COMPUTER/WINDOWS/KEYBOARD
AND
OTHER SHORTCUT KEYS
We bring to you the special information for this week. Some of the basic
Computer/Microsoft Shortcuts you need to know.
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 Notepad Find 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
