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Section: B

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Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

There are a number of keyboard shortcuts and combinations
that you can make use of instead of your mouse or your taskbar
options. This article will give you the list of the most common
shortcuts used while using a Windows operating system.

 Windows System
 In a General Folder and text
programs
 In a General Folder
 For a Selected Item a Folder
 For Microsoft Word
 For Microsoft Excel
 For Microsoft PowerPoint
 For Internet Explorer
 For Windows Media Player
Windows System
  Windows Key: will open the Start menu
 Windows Key+Break: will display the System Properties dialogue box
 Windows Key+D: will minimize the windows to show the Desktop
 Windows Key+E: will open Internet Explorer
 Windows Key+F: will open the Search option for files and folders
 Windows Key+F+CTRL: will open Search option for computer
 Windows Key+F1: will display Help/Assistance option
 Windows Key+L: will lock your Desktop
 Windows Key+M: will minimize or restore all windows
 Windows Key+R: will open the RUN option
 Windows Key+TAB: will switch between open items
 Windows Key+U: will open Utility Manager
 ALT+ Hyphen: will display the Multiple Document Interface child windowâ€(TM)s
System menu
 ALT+ ENTER: will view the properties for the selected object
 ALT+ ESC: will cycle through the items in the order that they were opened
 ALT+ F4: will close all the window that is open
 ALT+ SPACEBAR: will display the System menu
 ALT+TAB: switch from one open program to another on your taskbar.
 F1: used to request help/assistance
 SHIFT: If you press and hold down the SHIFT key while inserting a CD-ROM it will skip
the automatic-run feature
 SHIFT+DELETE: will delete the file permanently
 CTRL+ESC: will open the Start Menu

In a General Folder and text programs

  Ctrl + A: will select all items
 Ctrl + B: will organize your Favorites in Internet Explorer
 Ctrl + C: will copy the selected item
 Ctrl + F: will open the Search options
 Ctrl + H: will allow you to replace some text
 Ctrl + N: will create a new folder
 Ctrl + O: will open a new document
 Ctrl + P: will print the selected document
 Ctrl + S: will save the current document
 Ctrl + V: will copy the selected item
 Ctrl + W: will close the current window
 Ctrl + X: will cut the current item
 Ctrl + Y: will repeat the last action that has been cancelled
 Ctrl + Z: will undo the last action

In a General Folder

 F10: Opens Menu Bar options

 CTRL+F4: list the address menu paths
 SHIFT+F10: Opens right click shortcut menu
 ALT+DOWN ARROW: will open a drop-down list box
 ALT+SPACE: will list the window's System menu
  ALT+Underlined Letter in Menu: Opens the menu

For a Selected Item a Folder

 F2: used to rename the item

 F3: Opens the Search option
 F5: will refresh the current folder
 F6: will move along the panes in Windows Explorer
 CTRL+ X: Cut an item
 CTRL+ C: Copy an item
 CTRL+ V: Paste an item
 SHIFT+DELETE: will delete this item permanently.
 ALT+ENTER: will open the properties option for the selected item.
 CTRL+ G: will open the â€oeGo To†Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer
only)
 CTRL+ A: will select all the items in the current window
 BACKSPACE: will switch to the parent folder

For Microsoft Word

  CTRL+ N: will promptly open a Word document
 CTRL+ O: will open a previously saved Word document
 CTRL+ W: will close the current window without exiting Word
 CTRL+ S: will save the current document
 CTRL+ P: will promptly print the current document
 CTRL+ Z: will undo the last action
 CTRL+ Y: will restore an undone action
 CTRL+ X: will cut the selected text
 CTRL+ C: will copy the selected text
 CTRL+ V: will paste the selected text
 CTRL+ A: will select the whole document
 CTRL+ F: will search for a specific text in the current document
 CTRL+ B: will bold the selected text
 CTRL+ I: will put in italics the selected text
 CTRL+ U: will underline the selected text

For Microsoft Excel

 CTRL+ N: will promptly open an Excel document
 CTRL+ O: will open a previously saved Excel document
 CTRL+ W: will close the current window without exiting Excel
 CTRL+ S: will save the current document
 CTRL+ P: will promptly print the current document
 CTRL+ Z: will undo the last action
 CTRL+ Y: will restore an undone action
 CTRL+ X: will cut the selected text
 CTRL+ C: will copy the selected text
 CTRL+ V: will paste the selected text
 CTRL+ A: will select the whole document
 CTRL+ F: will search for a specific text in the current document
 CTRL+ B: will bold the selected text
 CTRL+ I: will put in italics the selected text
 CTRL+ U: will underline the selected text
 F1: will prompt the Help option
 F2: will edit the document
 F3: will paste the name
 F4: will repeat the last action
 F5: will open the Go To option
 F6: will switch to the next pane
 F7: will launch the Spell Check option
 F8: will allow the Extend Mode
 F9: will recalculate all workbooks
 F10: will activate the menu bar
 F11: will open a new chart
 F12: will save the document.
For Microsoft PowerPoint

