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 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)
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 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.
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 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)
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 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.
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