Opening the Start button

To start off, you can open the Microsoft Windows

Start button by pressing the windows key on the
keyboard or by pressing the CTRL and ESC keys at
the same time.
Once in the Start menu you can use the arrow keys
on the keyboard to move up, down, left, or right in
the start menu. Once you've located the program
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Opening a program on the desktop
If there is a program you want to run that has an
icon (shortcut) on the desktop, you can move to
the desktop by pressing your tab key on your
keyboard.
Once the icon on the desktop you want to run is
selected, press the Enter key to open that program.
Closing, minimizing, maximizing, or moving a
window
Closing a window
If you have a window open that you want to close
using the keyboard, press ALT and F4 on the
keyboard at the same time to close the current
open program or window.
In addition to the above recommendation to closing
a window, you can also press the ALT and the
spacebar key at the same time, arrow down to the
close option from the menu that opens in the top
left portion of the window and press Enter.
Minimizing a window
To minimize a window in Microsoft Windows using
the keyboard, press the ALT and the spacebar
key at the same time, arrow down to the minimize
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option from the menu that opens in the top left

portion of the window and press Enter.

Maximizing a window
To maximize a window in Microsoft Windows using
the keyboard, press the ALT and the spacebar
key at the same time, arrow down to the maximize
option from the menu that.opens in the top left
portion of the window and press Enter.
Note: If the window is already maximized, this
option will not be able to be selected.
Moving a window
Before you can move any window In Microsoft
Windows it must not be maximized. To make the
window appear in window mode, press ALT and the
spacebar at the same time, move to the restore
option, and press enter.
Once the window is not maximized you can move a
window by pressing ALT and spacebar at the same
time, move to the move option, press enter, and
then move the window using your arrow keys on
the keyboard.
Moving
between
applications

open

windows

and

To move between any open programs on your

computer, press ALT and Tab at the same time and
let go of Tab while continuing to hold the ALT key. If
done successfully, a window will be shown that
displays each of the open programs on your
computer. Pressing Tab while ALT continues to be
held will move between each of the programs.
When the program you want to switch to is
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selected, letting go of ALT and Tab will switch to

that program.

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Manipulating and moving through textq

Below are the different methods of how you can
move through text in a document without the aid
of a mouse.

Arrow keys - using the arrow keys on the

keyboard will move the cursor up, down, left, or
right in the document.
CTRL and Arrow keys - Holding down the CTRL
key while pressing the left or right arrow keys will
move the cursor one word at a time. This is much
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faster than only using the arrow keys. Holding

down the CTRL key while pressing up or down will
move through each of the paragraphs in the
document.
End and Home keys - Pressing the End key takes
you to the end of the world a document and
pressing the Home key will move you to the
beginning of a document.

Shift key - The shift key allows you to highlight

text. For example, holding down the shift key while
using the right or left arrow keys will highlight the
text to the left or right. If you hold down shift while
pressing the down arrow keys, you will highlight
one line at a time in that direction.
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recommendations. For example, pressing and
holding Shift and CTRL and using the arrows will
highlight a word at a time, or holding down Shift
and pressing the End key will highlight from the
current cursor position to the end of the document.
Scrolling in a window
Scrolling up or down in a window is often
accomplished by using any of the following keys:
Up and Down arrow keys, Page up and Page down
keys, or the Spacebar.
Right-clicking an icon or other element of
Windows
In some situations you may need to right-click on
an icon, text, or other Windows element. To do this
without a mouse, select the icon or move the
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cursor to the text you need to right-click and press

and hold Shift and F10 at the same time.
How to use Mouse Keys
The following table shows each of the keys on the
Numeric Keypad and how they interact with the
mouse cursor. Make sure you're only using the
Keypad to execute these actions.
Desired Action
Key Combination
Move up and to the left Press 7
Move up
Press 8
Move up and to the
Press 9
right
Move left
Press 4

Move right
Press 6
Move down and to the
Press 1
left
Move down
Press 2
Move down and to the
Press 3
right
Select the left mouse
Press /
button
Select both of the
Press *
mouse buttons
Select the right mouse
Press button
With
the
left
button
Click
selected, press 5
With
the
right
button
Right-click
selected, press 5
With
the
left
button
Double-click
selected, press +
Point to the item, and then
Drag an item
press 0
Drop the item you are Press .
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dragging
Top 10 keyboard shortcuts everyone should
know
Below are our top 10 keyboard shortcuts we
recommend everyone memorize and use.
Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert
Both Ctrl + C and Ctrl + Insert will copy the
highlighted text or selected item. If you want to cut
instead of copy press Ctrl + X.
Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert
Both the Ctrl + V and Shift + Insert will paste
the text or object that's in the clipboard.

Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y

Undo any change. For example, if you cut text,
pressing this will undo it. This can also often be
pressed multiple times to undo multiple changes.
Pressing Ctrl + Y would redo the undo.
Ctrl + F
Pressing Ctrl + F opens the Find in any program.
This includes your Internet browser to find text on
the current page.
Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab
Quickly switch between open programs moving
forward.
Tip: Press Ctrl + Tab to switch between tabs in a
program.
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Tip: Adding the Shift key to Alt + Tab or Ctrl + Tab

will move backwards. For example, if you are
pressing Alt + Tab and pass the program you want
to switch to, press Alt + Shift + Tab to move
backwards to that program.
Tip: Windows Vista and 7 users can also press the
Windows Key + Tab to switch through open
programs in a full screenshot of the Window.
Ctrl + Back space and Ctrl + Left or Right
arrow
Pressing Ctrl + Backspace will delete a full word
at a time instead of a single character.
Holding down the Ctrl key while pressing the left
or right arrow will move the cursor one word at a
time instead of one character at a time. If you
wanted to highlight one word at a time, you can
hold down Ctrl + Shift and then press the left or
right arrow key to move one word at a time in
that direction while highlighting each word.

Ctrl + S
While working on a document or other file in
almost every program, pressing Ctrl + S saves
that file. This shortcut key should be used
frequently anytime you're working on anything
important.
Ctrl + Home or Ctrl + End
Ctrl + Home will move the cursor to the beginning
of the document and Ctrl + End will move the
cursor to the end of a document. These shortcuts
work with most documents, as well as web pages.
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Ctrl + P
Open a print preview of the current page or
document being viewed. For example, press Ctrl +
P now to view a print preview of this page.
Page Up, Space bar, and Page Down
Pressing either the page up or page down key
will move that page one page at a time in that
direction. When browsing the Internet, pressing the
space bar also moves the page down one page at
a time.
Tip: If you are using the space bar to go down one
page at a time, press the Shift key and space bar
to go up one page at a time.
Other Recommended Shortcuts
We also recommend the following
shortcuts, as they can be very useful:

keyboard

Ctrl + O
Allows you to select and open a file within the
current software program. This works in most
programs, including Internet browsers.

F2
After highlighting or selecting a file, pressing F2
changes the file name to be editable, allowing you
to rename the file.
Basic PC shortcut keys
Below is a list of some of the most commonly used
basic shortcut keys.
Shortcut
Keys
Alt + F
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Description
File menu options in current program.

Alt + E
Alt + Tab

Edit options in current program

Switch between open programs
Universal Help in almost every
F1
Windows program.
F2
Rename a selected file
F5
Refresh the current program window
Create a new, blank document in some
Ctrl + N
software programs
Ctrl + O
Open a file in current software program
Ctrl + A
Select all text.
Ctrl + B
Change selected text to be Bold
Ctrl + I
Change selected text to be in Italics
Ctrl + U
Change selected text to be Underlined
Open find window for current document
Ctrl + F
or window.
Ctrl + S
Save current document file.
Ctrl + X
Cut selected item.
Shift + Del Cut selected item.
Ctrl + C
Copy selected item.
Ctrl + Ins Copy selected item

Ctrl + V
Paste
Shift + Ins Paste
Ctrl + K
Insert hyperlink for selected text
Ctrl + P
Print the current page or document.
Home
Goes to beginning of current line.
Ctrl
+
Goes to beginning of document.
Home
End
Goes to end of current line.
Ctrl + End Goes to end of document.
Shift
+ Highlights from current position to
Home
beginning of line.
Highlights from current position to end
Shift + End
of line.
Ctrl + LeftMoves one word to the left at a time.
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Ctrl + Right
Moves one word to the right at a time.
arrow
Ctrl + Esc Opens the START menu
Ctrl + Shift
Opens Windows Task Manager
+ Esc
Alt + F4
Close the currently active program
Open the Properties for the selected
Alt + Enter item (file, folder, shortcut, etc.)
PC shortcut keys for Special Characters
Shortcu Special
t Keys Character
Alt
+

0224
Alt
+

0232
Alt
+

0236
Alt
+

0242

Alt
0241
Alt
0228
Alt
0246
Alt
0252
Alt
0248
Alt
0223

+
+
+
+
+
+

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Alt
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Alt
0231
Alt
0191
Alt
0176
Alt
0177
Alt
0153
Alt
0169
Alt
0174
Alt
0128
Alt
0162
Alt
0163
Alt
0165

+
+
+

+
(degree
symbol)

+
(plus/minus
symbol)
+

+
+

+
(Euro
currency)
+
(Cent
symbol)

(British
+
Pound
currency)
+ (Japanese
Yen currency)

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