Some Keyboard shortcuts for Windows
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows
ALT+ SPACEBAR Opens control menu
ALT+ SPACEBAR+X Maximize Window
ALT+ SPACEBAR+N Minimize Window
ALT+ SPACEBAR+R Restore Window
ALT+ SPACEBAR+M Move Window
ALT+ SPACEBAR+S Size Window
ALT+ PRINT SCREEN Captures the Current Window
CRTL+ESC or ALT+S Activate Start menu Bar
CTRL + Z Undo
CTRL + Y Redo
CTRL + C Copy
CTRL + V Paste
CTRL + X Cut
CTRL + P Print
CTRL + S Save
CTRL + A Select All
SHIFT+TAB It Tabs you backward
HOME To beginning of Line or Far Left of Field or Screen. END To End of Line, or far Right of Field or Screen
CTRL+ HOME To the Top
CTRL+END To the Bottom
PAGE UP Moves you up in your Document or Dialogue
box by one page
PAGE DOWN Moves you down in your Document or
Dialogue list by one page
SHIFT + CTRL + RIGHT ARROW Selects the Whole Word
ESC To Cancel
ALT + UNDERLINED LERRER IN MEN The Underlined Letter in a Menu Item carries out
the Action
SHIFT+F10 Like Right Click, Brings up Context Menu
ALT+TAB Cycles through Open Applications
ALT + DOWN ARROW Opens up a Drop Down List
ALT + TAB Cycles you through open applications
SHIFT + DELETE Delete immediately without putting the file in
Recycle Bin
ALT + ENTER Properties of Selected Item
ALT + Double Click Properties of Selected Item
SHIFT + Right-click Put alternative verbs on the context menu Open With
SHIFT + Double - Click Explore the object if it has an Explore command
CTRL+ Drag a file To a folder Copy a file
CTRL + SHIFT + Drag a file To the desktop or a folder Create a shortcut
CTRL + LEFT ARROW Move Word by Word towards Left Side
CTRL + RIGHT ARROW Move Word by Word towards Right Side
Fun with Function keys
F1 Help
F2 Rename
F3 Find
F4 Explorer Displays the combo box
F5 Refresh
F6 Switches between panes in Windows Explorer
F4 Explorer Displays the combo box
F5 Refresh
F6 Switches between panes in Windows Explorer
F7 Office Spell Check In Office
F8 Extend Selection in Office
F10 Activate menu bar options.
F10 + SHIFT Right Click
F12 Save As
CTRL+G Windows Explorer Go to
BACKSPACE Goes to the parent folder
Fun with the Windows Key
Windows Key By Itself – Brings up the Start Menu
Windows + R Opens the "Run" Dialog box
Windows + M Minimize All
Windows + SHIFT + M Undo Minimize All
Windows + E Windows Explorer
Windows + F Find Files or Folders
Windows + D Minimize All Open windows and Show Desktop Windows + CTRL + F Find computer
Windows + TAB Cycle through Taskbar Buttons
Windows + BREAK Shows System Properties Dialog Box
Fun with the SHIFT key
Hold down SHIFT When inserting a CD-ROM to Skip Auto-Run
Holding down CTRL + Dragging to the desktop Creates an Instant Shortcut
SHIFT+F10 Equivalent of Mouse Right-Click
SHIFT+DEL Deletes immediately, without Removing to Recycle
Bin
SHIFT+TAB Moves to previous control in the dialog box TAB
Alone goes forward, SHIFT+TAB backward
Accessibility Shortcuts
Tap SHIFT 5 times Toggles Sticky Keys ON and OFF
Press down and hold the right Toggles Filter Keys ON and OFF
SHIFT key for 8 Seconds
Press down and hold the NUM LOCK Toggles Toggle Keys ON and OFF
Key for 5 Seconds
Left ALT+ LEFT SHIFT + NUM LOCK Toggles MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT+LEFT SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN Toggles High Contrast ON and OFF
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.
