Windows Key
The Windows key has this picture on it:
It's located between your CTL & ALT keys.
Here are some common windows keyboard shortcuts
(you'll need a "windows" keyboard to try these)
Hold down the "windows" key and press:
M - Minimizes
all windows
SHIFT - M - Undo
minimize all windows
E - Opens
Windows Explorer
D - Switches
between minimizing all open programs and showing
them all.
F - Opens the
Find Window
R - Opens the
Run Window
BREAK / PAUSE-
Opens System Properties
TAB - Cycles
through items on the task bar
Or just press the Windows
key to open the Start menu.
General Shortcuts
ALT- F4 - Quit a
program / Shut down
ALT-TAB - Hold
down the ALT key and hit tab to cycle through open
windows.
CTL-ESCAPE -
Display the Start menu
SHIFT - TAB -
tab backwards through a form
CTRL - X - Cut
CTRL - C - Copy
CTRL - V - Paste
F1 - Help menu
CTRL - Z - Undo
SHIFT & Restart
- To restart just windows and not your whole
computer, hold down the shift key when you click the
OK button on the shutdown screen. Saves lots of
time.
CRTL-TAB -
Navigate tabs on a tabbed screen
File & Desktop Shortcuts
Hold SHIFT while inserting
a CDD - Prevents the CD from "autorunning"
If an item is selected:
CTRL while
dragging a file - Copies the file
CTRL - SHIFT
while dragging a file - Creates a shortcut to the
file
SHIFT - DELETE -
Deletes an item without sending it to the recycle
bin.
ALT-ENTER -
Display a file's properties.
F2 - To rename
the file
In Windows Explorer:
LEFT ARROW -
Collapse the current selection if it is expanded
NUM LOCK-MINUS SIGN (-)
- Collapse the selected folder
RIGHT ARROW -
Expand the current selection if it is collapsed -Or-
Select the first subfolder
NUM LOCK- *
Expand all folders below the current selection
NUM LOCK- PLUS SIGN (+)
- Expand the selected folder
F6 - Switch
between left and right panes
In My Computer:
BACKSPACE - View
the folder one level up
ALT- RIGHT ARROW
- Move forward to a previous view
ALT- LEFT ARROW
-Move backward to a previous view |
