100 Keyboard Shortcuts

(Windows)
Getting familiar with keyboard shortcuts not only help you get the work
done faster, but also more efficient. If your daily |OB rely heavily on using
Windows, here are some 100+WindowsKeyboardShortcutsyou might want to
check out. If theres any nifty shortcuts we have missed, appreciate a
heads up.
The General Shortcuts
CTRL+C (Copy)
CTRL+X (Cut)
CTRL+V (Paste)
CTRL+Z (Undo)
Delete (Deete)
Shift+Delete (Deete the seected tem permanenty wthout pacng the tem n
the Recyce Bn)
CTRL whe draggng an tem (Copy the seected tem)
CTRL+Shift whe draggng an tem (Create a shortcut to the seected tem)
F2 key (Rename the seected tem)
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the nserton pont to the begnnng of the next word)
CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the nserton pont to the begnnng of the prevous word)
CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the nserton pont to the begnnng of the next
paragraph)
CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the nserton pont to the begnnng of the prevous
paragraph)
CTRL+Shift wth any of the arrow keys (Hghght a bock of text)
Shift wth any of the arrow keys (Seect more than one tem n a wndow or on
the desktop, or seect text n a document)
CTRL+A (Seect a)
F3 key (Search for a fe or a foder)
Alt+Enter (Vew the propertes for the seected tem)
Alt+F (Cose the actve tem, or qut the actve program)
Alt+Enter (Dspay the propertes of the seected ob|ect)
Alt+S!"#e$"r (Open the shortcut menu for the actve wndow)
CTRL+F (Cose the actve document n programs that enabe you to have mutpe
documents open smutaneousy)
Alt+T"$ (Swtch between the open tems)
Alt+ESC (Cyce through tems n the order that they had been opened)
F% key (Cyce through the screen eements n a wndow or on the desktop)
F key (Dspay the Address bar st n My Computer or Wndows Exporer)
Shift+F&' (Dspay the shortcut menu for the seected tem)
Alt+S!"#e$"r (Dspay the System menu for the actve wndow)
CTRL+ESC (Dspay the Start menu)
Alt+Underned etter n a menu name (Dspay the correspondng menu)
Underned etter n a command name on an open menu (Perform the
correspondng command)
F&' key (Actvate the menu bar n the actve program)
RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the rght, or open a submenu)
LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the eft, or cose a submenu)
F( key (Update the actve wndow)
)"#*+!"#e (Vew the foder one eve up n My Computer or Wndows Exporer)
ESC (Cance the current task)
Shift when you nsert a CD-ROM nto the CD-ROM drve (Prevent the CD-ROM
from automatcay payng)
Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+T"$ (Move forward through the tabs)
CTRL+Shift+T"$ (Move backward through the tabs)
T"$ (Move forward through the optons)
Shift+T"$ (Move backward through the optons)
Alt+Underned etter (Perform the correspondng command or seect the
correspondng opton)
Enter (Perform the command for the actve opton or button)
S!"#e$"r (Seect or cear the check box f the actve opton s a check box)
Arrow keys (Seect a button f the actve opton s a group of opton buttons)
F& key (Dspay Hep)
F key (Dspay the tems n the actve st)
)"#*+!"#e (Open a foder one eve up f a foder s seected n the Save As or
Open daog box)
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
Win (Dspay or hde the Start menu)
Win+BREAK (Dspay the System Propertes daog box)
Win+D (Dspay the desktop)
Win+M (Mnmze a of the wndows)
Win+Shift+M (Restore the mnmzed wndows)
Win+E (Open My Computer)
Win+F (Search for a fe or a foder)
CTRL+Win+F (Search for computers)
Win+F1 (Dspay Wndows Hep)
Win+ L (Lock the keyboard)
Win+R (Open the Run daog box)
Win+U (Open Utty Manager)
Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
Rght Shift for eght seconds (Swtch FterKeys ether on or off)
