Shortcuts

A computer savvy can be quickly recognized by the shortcuts he/she uses

Favorite Firefox shortcuts

F6: select location bar
Page Info: Ctrl+I
Page Source: Ctrl+U
Zoom In: Ctrl++
Zoom Out: Ctrl+-
Zoom Reset: Ctrl+0
Find As You Type Link: ‘
Find As You Type Text: /
Web Search: Ctrl+K
Open Address in New Tab (from Location Bar or Search Bar): Alt+Enter
Error Console: Ctrl+Shift+J
Full Screen: F11
Ctrl+y (ctrl+j in windows) will open the download window

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Favorite nautilus-gnome shortcuts

Ctrl-t : move to trash
F9 : toggle side-pane
Alt-home : jump to home folder
Alt-enter : file / folder properties

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Open Office

ctrl+shift+space: default formatting
ctrl+shift+b: sub script
ctrl+shift+y: super script
ctrl+shift+space: default formating
ctrl+shift+s: special charaters
F7: spellcheck
F11: Styles and formatting
F12: Numberinf On/Off
shift+F12: Bullets On/Off
ctrl+e: centered
ctrl+l: align left
ctrl+r: align left
ctrl+F7: Thesaurus
ctrl+F12: Table
ctrl+Backspace: Delete word
ctrl+shift+j: Full Screen

Shortcuts in OpenOffice can be found in Tools/Customize/Keyboard
Tools/AutoCorrect/Options tab

Commands for Evolution
ctrl+n: new message
ctrl+m: insert attachment
f9: send/receive
ctrl+enter: send

Commands within the terminal
To customize, go to: Edit/Keyboard Shortcuts
The followings are by default
ctrl + l: Clear screen
ctrl + u: Place cursor at the end, and it’ll clear the current line
ctrl + r: Recursive finder

More shortcuts

ctrl+alt+f1: Start a virtual Console
ctrl+alt+f7: back to graphical mode

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=50794
http://www.cyberciti.biz/faq/howto-create-keyboard-shortcuts-in-gnome/