CTRL + G Go to Folder
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows Media Player
CTRL + O Open Movie
CTRL + W Close
CTRL + E Export
CRTL + M Mute
SPACEBAR Start and Stop
CTRL + L Loop
CTRL +0 Scale to Half Size
CTRL+ 1 Scale to Normal Size
CTRL +2 Scale to Double Size
CTRL +3 Fill Screen
ALT +ENTER Full Screen
UP and DOWN ARROW KEYS Raise or lower Volume Up or Down
Keyboard Shortcuts for Internet Explorer
ALT + RIGHT ARROW Go to next page
ALT + LEFT ARROW Go to previous page
SHIFT + F10 Display a shortcut menu for a link
CTRL + TAB Move forward between frames
SHIFT + CTRL + TAB Move back between frames
UP ARROW Scroll to the beginning of a document
DOWN ARROW Scroll to the end of a document
PAGE UP Scroll to the beginning of a document in large
Jumps
PAGE DOWN Scroll to the end of a document in large jumps
HOME Move to the beginning of a document
END Move to the end of a document
F5 or CTRL + R Refresh the current page
ESC Stop downloading a page
CTRL + B Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
CTRL + D Book Mark the Current URL or Add to
Favorites
CTRL + E Open the Search bar
CTRL + F Find Utility
CTRL + H Open the History bar
CTRL + I Open the Favorites bar
CTRL+ L Open the Open Dialog Box
CTRL+ O Go to a new location
CTRL+ N Open a new window
CTRL+ S Save the current page
CTRL+ P Print the current page or active frame
CTRL + W Close Window
CTRL + ENTER To Automatically add http://www. and .com on
either side of the word
ENTER Activate a selected link
F4 To display a list of the Internet addresses you
have typed in the Address bar, press
F6 or ALT + D Go Address Location
F11 Full window view
ALT + Left Arrow Return to the previous Page
ALT + Right Arrow Return to the next Page
Shortcut Keys for Character Map
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 Normal mode
When a character is selected
MMC Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+S Save the open console
CTRL+N Open a new 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
CTRL+O Open a saved console
ALT+O Display the Favorites menu
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 Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item
F5 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 Rename the selected item
CTRL+F4 Close the active console window. When a console
Has only one console window, this shortcut
close the console
Shortcut Keys for Microsoft WinWord
CRTL + N Open New Document
CTRL + O OPEN Document
CTRL + S Save Document
F12 Save As
CTRL + P Print Document
F7 Spell Check
SHIFT+ F7 Thesaurus
CTRL + W Close
CTRL + D Font
CTRL + G Go to
CTRL + A Select All
CTRL + F Find
CTRL + H Replace
CTRL + X Cut
CTRL + C Copy
CTRL + V Paste
CTRL + Z Typing Undo
CTRL + U Redo
CTRL + K Insert Hyper Link
CTRL + B Bold
CTRL + U Underline
CTRL + I Italic
CTRL + L Align Left
CTRL + R Align Right
CTRL + J Justify
CTRL + E Center
CTRL + T Scale Move Inch by Inch
CTRL + HOME Go to First Page
CTRL + END Go to Last Page
CTRL + PAGE UP Search Previous Word
ALT+ SHIFT + BACKSPACE Can’t Redo
CTRL + SHIFT + C Format Painter
CTRL + SHIFT + S Style
CTRL + SHIFT + F Font
CTRL + SHIFT + Right Arrow To Increase the Font Size Selected Item
CTRL + SHIFT + Left Arrow To Decrease the Font Size Selected Item
CTRL + SHIFT + END Select End Of the Line
ALT + R Draw Table
TAB 8 Character Space
CTRL + ALT + Page UP Preformatted Style
Shortcut Keys for Microsoft Outlook Express
CTRL + A Select all messages
CTRL + N New Message Window
CTRL + O Open Window
CTRL + F Forward Message
CTRL + R Reply to the Message Author
CTRL + I Go to INBOX
CTRL + Y Go to folder
CTRL + U Go to next unread mail message
CTRL + ENTER or CTRL + Q Mark a message as read
CTRL + ENTER or ALT + S Send (post) a message
CTRL + SHIFT + S Insert signature
CTRL + SHIFT + U Go to next unread news conversation
CTRL + SHIFT + R Reply to All
CTRL + > or CTRL + SHIFT + > Go to the next message in the list
CTRL + < or CTRL + SHIFT + < Go to the previous message in the list
ALT + ENTER View properties of a selected message
ALT + S Send
F7 Spell Check
CTRL + K Check Names
CTRL + B + SHIFT Address Book
CTRL + S Save
ALT + ENTER Properties
CTRL + F + SHIFT Find Message or Text
CTRL + E Find People
CTRL + M or F5 Send and Receive
CTRL + D or DELETE Delete Message
ESC Close a message