Left Alt+eft Shift+PRINT SCREEN (Swtch Hgh Contrast ether on or off)
Left Alt+eft Shift+NU, LOC- (Swtch the MouseKeys ether on or off)
Shift fve tmes (Swtch the StckyKeys ether on or off)
NU, LOC- for fve seconds (Swtch the ToggeKeys ether on or off)
Win +U (Open Utty Manager)
Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
END (Dspay the bottom of the actve wndow)
HO,E (Dspay the top of the actve wndow)
NU, LOC-+. (Dspay a of the subfoders that are under the seected foder)
NU, LOC-+/ (Dspay the contents of the seected foder)
NU, LOC-+0 (Coapse the seected foder)
LEFT ARROW (Coapse the current seecton f t s expanded, or seect the parent
foder)
RIGHT ARROW (Dspay the current seecton f t s coapsed, or seect the frst
subfoder)
Shortcut Keys For Character Map
After you doube-cck a character on the grd of characters, you can move
through the grd by usng the keyboard shortcuts:
RIGHT ARROW (Move to the rght or to the begnnng of the next ne)
LEFT ARROW (Move to the eft or to the end of the prevous ne)
UP ARROW (Move up one row)
DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)
PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a tme)
PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a tme)
HO,E (Move to the begnnng of the ne)
END (Move to the end of the ne)
CTRL+HO,E (Move to the frst character)
CTRL+END (Move to the ast character)
S!"#e$"r (Swtch between Enarged and Nor ma mode when a character s
seected)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Main
Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+O (Open a saved consoe)
CTRL+N (Open a new consoe)
CTRL+S (Save the open consoe)
CTRL+, (Add or remove a consoe tem)
CTRL+W (Open a new wndow)
F( key (Update the content of a consoe wndows)
Alt+S!"#e$"r (Dspay the MMC wndow menu)
Alt+F (Cose the consoe)
Alt+A (Dspay the Acton menu)
Alt+V (Dspay the Vew menu)
Alt+F (Dspay the Fe menu)
Alt+O (Dspay the Favortes menu)
MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
CTRL+P (Prnt the current page or actve pane)
Alt+0 (Dspay the wndow menu for the actve consoe wndow)
Shift+F&' (Dspay the Acton shortcut menu for the seected tem)
F& key (Open the Hep topc, f any, for the seected tem)
F( key (Update the content of a consoe wndows)
CTRL+F&' (Maxmze the actve consoe wndow)
CTRL+F( (Restore the actve consoe wndow)
Alt+Enter (Dspay the Propertes daog box, f any, for the seected tem)
F2 key (Rename the seected tem)
CTRL+F (Cose the actve consoe wndow. When a consoe has ony one consoe
wndow, ths shortcut coses the consoe)
Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
CTRL+Alt+END (Open the m*cro$oft Wndows NT Securty daog box)
Alt+PAGE UP (Swtch between programs from eft to rght)
Alt+PAGE DOWN (Swtch between programs from rght to eft)
Alt+INSERT (Cyce through the programs n most recenty used order)
Alt+HO,E (Dspay the Start menu)
CTRL+Alt+)REA- (Swtch the cent computer between a wndow and a fu screen)
Alt+Delete (Dspay the Wndows menu)
CTRL+Alt+0 (Pace a snapshot of the actve wndow n the cent on the Termna
server cpboard and provde the same functonaty as pressng PRINT SCREEN on a
oca computer.)
CTRL+Alt+/ (Pace a snapshot of the entre cent wndow area on the Termna
server cpboard and provde the same functonaty as pressng Alt+PRINT SCREEN
on a oca computer.)
Internet Explorer Navigation
CTRL+) (Open the Organze Favortes daog box)
CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
CTRL+F (Start the Fnd utty)
CTRL+H (Open the Hstory bar)
CTRL+I (Open the Favortes bar)
CTRL+L (Open the Open daog box)
CTRL+N (Start another nstance of the browser wth the same Web address)
CTRL+O (Open the Open daog box, the same as CTRL+L)
CTRL+P (Open the Prnt daog box)
CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)
CTRL+W (Cose the current wndow)