Using Keyboard Shortcuts rather than always relying on the mouse can save a load of time and therefore, increase productivity. Here are a few of the most useful Windows Keyboard Shortcuts available. I encourage you to try them out for yourself. You may soon be wondering how you got along without them.
Ctrl-A: Select all the items in the current window
Ctrl-C: Copy
Ctrl-V: Paste
Ctrl-X: Cut
Ctrl-Z: Undo
Ctrl-Esc: Start Menu (Useful on some laptops that don't have a Windows Key)
Ctrl-Shift-Esc: Open Task Manager
Ctrl-Tab: Change Child Window(i.e. Change to next tab in web browser)
F5: Refreshes the current window.
Tab: Move to next dialog box
Home: Moves display to top of the active window.
End: Moves display to bottom of the active window.
In the following group, 'Win' refers to the key with the Windows Logo on it.
Win-D: Show Desktop
Win-E: Windows Explorer
Win-F: Search or Find files
Win-R: Open Run dialog box
Win-Break: System Properties Dialog Box
Win-F1: Windows Help & Support Center
Alt-Enter (or Double-Click): Properties for selected object.
Alt-Tab: Switch between open applications
Alt-F4: Close Application/Window
Alt-Esc: Cycle through programs in the order that they were opened.
Shift-F10: Alt-Menu (or Right-Click)
Shift-Delete: Permanently Delete (By passes Recycle Bin)
Wednesday, October 7, 2009
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
Posted on 7:51 PM by Unknown
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