100 Keyboard shortcuts (Windows) ***Microsoft windows keyboard shortcuts. You might know most of these shortcuts, but probably not all of them*** • CTRL+C (Copy) • CTRL+X (Cut) • CTRL+V (Paste) • CTRL+Z (Undo) • DELETE (Delete) • SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) • CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) • CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) • F2 key (Rename the selected item) • CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) • CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) • CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph) • CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph) • CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text) • 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) • CTRL+A (Select all) • F3 key (Search for a file or a folder) • ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item) • ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program) • ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object) • ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window) • CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously) • ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items) • ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened) • F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop) • F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer) • SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item) • ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window) • CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu) • ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu) • Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command) • F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program) • RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu) • LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu) • F5 key (Update the active window) • BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer) • ESC (Cancel the current task) • SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing) Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts • CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs) • CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs) • TAB (Move forward through the options) • SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options) • ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option) • ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button) • SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box) • Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons) • F1 key (Display Help) • F4 key (Display the items in the active list) • BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box) Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts • Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu) • Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box) • Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop) • Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows) • Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows) • Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer) • Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder) • CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers) • Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help) • Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard) • Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box) • Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager) Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts • Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off) • Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off) • Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off) • SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off) • NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off) • Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager) Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts • END (Display the bottom of the active window) • HOME (Display the top of the active window) • NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder) • NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder) • NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder) • LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder) • RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder) Shortcut Keys for Character Map • After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts: • RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line) • LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line) • UP ARROW (Move up one row) • DOWN ARROW (Move down one row) • PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time) • PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time) • HOME (Move to the beginning of the line) • END (Move to the end of the line) • CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character) • CTRL+END (Move to the last character) • SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Nor mal mode when a character is selected) Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts • CTRL+O (Open a saved console) • CTRL+N (Open a new console) • CTRL+S (Save the open console) • CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item) • CTRL+W (Open a new window) • F5 key (Update the content of all console windows) • ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu) • ALT+F4 (Close the console) • ALT+A (Display the Action menu) • ALT+V (Display the View menu) • ALT+F (Display the File menu) • ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu) MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts • CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane) • ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window) • SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item) • F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item) • F5 key (Update the content of all console windows) • CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window) • CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window) • ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item) • F2 key (Rename the selected item) • CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console) Remote Desktop Connection Navigation • CTRL+ALT+END (Open the m*cro$oft Windows NT Security dialog box) • ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right) • ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left) • ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order) • ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu) • CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen) • ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu) • CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.) • CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.) Internet Explorer navigation • CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box) • CTRL+E (Open the Search bar) • CTRL+F (Start the Find utility) • CTRL+H (Open the History bar) • CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar) • CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box) • CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address) • CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L) • CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box) • CTRL+R (Update the current Web page) • CTRL+W (Close the current window)