 F4: will repeat the last action

 F5: will start a slide show
 F6: will switch to the next pane in a clockwise way
 CTRL+ EQUAL SIGN: will apply a subscript formatting
 CTRL+ ADDITION SIGN: will apply a superscript formatting
 CTRL+ BACKSPACE: will delete a word
 CTRL+ F: will find a particular text
 CTRL+ K: will insert a hyperlink
 CTRL+ M: will insert a slide
 CTRL+ I: will set the text into italics
 CTRL+ D: will copy the current slide
 CTRL+ O: will open a previously saved PowerPoint file
 CTRL+ T: will open a Font dialogue
 CTRL+ Y: will repeat last action
 CTRL+ G: to view guides
 SHIFT+ ALT+ LEFT ARROW: will promote a paragraph
 SHIFT+ F3: will capitalize the text
 SHIFT+ALT+ RIGHT ARROW: will demote a paragraph
 SHIFT+F6: will switch to the previous pane in an anticlockwise way.

For Internet Explorer

  F1: will display the Internet Explorer help
 F11: will allow the full screen option
 TAB KEY: will enable you to move through the items, address bar and links on your
webpage
 ALT+HOME: will go to your home page
 ALT+LEFT ARROW: will go to the previous page
 SHIFT+F10: will display a shortcut menu for the link
 CTRL+TAB: will move forward between tabs
 SHIFT+CTRL+TAB: will move back between frames
 UP ARROW KEY: will scroll towards the beginning of the webpage
 DOWN ARROW KEY: will scroll towards the end to the webpage
 PAGE UP: will scroll by sections towards the beginning of the webpage
 PAGE DOWN: will scroll by sections towards the end of the webpage
 HOME: will move directly to the beginning of the webpage
 END: will move directly to the end of the webpage
 CTRL+F: will find some text on the page
 F5: will refresh the current page
 ESC: will stop loading the page
 CTRL+ N: will open a new window
 CTRL+ E: will open the Search option in the Explorer bar
 CTRL+ I: will open the Favorites option in Explorer bar
 CTRL+ H: will open the History option in Explorer bar

For Windows Media Player

 ALT + 1 (2 or 3): zoom of 50% (100% or 200%)
 ALT + Enter: toggle full screen
 Esc: Exit from full screen
 ALT + Left arrow: take a step back in your navigation history
 ALT + Right Arrow: move forward in your navigation history
 CTRL + 1: switch to full screen
 CTRL + 2: Switch to skin mode
 CTRL + B: previous (item or chapter)
 CTRL + F: next (item or chapter)
 CTRL + M: Toggle shuffle
 CTRL + T: toggle repeat
 CTRL + M: show/hide the Classic Menus (menu bar)
 CTRL + N: create a new playlist
 CTRL + O: open file
 CTRL + P: Play/Pause
 CTRL + S: Stop reading CTRL + S
 CTRL + U: specify a URL or file path
 Ctrl + Shift + C: Enable/disable captions and subtitles
 F2: Rename selected item
 F3: add media files to the library
 F5: update information
 F6: Increase the size of the album cover
 Shift + F6: reduce the size of the album cover
 F7: disable volume
 F8: decrease volume
 F9: Increase Volume

Shortcut keys ABCs

Shortcut keys help provide an easier and usually quicker method of navigating and using
computer software programs. Shortcut keys are commonly accessed by using the Alt (on
IBM compatible computers), command key (on Apple computers), Ctrl, or Shift in
conjunction with a single letter. The de facto standard for listing a shortcut is listing the
modifier key, a plus symbol, and the single character. Or in other words, "ALT+S" is telling
you to press the Alt key and while continuing to hold the Alt key, press the S key to perform
the shortcut.

 In addition to the shortcuts listed on this page, users can find the shortcut keys to their
most popular program by looking for underlined letters in their menus. For example, in
the picture to the right you'll can notice that the "F" in File has been underlined. You will
then know that you can press the Alt key and F to access the File menu (Note: Some
programs require the user press and hold ALT to see the underlined characters). Finally,
as can also be seen some of the common features such as Open (Ctrl+O) and Save
(Ctrl+S) have shortcut keys assigned to them.

 As you begin to work with shortcut keys you will notice that several applications share
the same shortcut keys. We have listed many of these keys in our basic PC shortcut keys
section.

 Note: Users outside the United States or users using a foreign copy of a Microsoft
Windows or Microsoft application may not be able to get all the below shortcut keys to
perform the function listed below.

 Basic PC shortcut keys

 The below basic shortcut keys are a listing of shortcut keys that will work with almost
all IBM compatible computers and software programs. It is highly recommended that
 all users keep a good reference of the below shortcut keys or try to memorize the below
keys. Doing so will dramatically increase your productivity.

Shortcut Keys Description

Alt + F File menu options in current program.

Alt + E Edit options in current program

F1 Universal Help in almost every Windows program.

Ctrl + A Select all text.

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

Home Goes to beginning of current line.

Ctrl + Home Goes to beginning of document.

End Goes to end of current line.

Ctrl + End Goes to end of document.

Shift + Home Highlights from current position to beginning of line.

Shift + End Highlights from current position to end of line.

Ctrl + Left arrow Moves one word to the left at a time.

