keyboard



Keyboard Shortcuts

Ctrl + C to copy Ctrl + V to paste Ctrl + X to cut
 * The Big "3" **


 * 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 Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)


 * 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 modifier combinations for shell objects **
 * 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)
 * CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
 * 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 folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts for a selected object: **
 * F2: Rename object
 * F3: Find all files
 * CTRL+A: Select all
 * 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