Windows system key
combinations
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F1: Help
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CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
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ALT+TAB: Switch between open
programs
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ALT+F4: Quit program
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SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item
permanently
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Windows Logo+L: Lock the
computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)
Windows program key
combinations
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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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CTRL+B: Bold
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CTRL+U: Underline
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CTRL+I: Italic
Mouse click/keyboard
modifier combinations for shell objects
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SHIFT+right click: Displays a
shortcut menu containing alternative commands
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SHIFT+double click: Runs the
alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
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ALT+double click: Displays
properties
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SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item
immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
General keyboard-only
commands
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F1: Starts Windows Help
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F10: Activates menu bar
options
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SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut
menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
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CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an
item)
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CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the
taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
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CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows
Task Manager
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ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a
drop-down list box
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ALT+TAB: Switch to another
running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the
task-switching window)
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SHIFT: Press and hold down the
SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
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ALT+SPACE: Displays the main
window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize,
minimize, maximize, or close the window)
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ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays
the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize,
minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
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CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next
child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
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ALT+underlined letter in menu:
Opens the menu
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ALT+F4: Closes the current
window
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CTRL+F4: Closes the current
Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
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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)
Shell objects and
general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts
For a
selected object:
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F2: Rename object
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F3: Find all files
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CTRL+X: Cut
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CTRL+C: Copy
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CTRL+V: Paste
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SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection
immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
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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.
General folder/shortcut
control
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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)
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F5: Refreshes the current
window.
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F6: Moves among panes in
Windows Explorer
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CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder
tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
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CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
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CTRL+A: Select all the items
in the current window
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BACKSPACE: Switch to the
parent folder
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SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current
folder plus all parent folders
Windows Explorer tree
control
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Numeric Keypad *: Expands
everything under the current selection
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Numeric Keypad +: Expands the
current selection
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Numeric Keypad -: Collapses
the current selection.
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RIGHT ARROW: Expands the
current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
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LEFT ARROW: Collapses the
current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent
Properties control
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CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move
through the property tabs
Accessibility shortcuts
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Press SHIFT five times:
Toggles StickyKeys on and off
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Press down and hold the right
SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
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Press down and hold the NUM
LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
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Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK:
Toggles MouseKeys on and off
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Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT
SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off
Microsoft Natural
Keyboard keys
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Windows Logo: Start menu
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Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
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Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
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SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo
minimize all
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Windows Logo+F1: Help
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Windows Logo+E: Windows
Explorer
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Windows Logo+F: Find files or
folders
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Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all
open windows and displays the desktop
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CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find
computer
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CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves
focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT
ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the
system tray)
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Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle
through taskbar buttons
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Windows Logo+Break: System
Properties dialog
box
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Application key: Displays a
shortcut menu for the selected item
Microsoft Natural
Keyboard with IntelliType software installed
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Windows Logo+L: Log off
Windows
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Windows Logo+P: Starts Print
Manager
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Windows Logo+C: Opens Control
Panel
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Windows Logo+V: Starts
Clipboard
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Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard
Properties dialog
box
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Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse
Properties dialog
box
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Windows Logo+A: Starts
Accessibility Options (if installed)
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Windows Logo+SPACEBAR:
Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
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Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS
LOCK on and off
Dialog box keyboard
commands
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TAB: Move to the next control
in the dialog box
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SHIFT+TAB: Move to the
previous control in the dialog box
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SPACEBAR: If the current
control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check
box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this
selects the option.
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ENTER: Equivalent to clicking
the selected button (the button with the outline)
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ESC: Equivalent to clicking
the Cancel button
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ALT+underlined letter in dialog box
item: Move to the corresponding item
