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General Shortcuts
Lets kickstart the list with the most common shortcuts that youll often use.
F1
[Display Help]
F2
F3
F4
F5
F6
F10
ALT
F4
ALT
ESC
ALT
UnderlinedLetter
ENTER
ALT
SPACEBAR
ALT
LEFTARROW
ALT
RIGHTARROW
ALT
PAGEUP
ALT
PAGEDOWN
ALT
TAB
CTRL
F4
CTRL
or
CTRL
D/DELETE
Bin]
CTRL
INSERT
CTRL
or
F5
CTRL
or
SHIFT
CTRL
CTRL
[Redo an action]
CTRL
[Undo an action]
CTRL
or
CTRL
INSERT
CTRL
out of a large NUMBER of items, like apps pinned to the Start screen]
CTRL
RIGHTARROW
CTRL
LEFTARROW
CTRL
DOWNARROW
paragraph]
+
CTRL
UPARROW
paragraph]
CTRL
ALT
CTRL
ARROW
TAB
SPACEBAR
on the desktop]
CTRL
SHIFT
CTRL
ESC
CTRL
SHIFT
CTRL
SHIFT
ARROW
are available]
+
CTRL
SPACEBAR
SHIFT
F10
SHIFT
ARROW
DELETE
Bin first]
RIGHTARROW
LEFTARROW
ESC
Win
Win
Win
Win
[Open Charms]
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
F1
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
SHIFT
Win
Win
Win
Win
Win
PAUSE
Win
CTRL
Win
SHIFT
Win
(NUMBER19)
F
M
SHIFT
(NUMBER19)
the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number]
Win
CTRL
(NUMBER19)
window of the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the
number]
Win
ALT
(NUMBER19)
the app pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number]
Win
CTRL
SHIFT
(NUMBER19)
TAB
Win
CTRL
TAB
apps)]
Win
SHIFT
TAB
CTRL
notification area]
Win
UPARROW
Win
DOWNARROW
desktop window]
Win
LEFTARROW
of the screen]
Win
RIGHTARROW
HOME
SHIFT
UPARROW
SHIFT
DOWNARROW
SHIFT
LEFTARROW
or
RIGHTARROW
SPACEBAR
Win
CTRL
Win
ENTER
[Open Narrator]
Win
SHIFT
Win
Win
Win
ALT
Win
+/
SPACEBAR
ENTER
Win
[Exit Magnifier]
ESC
[Display Help]
F4
CTRL
TAB
CTRL
SHIFT
CTRL
(NUMBER19)
TAB
TAB
SHIFT
ALT
TAB
UnderlinedLetter
command (or select the option) that goes with that letter]
SPACEBAR
BACKSPACE
[Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box]
[Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As
ARROW
ALT
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
CTRL
+ mouse scroll wheel [Change the size and appearance of file and
folder icons]
CTRL
SHIFT
CTRL
SHIFT
NUMLOCK
NUMLOCK
NUMLOCK
ALT
ALT
ENTER
ALT
RIGHTARROW
ALT
UPARROW
ALT
LEFTARROW
BACKSPACE
RIGHTARROW
first subfolder]
LEFTARROW
HOME
F11
Taskbar Shortcuts
Here are the keyboard shortcuts to work with items on the Desktops taskbar.
+ Click a
SHIFT
TaskbarButton
instance of an app]
CTRL
SHIFT
+ Click a
TaskbarButton
SHIFT
+ Right-click a
TaskbarButton
SHIFT
+ Right-click a
GroupedTaskbarButton
the groUP]
CTRL
+ Click a
GroupedTaskbarButton
groUP]
Hold
RIGHTSHIFT
LEFTALT
LEFTSHIFT
PRINTSCREEN
LEFTALT
LEFTSHIFT
NUMLOCK
Press
SHIFT
Press
NUMLOCK
Win
Magnifier Shortcuts
Here are the keyboard shortcuts to help you use Magnifier.
Win
[Zoom in]
Win
[Zoom out]
CTRL
ALT
SPACEBAR
CTRL
ALT
CTRL
ALT
CTRL
ALT
[Invert colors]
CTRL
ALT
CTRL
ALT
CTRL
ALT
ARROW
Win
ESC
[Exit Magnifier]
Narrator Shortcuts
These are the keyboard shortcuts to help you use Narrator.
