KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
General Shortcuts
We’ll
kickoff the list with some really general shortcuts that you often used.
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CTRL+C (Copy)
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CTRL+X (Cut)
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CTRL+V (Paste)
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CTRL+Z (Undo)
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Delete (Delete)
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Shift+Delete (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the
item in the Recycle Bin)
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CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
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CTRL+Shift while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected
item)
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F2 key (Rename the selected item)
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CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next
word)
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CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous
word)
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CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next
paragraph)
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CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous
paragraph)
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CTRL+Shift with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)
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Shift with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in
a window or
on the desktop, or select text in a document)
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CTRL+A (Select all)
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F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
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Alt+Enter (View the properties for the selected item)
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Alt+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)
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Alt+Enter (Display the properties of the selected object)
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Alt+Spacebar (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)
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CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to
have multiple documents open simultaneously)
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Alt+Tab (Switch between
the open items)
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Alt+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been
opened)
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F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on
the desktop)
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F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or
Windows Explorer)
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Shift+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)
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Alt+Spacebar (Display the System menu for the active window)
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CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)
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Alt+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding
menu)
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Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the
corresponding command)
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F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)
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RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)
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LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)
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F5 key (Update the active window)
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Backspace (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows
Explorer)
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ESC (Cancel the current task)
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Shift when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent
the CD-ROM from automatically playing)