Boost your speed with short cuts

Windows system key combinations

§    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 (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

§  Windows Logo+R: Open  Run box

§  Windows Logo+F:Open  Search result

Windows program key combinations

§  CTRL+C: Copy

§  CTRL+X: Cut

§  CTRL+V: Paste

§  CTRL+Z: Undo

§  CTRL+B: Bold

§  CTRL+U: Underline

§  CTRL+I: Italic

§  CTRL+A:Select all

Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects

§  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: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

General keyboard-only commands

§  F1: Starts Windows Help

§  F10: Activates menu bar options

§  SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object

§  CTRL+ESC: Opens 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: Opens Windows Task Manager

§  ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens 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 window)

§  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 window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)

§  ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's Systemmenu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)

§  CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program

§  ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu

§  ALT+F4: Closes the current window

§  CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window

§  ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the NotepadFind dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)

§  CTRL+MOUSE Wheel:scroll up or down for minimize or maximize the content in the browser

Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts

For a selected object:

§  F2: Rename object

§  F3: Find all files

§  CTRL+X: Cut

§  CTRL+C: Copy

§  CTRL+V: Paste

§  SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin

§  ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object

To copy a file

Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.

To create a shortcut

Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.

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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 Windows Explorer)

§  F5: Refreshes the current window.

§  F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer

§  CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)

§  CTRL+Z: Undo the last command

§  CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window

§  BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder

§  SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders

Windows Explorer tree control

§  Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection

§  Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection

§  Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.

§  RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child

§  LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent

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