Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

Most Useful Keyboard Shortcuts

General Keyboard Shortcuts

• F1= Starts Windows Help
• F5= Refresh Or Update the active windows
• F10=Activates Menu Bar Options
• SHIFT+F10= Opens A shortcut menu for the selected item  ( This is same as right clicking an object)
• CTRL+ESC= Open the Start menu ( Use the ARROW keys to select an item )
• CTRL+ESC or ESC= Selects the Start button ( Press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu )
• CTRL+SHIFT+ESC= Open windows Task Manager
• ALT+DOWN ARROW= Open a drop-down list box
• ALT+TAB= Switch to another running program ( hold down the ALT Key and then press the TAB key  to view the task-switching windows)
• SHIFT= Press and Hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic- run feature
• ALT+SPACE= Displays the main windows System menu ( from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
• ALT+-(Hyphen)= Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu ( from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the windows)
• CTRL+TAB= Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
• ALT+underlined letter in menu= Open the Menu
• ALT+F4= Close the current windows
• CTRL+F4 Close the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) Windows
• ALT+F6= Switch between multiple windows in the same program ( for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)

Windows System Key

• F1= Help
• CTRL+ESC= Open Start Menu
• ALT+TAB= Switch Between Open Programs
• ALT+F4=Quit Program
• SHIFT+DELETE= Delete Item Permanently
• Windows Logo+L= Lock the computer.
• Windows Logo= Open the Start Menu
• Windows Logo+R= Open Run  
• CTRL+ALT+DELETE= Open windows Test Manager

Windows Program Key

• CTRL+C= Copy
• CTRL+X= Cut
• CTRL+V= Paste
• CTRL+Z= Undo
• CTRL+B= Bold
• CTRL+U= Underline
• CTRL+I= Italic

Mouse Click/ Keyboard Modifier For Shell Object

• SHIFT+Right click= Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
• SHIFT+Double click= Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
• ALT+Double click= Displays properties
• SHIFT+DELETE= Delete an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

Shell Objects And General Folder Shortcuts

• F2= Rename Object
• F3= Find All Files
• CTRL+C= Copy
• CTRL+X= Cut
• CTRL+V= Paste
• SHIFT+DELETE= Delete selection immediately
• ALT+ENTER= Open the properties for the selected object

General Folder Shortcut Control

• F4= Selects the Go to a different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in the Windows Explorer)
• F5= Refreshes the current windows
• F6= Moves among panes in windows Explorer
• CTRL+Z= Undo the last command
• CTRL+A= Select all the items in the current windows 
• BACKSPACE= Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT+click+Close button= For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders

Prorerties Control Shortcut

• CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB= Move through the property tabs

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Keys

• Windows Logo= Start menu
• Windows Logo+R= Run dialog box
• Windows Logo+M= Minimize all
• Windows Logo +F1= Help
• SHIFT+Windows Logo+M Undo Minimize all
• Windows Logo+E= Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo +F= Find files Or Folders
• Windows Logo+D= Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
• CRTL+Windows Logo+F= Find coputer
• CRTL+Windows Logo+TAB= Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar
• Windows Logo+ TAB= Cycle through taskbar buttons
• Windows Logo+ Break= System Properties dialog box
• Application key= Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item