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 Improve your efficency with Keyboard Shortcuts

Many of the keyboard shortcuts listed below require the use
of multiple keys being activated simultaneously (denoted by the use of the +
symbol).

2 Key combinations: We recommend Pressing and holding down the first key
and then tapping on the second key
 
3 Key combinations: We recommend Pressing and holding down the first
key then the second key and then tapping on the third key

Windows System Key Combinations

• F1: Help
• CTRL + ESC: Open Start menu
• ALT + TAB: Switch between open programs
• ALT + F4: Quit program
• SHIFT + DELETE: Delete item permanently

Windows Program Key Combinations

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

Mouse Click/Keyboard Combinations

• SHIFT + right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative
  commands
• SHIFT + double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second
  item on the menu)
• ALT + double click: Displays properties
• SHIFT + DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the
  Recycle Bin

General Keyboard-Only Commands

• F1: Starts Windows Help
• F10: Activates menu bar options
• SHIFT + F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the
  same as right-clicking an object
• CTRL + ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
• CTRL + ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the
  taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
• ALT + DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
• ALT + TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and
  then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
• SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to
  bypass the automatic-run feature
• ALT + SPACE: Displays the main window’s System menu (from the System
  menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the
  window)
• 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)
• CTRL + TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document
  Interface (MDI) program
• ALT + underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
• ALT + F4: Closes the current window
• CTRL + F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
• 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 Explorer Shortcuts

• For a selected object: F2: Rename object
• F3: Find all files
• CTRL + X: Cut
• CTRL + C: Copy
• CTRL + V: Paste
• SHIFT + DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to
  the Recycle Bin
• 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

• 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)
• F5: Refreshes the current window.
• F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
• CTRL + G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer
  only)
• CTRL + Z: Undo the last command
• CTRL + A: Select all the items in the current window
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT + click + Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus
  all parent folders

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

Properties Control

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

Accessibility Shortcuts

• Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles
  FilterKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles
  ToggleKeys on and off
• Left ALT + left SHIFT + NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
• Left ALT + left SHIFT + PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off

Dialog Box Commands

• ALT + underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding
  item
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the
  outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
• SHIFT + TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
• 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
   

Microsoft Keyboards
Natural Keyboard Keys

• Windows Logo: Start menu
• Windows Logo + R: Run dialog box
• Windows Logo + M: Minimize all
• SHIFT + Windows Logo + M: Undo minimize all
• Windows Logo + F1: Help
• Windows Logo + E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo + F: Find files or folders
• Windows Logo + D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
• CTRL + Windows Logo + F: Find computer
• 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)
• Windows Logo + TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
• Windows Logo + Break: System Properties dialog box
• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

IntelliType Software Installed

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

Filed Under: Training on February 26th, 2008