The Origins Of The Ctrl+C, Ctrl+V, Ctrl+X, And Ctrl+Z Keyboard Shortcuts Explained
In the early days of computing, people used different keyboard shortcuts to save their work. For example, you might use the Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut to copy a text block. The Ctrl+V keyboard shortcut would then paste the copied text block into a new window. And the Ctrl+X keyboard shortcut would select all the text in a document and press the Delete key to delete it. It Goes Way Back to Apple The story of Ctrl+Z, Ctrl+X, Ctrl+C, and Ctrl+V shortcuts for Undo, Cut, Copy, and Paste in Windows goes back to the very early 1980s....