1. A computer program product for operating a computer using shortcuts, the computer program product comprising: one or more computer-readable storage devices and program instructions stored on at least one of the one or more tangible storage devices, the program instructions comprising: program instructions to receive user preferences including information detailing a first shortcut input, wherein the first shortcut input is a single action utilized by a user; program instructions to map the first shortcut input to one or more documents based on the received user preferences; program instructions to detect that the first shortcut input has been utilized; and program instructions to display the one or more documents.
6. The computer program product of claim 1 , wherein the received user preferences further include information detailing the mapping of the first shortcut input to an earlier opened document in a document branch of a document tree.