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What are shortcut keys?Shortcut keys are a way of navigating certain menu's and features
by using the keyboard instead of manually searching through various menu's. This can speed up the way you use your
computer, all it takes is a little practice and getting used to.
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Windows Logo+M: Minimize all Minimizes all running programs.
SHIFT+Windows Logo+M
Restores all previously open windows to how they were before you Minimized them.
Windows Logo+F1
Displays the Windows Help menu.
Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer Opens a new Explorer Window. Probably one of the hottest Windows keyboard shortcuts.
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Windows Logo+Tab
Cycle through the buttons on the Task Bar.
Alt+Tab
Toggle (switch) between open windows.
Windows Logo+U Displays the Utility Manager with accessibility options; Magnifier, Narrator and On-Screen Keyboard.
Windows Logo+Pause/Break Displays the Systems Properties dialog box.
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Windows Logo+D
Minimizes all windows and shows the Desktop.
Windows Logo+D
Opens all windows and takes you right back to where you were.
Windows Logo+F Displays the Find all files dialog box.
Windows Logo+L
Lock your Windows XP computer.
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CTRL+C
Copy, places the selected/highlighted copy on the clipboard.
CTRL+X Cut, removes the selected/highlighted copy and places it on the clipboard.
CTRL+V
Paste, inserts the copy on the clipboard into the area where your flashing cursor is positioned or the area you have selected/highlighted.
CTRL+Z
Undo last command.
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Shift+Arrow
Shift + Arrow Up, Down, Left or Right. Position your cursor at the beginning of the area you wish to highlight for copying. Now use the up, down, left or right arrow keys to select areas of content to be highlighted, copied, pasted, etc.
Print Screen / SysRq
Usually located at the upper right hand corner of your keyboard next to the Scroll Lock and Pause/Break keys.
CTRL+W
Close, will close the document currently open.
CTRL+Y
Redo last command.
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SHIFT+right click
Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands.
SHIFT+double click
Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu).
ALT+double click Displays properties.
SHIFT+DELETE
Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin.
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F1
Starts Windows Help .
F10
Activates menu bar options.
SHIFT+F10
Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object) .
CTRL+ESC Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item).
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CTRL+ESC or ESC
Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu).
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC
Opens Windows Task Manager.
ALT+DOWN ARROW
Opens a drop-down list box.
ALT+TAB
Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
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ALT+DOWN ARROW
Opens a drop-down list box.
ALT+TAB
Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window).
SHIFT
Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature .
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ALT+SPACE
Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window).
ALT+(ALT+hyphen) Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's
System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window).
CTRL+TAB
Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program .
ALT+F4
Closes the current window.
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CTRL+F4
Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window .
ALT+F6 Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is
displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window).
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F2 Rename object.
CTRL+X: Cut The user selects the text or file for moving by some method, typically by dragging over the text or file
name with the pointing-device or holding down the Shift key while using the arrow keys to move the text cursor.
CTRL+C: Copy Copying often takes place in graphical user interface systems through use of the key-combinations Ctrl
+C.
SHIFT+DELETE When you press the SHIFT+Delete key combination in Windows, the expected behavior is that you are
deleting files or folders permanently without sending them to the Recycle Bin.
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F4 Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows
Explorer).
F5 Refreshes the current window.
F6
Moves among panes in Windows Explorer.
CTRL+G Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only).
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CTRL+Z
Undo the last command .
CTRL+A Select all the items in the current window .
BACKSPACE
Switch to the parent folder .Backspace is the keyboard key that originally pushed the typewriter carriage one position backwards, and in modern computer displays moves the cursor one position backwards, deletes the preceding character, and shifts back the text after it by one position.
SHIFT+click+Close button
For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders.
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Numeric Keypad *
Expands everything under the current selection. A set of keys to the right of the main part of the keyboard, used for numeric data entry.
Numeric Keypad +
Expands the current selection.
Numeric Keypad –
Collapses the current selection.
RIGHT ARROW
Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child .
LEFT ARROW Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent.
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Press SHIFT five times
Toggles StickyKeys on and off.
Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds Toggles FilterKeys on and off .
Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds Toggles ToggleKeys on and off.
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK Toggles MouseKeys on and off .
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN Toggles high contrast on and off.
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Windows Logo+L
This will lock the computer and take you to the sign in screen.
Windows Logo+P
This will start the Print Manager.
Windows logo+D
This will minimize all windows you have open and take you to the desktop. by pressing it again this can be reversed.
Windows Logo+TAB
This will cycle through open programs through the taskbar.
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Windows Logo & CTRL & F
This will open up the search for computers window.
Windows Logo+F1
This will open up the Microsoft Help and Support Centre.
Windows Logo+R
This will bring up the run box dialogue.
Windows Logo+E
This will open up the Windows Explorer file browser window.
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Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of simultaneous key presses that perform certain actions as an alternative to using the mouse. Keyboard shortcuts usually require a combination of modifier keys (command, option, control and shift) and other keys.
TAB
Move to the next control in the dialog box.
SHIFT+TAB
Move to the previous control in the dialog box.
SPACEBAR
If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
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ENTER
Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline).
ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item
Move to the corresponding item.
ESCAPE
Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button.