Keyboard Shortcut Keys will make
your life more easier!
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◘ Keyboard Shorcuts (Microsoft
Windows)
1. CTRL+C (Copy)
2. CTRL+X (Cut)
3. CTRL+V (Paste)
4. CTRL+Z (Undo)
5. DELETE (Delete)
6. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the
selected item permanently without
placing the item in the Recycle Bin)
7. CTRL while dragging an item (Copy
the selected item)
8. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an
item (Create a shortcut to the
selected item)
9. F2 key (Rename the selected item)
10. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the
insertion point to the beginning of the
next word)
11. CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the
insertion point to the beginning of the
previous word)
12. CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the
insertion point to the beginning of the
next paragraph)
13. CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the
insertion point to the beginning of the
previous paragraph)
14. 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 select
text in a document)
15. CTRL+A (Select all)
16. F3 key (Search for a file or a
folder)
17. ALT+ENTER (View the properties
for the selected item)
18. ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or
quit the active program)
19. ALT+ENTER (Display the
properties of the selected object)
20. ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the
shortcut menu for the active window)
21. CTRL+F4 (Close the active
document in programs that enable you
to have multiple documents
opensimultaneou sly)
22. ALT+TAB (Switch between the
open items)
23. ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in
the order that they had been opened)
24. F6 key (Cycle through the screen
elements in a window or on the
desktop)
25. F4 key (Display the Address bar
list in My Computer or Windows
Explorer)
26. SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut
menu for the selected item)
27. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the
System menu for the active window)
28. CTRL+ESC (Display the Start
menu)
29. 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)
30. F10 key (Activate the menu bar in
the active program)
31. RIGHT ARROW (Open the next
menu to the right, or open a submenu)
32. LEFT ARROW (Open the next
menu to the left, or close a submenu)
33. F5 key (Update the active
window)
34. BACKSPACE (View the folder
onelevel up in My Computer or
Windows Explorer)
35. ESC (Cancel the current task)
36. SHIFT when you insert a CD-
ROMinto the CD-ROM drive (Prevent
the CD-ROM from automatically
playing)
◘ Dialog Box - Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+TAB (Move forward through
the tabs)
2. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move
backward through the tabs)
3. TAB (Move forward through the
options)
4. SHIFT+TAB (Move backward
through the options)
5. ALT+Underlined letter (Perform
the corresponding command or select
the corresponding option)
6. ENTER (Perform the command for
the active option or button)
7. SPACEBAR (Select or clear the
check box if the active option is a
check box)
8. Arrow keys (Select a button if the
active option is a group of option
buttons)
9. F1 key (Display Help)
10. F4 key (Display the items in the
active list)
11. BACKSPACE (Open a folder one
level up if a folder is selected in the
Save As or Open dialog box)
◘ Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Shortcuts
1. Windows Logo (Display or hide the
Start menu)
2. Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the
System Properties dialog box)
3. Windows Logo+D (Display the
desktop)
4. Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of
the windows)
5. Windows Logo+SHIFT+M
(Restorethe minimized windows)
6. Windows Logo+E (Open My
Computer)
7. Windows Logo+F (Search for a file
or a folder)
8. CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for
computers)
9. Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows
Help)
10. Windows Logo+ L (Lock the
keyboard)
11. Windows Logo+R (Open the Run
dialog box)
12. Windows Logo+U (Open Utility
Manager)
13. Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
14. Right SHIFT for eight seconds
(Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
15. Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT
SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either
on or off)
16. Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK
(Switch the MouseKeys either on or
off)
17. SHIFT five times (Switch the
StickyKeys either on or off)
18. NUM LOCK for five seconds
(Switch the ToggleKeys either on or
off)
19. Windows Logo +U (Open Utility
Manager)
20. Windows Explorer Keyboard
Shortcuts
21. END (Display the bottom of the
active window)
22. HOME (Display the top of the
active window)
23. NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*)
(Display all of the subfolders that are
under the selected folder)
24. NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display
the contents of the selected folder)
25. NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-)
(Collapse the selected folder)
26. LEFT ARROW (Collapse the
current selection if it is expanded, or
select the parent folder)
27. RIGHT ARROW (Display the
current selection if it is collapsed, or
select the first subfolder)
◘ Shortcut Keys for Character Map
After you double-click a character on
the grid of characters, you can move
through the grid by using the
keyboard shortcuts:
1. RIGHT ARROW (Move to the
rightor to the beginning of the next
line)
2. LEFT ARROW (Move to the left
orto the end of the previous line)
3. UP ARROW (Move up one row)
4. DOWN ARROW (Move down one
row)
5. PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a
time)
6. PAGE DOWN (Move down one
screen at a time)
7. HOME (Move to the beginning of
the line)
8. END (Move to the end of the line)
9. CTRL+HOME (Move to the first
character)
10. CTRL+END (Move to the last
character)
11. SPACEBAR (Switch between
Enlarged and Normal mode when a
character is selected)
◘ Microsoft Management Console
(MMC)
Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+O (Open a saved console)
2. CTRL+N (Open a new console)
3. CTRL+S (Save the open console)
4. CTRL+M (Add or remove a console
item)
5. CTRL+W (Open a new window)
6. F5 key (Update the content of all
console windows)
7. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC
window menu)
8. ALT+F4 (Close the console)
9. ALT+A (Display the Action menu)
10. ALT+V (Display the View menu)
11. ALT+F (Display the File menu)
12. ALT+O (Display the Favorites
menu)
◘ MMC Console Window Keyboard
Shortcuts
1. CTRL+P (Print the current page or
active pane)
2. ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the
window menu for the active console
window)
3. SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action
shortcut menu for the selected item)
4. F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any,
for the selected item)
5. F5 key (Update the content of all
console windows)
6. CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active
console window)
7. CTRL+F5 (Restore the active
console window)
8. ALT+ENTER (Display the
Properties dialog box, if any, for
theselected item)
9. F2 key (Rename the selected item)
10. CTRL+F4 (Close the active console
window. When a console has only one
console window, this shortcut closes
the console)
◘ Remote Desktop Connection
Navigation
1. CTRL+ALT+END (Open the
Microsoft Windows NT Security
dialog box)
2. ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between
programs from left to right)
3. ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch
between programs from right to left)
4. ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the
programs in most recently used
order)
5. ALT+HOME (Display the Start
menu)
6. CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the
client computer between a window
and a full screen)
7. ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows
menu)
8. CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a
snapshot of the active window in the
client on the Terminal server
clipboard and provide the same
functionality as pressing PRINT
SCREEN on a local computer.)
9. CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place
asnapshot of the entire client window
area on the Terminal server
clipboardand provide the same
functionality aspressing ALT+PRINT
SCREEN on a local computer.)
◘ Microsoft Internet Explorer
Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+B (Open the Organize
Favorites dialog box)
2. CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)
3. CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)
4. CTRL+H (Open the History bar)
5. CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)
6. CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog
box)
7. CTRL+N (Start another instance of
the browser with the same Web
address)
8. CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog
box,the same as CTRL+L)
