El acceso del usuario comn (CUA) es un estndar de interfaces de usuario para los sistemas operativos y programas informticos.

Fue desarrollado por IBM y publicado por primera vez en 1987 como parte de su arquitectura de la aplicacin de sistemas. El CUA contiene normas para el funcionamiento de elementos tales como cuadros de dilogo , mens y atajos de teclado que han llegado a ser tan influyente que son implementadas hoy en da por muchos programadores que nunca han ledo la CUA.

CUA keys - keys common to all windows applications alternate key key description F1 Help F2 Edit F3 Search F5 Refresh. doesn't apply to office programs. Ctrl F5 hard Refresh. doesn't apply to office programs. F11 toggle Full Screen mode F12 Opens Debugger Ctrl F4 close current document Alt F4 close current program Alt F File menu Alt T Tools menu Alt E Edit menu Alt V View menu Alt I Image menu (in paint programs) Ctrl N New document Ctrl S Save the current document Ctrl O Open an existing document <Alt> undo the last thing you did (in some programs there is a Ctrl Z <backspace> history) redo. undo the last undo (in some programs there is a Ctrl Y history). Ctrl A Select everything Ctrl Insert Ctrl C Copy selection to invisible clipboard Cut selection from document/program and put into invisible Shift Delete Ctrl X clipboard Shift Insert Ctrl V Paste selection from invisible clipboard into

CUA keys - keys common to all windows applications alternate key key description document/current program Ctrl P Print document Ctrl F or Find/search/find and replace Ctrl R F3 Find next occurrance (after search) Ctrl rightmove to next word arrow Ctrl leftmove to previous word arrow spacebar toggle current checkbox or radio button Alt activate the current window's menu bar select next control/item in window (gives it the "focus") OR Tab in a word processor in editing, move to next tab stop. Ctrl Tab go to next document tab. this is not a tab stop. Esc cancel current operation Ctrl Esc equivealent to hitting the windows-logo-flag-key Home go to beginning of line End go to end of line Delete delete selection if a button has the focus/is selected, press it. if a program or Enter document is selected, run or open it. Alt downopen selected drop-down list arrow open windows' submenu (Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Alt spacebar Maximize, Close) Shift upadd previous line to text selection. can also partially unselect. arrow Shift downadd next line to next selection. can also partially unselect. arrow Shift left- add next item/character to selection. can also partially arrow unselect. Shift right- add previous item/character to selection. can also partially arrow unselect. display shortcut menu for current window (like rightShift F10 clicking) Ctrl Page-Up Ctrl Home go to top of document Ctrl PageCtrl End go to end of document Down

CUA keys - keys common to all windows applications alternate key key description Ctrl I toggle italics mode on/off Ctrl B toggle bold mode on/off Ctrl U toggle underlining mode on/off

this is the windows logo key:

<Alt> <Tab> <Alt> Shift <Tab> <Logo> R <Logo> E <Logo> M <Logo> D Ctrl <Esc> <Logo> Ctrl Shift Ctrl <Alt> <Esc> <Delete> <Print Screen> <Alt> <Print Screen> <Logo> F <Logo> Ctrl F <Logo> L <Logo> Shift M <Logo> Q <Logo> <Pause/Break> <Logo> U <Logo> V <Logo> <F1> <numpad *>

Windows-specific keys switch between applications switch between applications "run" box. run anything if you know the executeable's name. Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer) show Desktop. (minimize all programs) bring up Start menu bring up Task Manager. on DOS machines control-alt-del reboots, on windows 9x/ME it logs you out and in 2000+ it brings up the task manager. screen capture (image) to the clipboard capture window image to clipboard Search for/Find files on computer find a Computer on your network lock your computer (XP+) Restore all windows quick-switch users (XP+) Show System Properties control panel appplet. similar to right-clicking on My Computer. launch utility manager. used for voice narrator and screen magnifier and on-screen keyboard. open voice settings (Narrator settings window must be open) windows help expand all folders from selection on out in explorer folder

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view (Windows Explorer) expand folder in explorer folder view (Windows Explorer) collapse folder in explorer folder view (Windows Explorer)