SPACEBAR
TAB
CTRL
or
ENTER
ARROWKeys
[Stop reading]
CAPSLOCK
[Read item]
CAPSLOCK
[Start reading]
CAPSLOCK
[Read document]
CAPSLOCK
[Repeat phrase]
CAPSLOCK
[Read window]
CAPSLOCK
PAGEUP
CAPSLOCK
+/
CAPSLOCK
SPACEBAR
CAPSLOCK
LEFT
CAPSLOCK
F2
or
PAGEDOWN
voice]
Caps
ESC
or
[Exit Narrator]
ALT
PAGEUP
ALT
PAGEDOWN
ALT
INSERT
ALT
HOME
CTRL
ALT
BREAK
CTRL
ALT
END
CTRL
ALT
HOME
ALT
CTRL
DELETE
ALT
[Place a copy of the active window, within the client, on the Terminal server
clipboard (similar to
CTRL
ALT
ALT
PRINTSCREEN
on a local PC)]
[Place a copy of the entire client window area on the Terminal server
clipboard (similar to
CTRL
TAB
ALT
PrintScreen
on a local PC)]
RIGHTARROW
out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host app (for
example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls
are embedded in another (host) app.]
CTRL
TAB
ALT
LEFTARROW
out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host app (for
example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls
are embedded in another (host) app.]
F3
F10
HOME
END
ALT
LEFTARROW
ALT
RIGHTARROW
ALT
HOME
ALT
ALT
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jagdishingale 2monthsago
good......'
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jagdishingale 2monthsago
R8...
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SbijuMon 3monthsago
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Darren 3monthsago
Ctrl+Esc=DirectaccesstoTaskManager
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RyanMchugh>Darren 2monthsago
It'sCtrl+Shift+EscinWindows10don'tknowaboutolderOS'sthough.
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AshutoshKumarSingh>RyanMchugh amonthago
Letmeclearyourdoubts.Ctrl+Shift+EscopensTaskManager,andCtrl
+EscisanalternativetoWindowskeythatopensstartscreeninWindows
8andstartmenuin10.Thanks!
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PKDomain 4monthsago
Fabulouspost,reallyhelpfultodoworkspeedilywiththehelpoftheseshortkeys,butiwill
tellyouthatitsmoredifficulttorememberitwhilewearedoinganyjob.Mostlyweforgetit
whilewearedoinganytask.
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Quitetrue,butthemoreoneusesshortcuts,themoreshortcutsonecanremember.
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MuhAmmadArshad 4monthsago
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IsthereaChromeshortcutforsortingoutthetop10windowsshortcutsfromthisgigantic
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HiJustin,Iguessnoshortcutsexistsforsortingthingsinbrowsers,butyes,you
canuseCtrl+Ftofindshortcutsforyourrequirementseasily.:)
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shadab 5monthsago
niceshortcutthanks
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alisha 5monthsago
usectrl+alt+pgup=normalpage
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AshutoshKumarSingh>alisha amonthago
HiAlisha,itdidn'tworkedformeonWindows10.Maybeyou'veenabledscreen
rotation'sshortcutsinGraphicspropertiesonyoursystem.Thanks!
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ctrl+alt+pgdown=pageupsidedown
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MinMinMin 6monthsago
thanksalot
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Giovanni 7monthsago
Thisisgonnatakeawhiletomemorize
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AmitBhardwaj 7monthsago
Iaunaletotackescreenshotbyctrl+alt+minussign
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AshutoshKumarSingh>AmitBhardwaj amonthago
Windows+PrntScrkeysworkstoofortakingscreenshotsonWindows8and
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akashvasudevan>AmitBhardwaj 3monthsago
takescreenshotbyalt+PrtScsysRqandpasteitinpaintwithusingctrl+v
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sohbet 6yearsago
Allofthemareveryapplicabletome,butthemostimportantformeisgivingthepicturea
strongfocus.Althoughthatwasverybasic,IthinkIcanusethattillthenextyearsof
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JAYAPRAKASH 6yearsago
GOODWORK..KEEPITUP.THANKYOU.
