Keyboard Shortcuts

General Windows Keys

To Press

1. Activate the menu bar in programs F10

2. Carry out the corresponding command on the menu ALT+underlined letter in menu
3. Close the current window in Multiple Document
Interface (MDI) programs CTRL+F4
4. Close the current window or quit a program ALT+F4
5. Copy CTRL+C
6. Cut CTRL+X
7. Delete DELETE
8. Display help on the selected dialog box item F1
9. Display the current windows system menu ALT+SPACEBAR
10. Display the shortcut menu for the selected item SHIFT+F10
11. Display the start menu CTRL+ESC
12. Display the system menu for MDI programs ALT+HYPHEN (-)
13. Paste CTRL+V
14. Switch to the window you last used ALT+TAB
15. Undo CTRL+Z

For the Desktop, My Computer, and Windows Explorer

When an item is selected, you can use the shortcut keys shown in the following table.
To Press
16. Bypass Autoplay when inserting a CD SHIFT while inserting the CD
17. Copy a file CTRL while dragging the file
18. Create a shortcut CTRL+SHIFT while dragging
the file
19. Delete an item immediately without placing it in the
Recycle Bin SHIFT+DELETE
20. Display Find: All Files F3
21. Display an Items shortcut menu APPLICATION KEY
22. Refresh the contents of a window F5
23. Rename an Item F2
24. Select all items CTRL+A
25. View an items properties ALT+ENTER or
ALT+DOUBLE-CLICK
For My Computer and Wndows Explorer Only
To Press
26. Close the selected folder and all of its parent folders SHIFT while clicking the Close Button
27. Move backward to a previous view ALT+LEFT ARROW
28. Move forward to a previous view ALT+RIGHT ARROW
29. View the folder one level up BACKSPACE
For Dialog Boxes
To Press
30. Cancel the current task ESC
31. Click the corresponding command ALT+underlined letter
32. Click the selected button ENTER
33. Move forward through options TAB
34. Move backward through options SHIFT+TAB
35. Move forward through tabs CTRL+TAB
36. Move backward through tabs CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
37. Click the button if the current control is a button
Or
Select or clear the check box if the current control is a check box
Or
Click the option if the current control is an option. SPACEBAR
38. Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the
Save As or Open dialog box BACKSPACE
39. Open Save In or Look In in the Save As or Open
Dialog box F4
40. Refresh the Save As or Open dialog box F5

For Internet Explore Only

To Press
41. Activate a selected link ENTER
42. Display a shortcut menu for a link SHIFT+10
43. Go to a new location CTRL+O
44. Go to next page ALT+RIGHT ARROW
45. Go to previous page ALT+LEFT ARROW
46. Move back between frames SHIFT+CTRL+TAB
47. Move back between links SHIFT+TAB
48. Move forward between frames CTRL+TAB
49. Move forward between links TAB
50. Move to the beginning of a document HOME
51. Move to the end of the document END
52. Print the current page or active frame CTRL+P
53. Refresh the current page F5
54. Scroll toward the beginning of a document UP ARROW
55. Scroll toward the beginning of a document in
larger increments PAGE UP
56. Scroll toward the end of a document DOWN ARROW
57. Scroll toward the end of a document in larger increments PAGE DOWN
58. Stop downloading a page ESC
59. Open a new window CTRL+N