10 Essential Cheat Sheets To Download

Jul. 15th, 2008 By Aibek

Ever wanted to master the keyboard shortcuts and get more productive on the web? Here is everything you need - 10 quick cheat sheets for some of the most widely used tools on the web. Download, print and stick them somewhere near your desk.

Google Cheat Sheet

Google Cheat Sheet

Windows Cheat Sheet*

Windows Shortcuts

Mac OS X Cheat Sheet

Mac OS X Cheat Sheet

 
Gmail Cheat Sheet

Gmail Cheat Sheet

Firefox Cheat Sheet

Firefox Shortcuts Windows

Firefox (for Mac)

Firefox Shortcuts Mac

Google Reader Shortcuts
Google Reader Shortcuts
Linux Cheat Sheet

Linux Manual and Reference

Linux Command Line Ref. 

Linux Command Line Reference

Thunderbird Cheat Sheet
Mozilla Thunderbird Cheat Sheet
Internet Explorer Shortcuts
Internet Explorer Shortcuts
 

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58 Comments Add Comment
2008-07-15 18:13:24

I am printing these as I type.

2008-10-02 21:41:31

Where can you get them to rpint or download i’am not able to find the download link on this website, or is it only a trick to get traffic?

2008-10-03 02:02:10

there is no trick or anything, you get the links once you subscribe. Read the second part of the article it explains the whole thing.

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2008-10-05 05:59:08
Cypher

ok Now I’ve subscribed and it keeps shooting me back to this same page….Y???

2008-10-05 07:39:54

Now, just wait for an email from us. It should be coming shorlty, if it’s not already there :-)

2009-07-03 09:16:01
step

what a scam, just show the sheets and don’t be such dicks about subscribing!

2008-07-15 21:27:05
serpins

Nice. It would be complete if there were linux ones as well.

2008-07-15 21:35:24
Anonymous Coward

If you mean command-line work, then you can get pretty much all you need to know from…

man command
command --help

Otherwise, Google is your friend.

2008-07-15 22:41:31
2008-07-16 03:53:31

Nice sheets ;-) For those interested, I have a Subversion cheatsheet available at http://ariejan.net/svncheatsheet/

2008-10-03 02:02:32
2008-07-16 05:03:00

Google reader doesn’t need a cheetsheat. Just hit ‘?’ in reader and you get all this information.

2008-07-16 08:33:44
Pike

Just an FYI for Gmail, the Tab then Enter combo to send the message also works in Firefox.

2008-07-16 13:22:01

just forwarded this site to some friends….great links, but I agree that both gmail and google reader aren’t really needed, since Google places them in the “help” section of their respective sites.

Thanks though, great list!

2008-07-16 14:58:02
Otto J Hunt

Not clear in the firefox(win) sheet: ctrl-shift-t = restore closed tab. This command will go back more than one level.

2008-07-17 03:18:02

Works fine for me. Just checked it.

2008-07-16 22:56:14

This is pretty awesome, I use all these programs you have here. Thanks. Dugg

2008-07-22 09:40:59
spoko

Couple of small mistakes/omissions in the Firefox shortcuts.

Ctrl-9 doesn’t necessarily open the 9th tab. It opens the last tab (the very end one), whether it’s the 3rd or the 26th. Useful, actually.

I don’t see Alt-left-arrow for Back, or Alt-right-arrow for Forward. Also, in my FF3 at least, shift-backspace doesn’t go forward. Doesn’t do anything at all, actually.

Great list, though. I did discover a few new ones. Plus I can get rid of one of my extensions, now that I know there’s already a shortcut for restoring closed tabs. Nice.

Thanks.

2008-07-26 16:44:06
adijux

Here are some useful cheat sheets for developers, check it out: http://www.addedbytes.com/cheat-sheets/

2008-07-27 06:21:33

My favorite MAC OS X cheet :
Command-shift+4 = Take a screenshot of whatever is selected

2008-07-29 11:12:36

Very useful article. Thanks a lot!

2008-08-04 04:24:41

for the ms windows cheatsheet…

CTRL + SHIFT + ESC open taskmanager directly

2008-08-27 20:00:03

Hi,
I work for the company that produces the sheet listed as the Windows guide. This is actually a 2 page cheat sheet. The second page includes keyboard shortcuts for special characters. You can get the entire free guide at http://www.barcharts.com/system/downloads/free/Shortcuts%20(QT).pdf

2008-09-28 14:07:56
lowell

you know the Mac one pretty much copies directly from Apple’s site, right? Readers might as well go there and print it from there directly - it’ll look tons better than the ‘work’ you Matthew Elton did.

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343

and that second one is _stolen_. just like your logo, which looks like the vmware logo. just uglier, and with gross artifacts.

2009-03-03 11:31:37
Bevtastic
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The logo stolen from the vmware one ? No wonder you wear dark glasses, you’re clearly blind. They look nothing alike.

2008-09-28 20:20:53

IIf you thik that vmware and MakeUseOf logos are similar you must be an idiot. No further comments.

