Slide deck for memorizing the Vim commands that I've found most useful over my first few months as a Vim user. This was purposefully kept free of any styling etc as this is the actual deck I use for memorization and don't like distractions.

2. Delete the letter the cursor is currently on
and move left.

3. dh
Delete the letter the cursor is currently on
and move left.

4. Delete the letter the cursor is currently on
and move right.

5. dl
Delete the letter the cursor is currently on
and move right.

6. Delete the current word.

7. diw
Delete the current word.

8. Delete the current line.

9. dd
Delete the current line.

10. Delete to the end of the current line.

11. D
Delete to the end of the current line.

12. Delete the current paragraph.

13. dip
Delete the current paragraph.

14. Delete to the next occurrence of the letter
q.

15. dtq
Delete to the next occurrence of the letter
q.

16. Note:
When you delete something in Vim it is like
cut in other editors. What you delete is then
available in the buffer to be pasted.
The buffer and your clipboard are not the
same entity. To paste from the clipboard use
⌘v on OS X or on other systems use “+p
or “*p

17. “Yank” or copy the current paragraph to
Vim’s buffer.

18. yip
“Yank” or copy the current paragraph to
Vim’s buffer.

19. “Yank” or copy the current line to Vim’s
buffer.

20. yy
“Yank” or copy the current line to Vim’s
buffer.

21. Paste buffer contents before the current
cursor position.

22. P
Paste buffer contents before the current
cursor position.

23. Paste buffer contents after the current
cursor position.

24. p
Paste buffer contents after the current
cursor position.

25. Replace current character.

26. r
Replace current character.

27. Replace continuous characters starting at the
current cursor position.

28. R
Replace continuous characters starting at the
current cursor position.

29. Substitute the current character.

30. s
Substitute the current character.

31. Substitute the current line.

32. S
Substitute the current line.

33. Open a new line below the current line.

34. o
Open a new line below the current line.

35. Open a new line above the current line.

36. O
Open a new line above the current line.

37. Append text after the current position.

38. a
Append text after the current position.

39. Append text at the end of the current line.

40. A
Append text at the end of the current line.

41. Insert text before the current position.

42. i
Insert text before the current position.

43. Insert text at the start of the current line.

44. I
Insert text at the start of the current line.

45. Undo.

46. u
Undo.

47. redo.

48. ctrl+r
redo.

49. see autocomplete list.

50. ctrl+p
see autocomplete list.

51. Move to end of current line.

52. shift+4
Move to end of current line.

53. Move to start of current line.

54. shift+6
Move to start of current line.

55. Move Forward one screen.
Think Page Down.

56. ctrl+f
Move Forward one screen.
Think Page Down.

57. Move Backward one screen.
Think Page Up.

58. ctrl+b
Move Backward one screen.
Think Page Up.

59. Cycle focus between open Vim windows.

60. ctrl+w
Cycle focus between open Vim windows.

61. Swap window positions.

62. ctrl+wr
Swap window positions.

63. Equalize window widths.

64. ctrl+w=
Equalize window widths.

65. Open the file that the cursor is currently on.
Think Go to File.

66. gf
Open the file that the cursor is currently on.
Think Go to File.

67. Open file at current cursor position in new
tab.

68. ctrl+wgf
Open file at current cursor position in new
tab.

69. Search for the word item.

70. /item return
Search for the word item.

71. Move forward to the next occurrence in a
search.

72. n
Move forward to the next occurrence in a
search.

73. Move backward to the previous occurrence
in a search.

74. N
Move backward to the previous occurrence
in a search.

75. Substitute the word “new” for the word
“old” on the current line.

76. :s/new/old/g
Substitute the word “new” for the word
“old” on the current line.

77. Substitute the word “new” for the word
“old” on the current document.

78. :%s/new/old/g
Substitute the word “new” for the word
“old” on the current document.

79. Split the current window in order to view
two parts of the same file simultaneously.

80. :sp
Split the current window in order to view
two parts of the same file simultaneously.

81. Print Working Directory. Lists the Vim’s
current directory within the file system.

82. :pwd
Print Working Directory. Lists the Vim’s
current directory within the file system.

83. Change Directory. Works just like in the
terminal.

84. :cd
Change Directory. Works just like in the
terminal.

85. Edit the file name at the given path.
When given for a file that does not exist yet
it will be stored in the buffer and created
when you Write.

86. :e ~/path/file.name
Edit the file name at the given path.
When given for a file that does not exist yet
it will be stored in the buffer and created
when you Write.

87. Edit a file in a horizontally split window.

88. :Se ~/path/file.name
Edit a file in a horizontally split window.

89. Edit a file in a vertically split window.

90. :Ve ~/path/file.name
Edit a file in a vertically split window.

91. Write to file a.k.a Save.

92. :w
Write to file a.k.a Save.

93. Write to file and quit.

94. :wq
Write to file and quit.