Ctrl + Right arrow Moves one word to the right at a time.

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General keyboard shortcuts

 CTRL+C (Copy)

 CTRL+X (Cut)

 CTRL+V (Paste)

 CTRL+Z (Undo)

 DELETE (Delete)

 SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)

 CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)

 CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)

 F2 key (Rename the selected item)

 CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word)

 CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word)

 CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph)

 CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph)

 CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text)

 SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document)

 CTRL+A (Select all)

 F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)

 ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item)

 ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program)

 ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object)

 ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window)

 CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)

 ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items)

 ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened)

 F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop)

 F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer)

 SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item)

  ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window)

 CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu)

 ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu)

 Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command)

 F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program)

 RIGHT ARROW (Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu)

 LEFT ARROW (Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu)

 F5 key (Update the active window)

 BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer)

 ESC (Cancel the current task)

 SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing)

 CTRL+SHIFT+ESC (Open Task Manager)

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Dialog box keyboard shortcuts

If you press SHIFT+F8 in extended selection list boxes, you enable extended selection mode. In this mode, you can use an arrow key to

move a cursor without changing the selection. You can press CTRL+SPACEBAR or SHIFT+SPACEBAR to adjust the selection. To cancel

extended selection mode, press SHIFT+F8 again. Extended selection mode cancels itself when you move the focus to another control.

 CTRL+TAB (Move forward through the tabs)

 CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the tabs)

 TAB (Move forward through the options)

 SHIFT+TAB (Move backward through the options)

 ALT+Underlined letter (Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)

 ENTER (Perform the command for the active option or button)

 SPACEBAR (Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box)

 Arrow keys (Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons)

 F1 key (Display Help)

 F4 key (Display the items in the active list)

 BACKSPACE (Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box)

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Microsoft natural keyboard shortcuts

 Windows Logo (Display or hide the Start menu)

  Windows Logo+BREAK (Display the System Properties dialog box)

 Windows Logo+D (Display the desktop)

 Windows Logo+M (Minimize all of the windows)

 Windows Logo+SHIFT+M (Restore the minimized windows)

 Windows Logo+E (Open My Computer)

 Windows Logo+F (Search for a file or a folder)

 CTRL+Windows Logo+F (Search for computers)

 Windows Logo+F1 (Display Windows Help)

 Windows Logo+ L (Lock the keyboard)

 Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)

 Windows Logo+U (Open Utility Manager)

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Accessibility keyboard shortcuts

 Right SHIFT for eight seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)

 Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)

 Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)

 SHIFT five times (Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)

 NUM LOCK for five seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)

 Windows Logo +U (Open Utility Manager)

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Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts

 END (Display the bottom of the active window)

 HOME (Display the top of the active window)

 NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)

 NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) (Display the contents of the selected folder)

 NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) (Collapse the selected folder)

 LEFT ARROW (Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)

 RIGHT ARROW (Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)

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Shortcut keys for Character Map

After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:

 RIGHT ARROW (Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line)

 LEFT ARROW (Move to the left or to the end of the previous line)

 UP ARROW (Move up one row)

 DOWN ARROW (Move down one row)

 PAGE UP (Move up one screen at a time)

 PAGE DOWN (Move down one screen at a time)

 HOME (Move to the beginning of the line)

 END (Move to the end of the line)

 CTRL+HOME (Move to the first character)

 CTRL+END (Move to the last character)

 SPACEBAR (Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)

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Microsoft Management Console (MMC) main window keyboard shortcuts

 CTRL+O (Open a saved console)

 CTRL+N (Open a new console)

 CTRL+S (Save the open console)

 CTRL+M (Add or remove a console item)

 CTRL+W (Open a new window)

 F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)

 ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the MMC window menu)

 ALT+F4 (Close the console)

 ALT+A (Display the Action menu)

 ALT+V (Display the View menu)

 ALT+F (Display the File menu)

 ALT+O (Display the Favorites menu)

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MMC console window keyboard shortcuts

 CTRL+P (Print the current page or active pane)

 ALT+Minus sign (-) (Display the window menu for the active console window)
  SHIFT+F10 (Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item)

 F1 key (Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item)

 F5 key (Update the content of all console windows)

 CTRL+F10 (Maximize the active console window)

 CTRL+F5 (Restore the active console window)

 ALT+ENTER (Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)

 F2 key (Rename the selected item)

 CTRL+F4 (Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console)

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Remote desktop connection navigation

 CTRL+ALT+END (Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box)

 ALT+PAGE UP (Switch between programs from left to right)

 ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch between programs from right to left)

 ALT+INSERT (Cycle through the programs in most recently used order)

 ALT+HOME (Display the Start menu)

 CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen)

 ALT+DELETE (Display the Windows menu)

 CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-) (Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide

the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

 CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide

the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.)

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Microsoft Internet Explorer navigation

 CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)

 CTRL+E (Open the Search bar)

 CTRL+F (Start the Find utility)

 CTRL+H (Open the History bar)

 CTRL+I (Open the Favorites bar)

 CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)

 CTRL+N (Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address)

 CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L)

 CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)

 CTRL+R (Update the current Web page)

 CTRL+W (Close the current window)