2008-10-02 21:33:51

Try to get this done but is difficult , i’am working for the best payroll company in the netherlands Payned payrolling and need to keep everything up to date this would help.

George

http://www.payned.nl

2008-10-17 23:08:38
Stephen
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I could not find the link in my RSS feed. I got it by subscribing to the email version.

2008-10-18 04:43:39

It’s there, just checked. The link says: “Get your cheat sheets and more at MakeUseOf Downloads.”

2008-10-22 07:29:28

What if you are already subscribed? I printed it off a while back and wanted to print of several more copies for some work I’m doing. I don’t want to subscribe twice and get twice the emails. Is there a place to log in and get to them?

Thanks

2008-10-22 09:23:12

Just look for it in the emails or RSS feeds. The line should say

“New subscriber? Get your freebies at MakeUseOf Downloads. Enjoy!”

2008-11-04 19:42:51
Ginger Pforr
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I know I have read above that others could not seem to find out how to download the cheat sheets and the response was that it would be emailed. I signed up about a week ago and the emails I got don’t seem to have anything to do with the download for them. Could someone please help me? I also just signed up under another account incase I had missed something, but I don’t think I have. I really would appreciate any help in this. by the way LOVE THIS SITE!!!! =D

2008-11-04 21:10:49

Did you see “Get your cheat sheets and more at MakeUseOf Downloads.” in the emails? It should be located near the bottom of ever y email you get from us. Anyhow I will be sending you download link to your email.

2008-11-05 02:26:33
krispy

I have the same problem. Receiving emails fine, but no download link is shown within…

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2008-11-05 07:54:26

Just emailed you

2009-02-24 13:18:01
Jim

I have the same problem — a subscriber but don’t see where to log in to get the cheat sheets.

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2009-02-24 15:55:32

Jim - if you are a RSS subscriber, the links are at the bottom of every RSS post. If you are an email subscriber, the links are in every email. If the emails don’t arrive, check your spam folder.

2008-11-05 10:57:46
Ginger Pforr
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I got it, but it wasn’t in the email that I had received before. I went back and checked. But it was in the email you just sent out. Thanks very much. =D

2008-11-13 02:06:27
Kelly

Jana:

Me too. I think this is scam site and am going to find a way to tell the world about it being either a scam or the very worst functioning site I’ve ever seen.

Kelly

2008-11-13 08:48:10

@ Kelly

I sent you an email with the download link. It seems we have an issue with folks who subscribe via email, the download link is not sent immediately as it suppoosed to. I will take a look at it today.

2008-11-26 04:12:53
John Coldwell

Hello, I have subscribed to the Google Reader RSS feed a dozen times now, via all RSS links on the site, and still no email with a link to the cheat sheets. In fact I have two (2) MakeUseOf feeds in the reader - they both come from MUO but appear to be different.Please send me email with link. Thanks. I’m tired of going round and round in circles. :-)

2008-11-26 10:06:04

John, you definitely missed it. Under each article there is a link that says


New on MakeUseOf …

* Follow MakeUseOf on Twitter. You won’t regret it!
* Get your cheat sheets and more at MakeUseOf Downloads.
* Subscribe to booming MakeUseOf Podcast on iTunes.

In fact you can confirm it, by going directly to the feedpage: http://feedproxy.google.com/Makeuseof

2008-11-30 21:21:51

Hi, very nice work.

I have a request, may I download them and share them on my blog ( Moroccan-French blog ) ?
Check the URI I’ve submitted to see it :-)

2008-12-20 18:15:27
2009-01-26 10:34:10

Wow! I’ll be printing these stuff for reference. Thanks!

2009-01-26 18:20:30

For Mac OS X beginners there are printable keyboard shortcut sheets available here also: http://atmac.org/simple-keyboard-shortcuts-to-save-you-time/

2009-02-02 15:20:57

Nice Job. I have already subscribe.

2009-04-04 11:19:29
pbm

Why is everyone so excited? It’s been pointed out by a couple readers that much if not all of this info is “stolen” from other sites, not something I have a major problem with if credit is given where it’s due, but to neglect that and act as if the content was created by the author of the article doesn’t seem cool. It’s nice to have this stuff collected in one place, but don’t act like you did all the work if you didn’t. And while I know nothing about the accusation of logo copycatting, the reps of this site reacted in a very rude and unprofessional fashion that doesn’t reflect well on this site’s character at all. Instead of calling someone an “idiot” why not just show the two logos side by side and politely point out they’re mistaken?

2009-04-05 04:47:04

hey there

We never really claimed that the cheat sheets were created by us, in fact it’s clear from most of the cheat sheets that they were created by someone else. Nonethteless, I agree that we should have added the credit link to the author’s website.

2009-04-11 04:58:37
johan henderson
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Leuk die shortcuts. Maakt het makkelijk

2009-05-25 11:47:51
2009-06-26 23:26:44

Great cheat sheets to download and bookmark.

2009-06-28 01:57:06
pete

great cheats

2009-06-30 02:38:16

usefull cheats

thanks a lot

2009-07-02 16:37:33
John

Excellent website! I will download most of the PDFs =)

Thank you for posting.

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