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Learn the HotKeys

As with all posts this will be a growing WIP as and when.

You should learn hotkeys for the stuff you use day to day using a mouse is slow and even worse on a laptop touch pads. Using these can improve your workflow

Here are some resources for hotkey and ones i use.

Windows

Windows keyboard Shortcuts

Kali

Creating Custom Kali Hotkeys

Terminal

Knowing a few key hotkeys can make using the terminal nice and easy :)

Hotkeys
New Termianl Window	CTRL + ALT + T      
New Tab			CTRL + SHIFT + T    
Next Tab		CTRL + PGUP         
Last			CTRL + PGDN         
Clear Terminal		CTRL + L            
Zoom in			CTRL + +            
Zoom Out		CTRL + -   

Burp

If your a webapp guy and use burp then

HotKeys are defined within the User Options

Hotkeys
Send to Repeater			Ctrl+R
Send to Intruder			Ctrl+I
Forward intercepted Proxy message	Ctrl+F
Toggle Proxy interception		Ctrl+T
Switch to Target			Ctrl+Shift+T
Switch to Proxy				Ctrl+Shift+P
Switch to Scanner			Ctrl+Shift+S
Switch to Intruder			Ctrl+Shift+I
Switch to Repeater*			Ctrl+Shift+R
Switch to Suite options			Ctrl+Shift+O
Switch to Alerts tab			Ctrl+Shift+A
Go to previous tab			Ctrl+Minus
Go to next tab				Ctrl+Equals (=)
Issue Repeater Requestest               Ctrl + Space
Cut					Ctrl+X
Copy					Ctrl+C
Paste					Ctrl+V
Undo					Ctrl+Z
Redo					Ctrl+Y
Select all				Ctrl+A
Search					Ctrl+S
Go to previous search match		Ctrl+Comma (,)
Go to next search match			Ctrl+Period
URL-decode				Ctrl+Shift+U
URL-encode key characters		Ctrl+U
HTML-decode				Ctrl+Shift+H
HTML-encode key characters		Ctrl+H
Base64-decode				Ctrl+Shift+B
Base64-encode				Ctrl+B
Backspace word				Ctrl+Backspace
Delete word				Ctrl+Delete
Delete line				Ctrl+D
Go to previous word			Ctrl+Left
Go to previous word (extend)		Ctrl+Shift+Left
Go to next word				Ctrl+Right
Go to next word (extend)		Ctrl+Shift+Right
Go to previous paragraph		Ctrl+Up
Go to previous paragraph (extend)	Ctrl+Shift+Up
Go to next paragraph			Ctrl+Down
Go to next paragraph (extend)		Ctrl+Shift+Down
Go to start of document			Ctrl+Home
Go to start of document (extend)	Ctrl+Shift+Home
Go to end of document			Ctrl+End
Go to end of document (extend)		Ctrl+Shift+End
Switch to Dashboard			Ctrl + Shift + D 
Editor: Go to next search match		Ctrl + Period (.)
Go to Previous Tab			Ctrl + minus (-) 

Web Browser

I use brave .. basically chrome but you can earn BAT token

Brave - Hotkeys

Microsoft Office

Word

Get things done quicker in word. navigating word can be a nightmare. here are some default hotkeys i find userful You can also make your own so the power is endless. I have a few extra styles. Further stuff can be done with Macros which I will write up at some point

Hotkeys
Align Centre		CTRL + E	
Align Left		CTRL + L 		    
Alight Right		CTRL + Right	    
Bold / Un Bold		CTRL + B            
Split Window		ALT + CTRL + S      
Normal Font		CTRL + SHIFT + N	
Heading 1 		CTRL + ALT + 1		
Heading 2 		CTRL + ALT + 2		
Heading 3 		CTRL + ALT + 1		
Find			CTRL + F            
Undo			CTRL + Z            
Redo			CTRL + Y            
Open Styles 		CTRL + ALT + Shift + S	 

Excel

Onenote

Notepad++

Cobalt Strike

Hotkeys
# Beacon Inteact
Clear       CTRL + L   

Visual Studio Code

Visual Studio Code - Hotkeys