of a line / beginning of a line
web browser
- Google Chrome  Mac keyboard shortcuts / Windows keyboard shortcuts Mac keyboard shortcuts / Windows keyboard shortcuts
reference
further reading