windows shortcuts

While holding down ctrl +
X = cut
C = copy
V = paste
P = Printing
O = This opens the URL dialog box in most browsers.
R = Refresh
Z = Undo
A = Selects All
W = closes full screen popup windows that have no other controls.
B = Bold
I = italic
U = Underline
E = Built-in IE Search feature
N = to open a new browser windows
D = (I.E) to save the page to your favourites.
B = (I.E) to organize favourites
S = Save

Winkey + Pause = display the Systems Properties page
Winkey + R = display the Run dialog box
Winkey + M = minimize all windows 0r Ctrl+Esc immediately followed by Alt+M
Winkey + D = minimize all windows. Press again and desktop apps reappear.
Winkey + Shift + M = undo minimize all windows
Winkey + F1 = starts Windows Help
(F1 by itself brings up Help in the current application)
Winkey + E = start Explorer
Winkey + F = start Find
Winkey + F + CNTL = start Find Computer
Winkey + B = Sets focus on the task bar
Winkey + TAB = cycle through taskbar buttons
Winkey + BREAK = display Systems Properties panel
Winkey + L = lock Desktop
Windows key + r = goes to run prompt
Crtl+I = Opens Favorites
Shift+Tab= Goes back a field
Crtl+Esc= Start Menu

F5 - Force refresh in IE
F6 (IE) - highlight address bar




General Windows Shortcuts:

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 elect 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 imultaneously)


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)

Micro$oft 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)