Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows Variations From XP to Windows 7

Keyboard Shortcuts For Windows Variations From XP to Windows 7


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Windows Program Key Combos


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

Windows system key mixtures


  • F1: Help
  • CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
  • ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
  • ALT+F4: Quit program
  • SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item completely
  • Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without utilizing CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

General keyboard-only commands


  • Starts Windows Help - F1
  • Activates menu bar options - F10
  • Opens a shortcut menu for the chosen item (this is identical as right-clicking an object - SHIFT+F10
  • Opens the Start menu (utilize the ARROW keys to choose a thing) - CTRL+ESC
  • Selects the Start button (press TAB to choose the taskbar or press SHIFT+F10 for a set menu) - CTRL+ESC or ESC
  • Opens Windows Task Manager - CTRL+SHIFT+ESC
  • Opens a drop-down listing box - ALT+DOWN ARROW
  • Switch to a different operating program (hold down the ALT key after which press the TAB key to view the task-switching window) - ALT+TAB
  • Press and hold down the SHIFT key whilst you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature - SHIFT
  • Displays the primary window’s System menu (from the System menu, you may restore, transfer, resize, reduce, maximize, or close the window) - ALT+SPACE
  • Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) minimal one window's System menu (from the MDI minimal one window's System menu, you may reestablish, move, resize, diminish, expand, or shut the child window) - ALT+-(ALT+hyphen)
  • Switch to the following little one window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) programs - CTRL+TAB
  • Opens the menu - ALT+underlined letter in the menu
  • Closes the present window - ALT+F4
  • Closes the present Multiple Document Interface (MDI) windows - CTRL+F4
  • Switch between a number of windows in the same program (for instance, when the NotepadFind dialog box is displayed, switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window) - ALT+F6

Mouse click/keyboard modifier mixtures for shell objects


  • SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing various commands
  • SHIFT+double click: Runs the other default order (the second thing on the menu)
  • ALT+double click: Displays properties
  • SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item instantly with out putting it within the Recycle Bin

Shell objects and normal folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts


For a specific object:


  • F2: Rename the object
  • F3: Find all files
  • CTRL+X: Cut
  • CTRL+C: Copy
  • CTRL+V: Paste
  • SHIFT+DELETE: Delete choice instantly, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
  • ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the chosen object

To copy a file


  • Press and hold down the CTRL key whilst you drag the file to a different folder.

To create a shortcut


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

Windows Explorer tree management


  • Expands all the things underneath the present choice - Numeric Keypad
  • Expands the present choice - Numeric Keypad +
  • Collapses the present choice - Numeric Keypad -
  • Expands the present choice if it isn't expanded, in any other case goes to the primary little one - RIGHT ARROW
  • Collapses the present choice whether it is expanded, in any other case goes to the parent - LEFT ARROW

General folder/shortcut management


  • F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and strikes down the entries within the box (if the toolbar is energetic in Windows Explorer)
  • F5: Refreshes the present window.
  • F6: Moves amongst panes in Windows Explorer
  • CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer solely)
  • CTRL+Z: Undo the final command
  • CTRL+A: Select all of the objects within the present window
  • BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
  • SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the present folder plus all parent folders

Properties management


  • CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move via the property tabs

Accessibility shortcuts


  • Toggles excessive distinction on and off - Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
  • Eight seconds Press down and hold the right SHIFT key - Toggles FilterKeys on and off
  • Press SHIFT 5 times - Toggles Sticky Keys on and off
  • Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK - on and off Toggles Mouse Keys
  • 5 seconds Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key - Toggles ToggleKeys on and off

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed


  • Log off Windows - Windows Logo+L
  • Starts Print Manager - Windows Logo+P
  • Opens Control Panel - Windows Logo+C
  • Starts Clipboard - Windows Logo+V
  • Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box - Windows Logo+K
  • Opens Mouse Properties dialog box - Windows Logo+I
  • Starts Accessibility Options (if installed) - Windows Logo+A
  • Displays the listing of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys - Windows Logo+SPACEBAR
  • Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off - Windows Logo+S

Dialog box keyboard instructions


  • TAB: Move to the following control in the dialog box
  • SHIFT+TAB: Move to the earlier management within the dialog box
  • SPACEBAR: If the present management is a button, this clicks the button. If the present management is a checkbox, this toggles the examine box. If the present management is a possibility, this selects the choice.
  • ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the chosen button (the button with the define)
  • ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
  • ALT+underlined letter in exchange field thing: Move to the relating thing

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys


  • Start menu - Windows Logo
  • Find the computer - CTRL+Windows Logo+F
  • Minimize all - Windows Logo+M
  • Undo minimize all - SHIFT+Windows Logo+M
  • Help - Windows Logo+F1
  • Displays a shortcut route menu for the picked thing - Application key
  • Find files or folders - Windows Logo+F
  • Minimizes all open windows and shows the desktop - Windows Logo+D
  • Run dialog box - Windows Logo+R
  • Moves center from Start to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (utilize RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move the spotlight to objects on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray), - CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB
  • Cycle via taskbar buttons - Windows Logo+TAB
  • System Properties dialog box - Windows Logo+Break
  • Windows Explorer - Windows Logo+E


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