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oh...thanksialmostforgetitall!...cheers
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Ty51 6yearsago
Ctr+alt+downarroworsidearroworuparrowwillturnthepagesidwaysupsidownorright
sideup!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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yellowred 6yearsago
howtomakeachecklikethis?Ijustcopypasteit..butIwanttoknowtheshortcut..:)
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Lagrange 6yearsago
@Tina,ifitisWindowsXP,rightclickanemptyspotonthetaskbarandclick"Tile
windowshorizontally"(orvertically).ForVistaand7,Ithinktheoptioniscalled"Stack
windowssidebyside".
Idon'tknowofaneasykeyboardshortcutotherthanchangingfocustothesystemtray
andusingthecontextkey(onthekeyboardnexttothewindowskey).Itwouldgo
somethinglike:
WINKEY,
ESCAPE,
TAB,
TAB,
TAB,
RIGHTARROW(untilthefocusisovertheclock),
CONTEXTKEY,
H
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waila 6yearsago
write"..."inRUN.Mycomputerwillopen!!!:D
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Tina 6yearsago
Myyounggrandsonlovestoplaywiththemouseandkeyboardandseveraltimeshehas
beenabletoarrangefouropenwindowsonmydesktopinawaythatyoucanseeallfour
atonetime.Ofcourse,thewindowswerealreadyopenandhedidsomethingthatarranged
theminthewayandIhavetriedoverandovertorecreatewhathedid,butIhavenoidea
whatitwas.Doyouhaveanyideawhatkeystrokeshemadeinordertoachievethattype
display?Thankyouinadvanceforanyhelpyoucanoffer.
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joy 6yearsago
mylaptopwontturnturnon..keptonpressingstartbutton.butthetsandbyligtisthere..is
thereanyshordtcutkeysforturningonthepcafterpluggingitin?plshelp
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ashu 6yearsago
thxxitsgud
allshortcutsononepageitsgud..keepitupdude..
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U7T!(^)4T3 6yearsago
CTRL+ALT+TAB.............CHECKOUT
NOTINXP.............
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bebe 6yearsago
dosen'tworkwithVISTA.nothingworkswithVISTA
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HomeBasedBusinessOnline 6yearsago
Thanksforthelist!EachtimeIpressCTRL+Uitopensthetaskmanager,soitmightbea
shortcutaswell.
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guru 6yearsago
guru 6yearsago
moreshortcutsanddetailexplanation
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rajaryans 6yearsago
Hi.ijustwanttothtinwindowsxpwhtisthecoomandforminimizetheactivewindow&
againmaximizetheactivewindowbykeybordcommandlikeinwindows7theshortcutis
windowsdowntominimize&windowsuparrowtomaximize.soifuhaveanyinformation
plzletmeno.imwaitingforurreply
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samAbraham 6yearsago
tryCTRL+E
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samAbraham 6yearsago
windows+RforRun
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m65 6yearsago
verynicearticlethanksfortheshare
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manoharreddy.v 6yearsago
itsnicetodisplayalltheshortcutkeys
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RoachySylense 6yearsago
tryCTRL+ENTERforaquickURL.
NormallyI'dleaveoutallthemessandbefinewithgoogle.com
butifyouwanttobelazier(likeme)justtypegoogleCTRL+ENTER.
it'lladdthe"http://www."andthe".com"foryou.
Itdoesscrewupwithyouonceyougetinthehabitandyouneedtoaddacountry
extentionora.net
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Kenny 6yearsago
Commonkeyboardshortcutsonthevirtualkeyboard:
http://hotvirtualkeyboard.co...
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baraka 6yearsago
iwantkeyboardshortcutforreturnback
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suhas 6yearsago
ExcellentwaytocompleteurjobandworkGreat!!!!!!
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kAiRi 6yearsago
CNTRL+ALT+DELitsTASKMANAGER
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NikhilllllllllllllllllDarjiii 6yearsago
GooooooooooooooooooooooodInformationnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn
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jilly123 6yearsago
Togetpagesetupindocumentdoubleclickinrulerontheleftofscreen.
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