On this page you'll find useful shortcuts which help you to explore your keyboard and make your work easier and faster.
This page will allows you to explore search results quickly and easily without taking your hands off of the keyboard to use the mouse.
By learning keyboard shortcuts, you can avoid using the mouse, which usually takes more time and can also be painful.
For example if suddenly you foundout that your mouse seems to have come unplugged. and you are working on an important file, So if you know how to use shortcuts, your task is going to be pretty easy .
And now let's findout what ( Ctrl ) key does when it works with other keys :
Windows Program Key Combinations
( The Ctrl key ) :
Ctrl + B = Bold
Ctrl + A = Select all the items in the current window
Ctrl + C = Copy
Ctrl + F = Find
Ctrl + G = open the go to folder tool
Ctrl + H = Replace
Ctrl + I = Italic
Ctrl + N = New page
Ctrl + P = Print
Ctrl + S = Save
Ctrl + U = Underline
Ctrl + V = Paste
Ctrl + X = Cut
Ctrl + Z = Undo the last command
Ctrl + Esc = Open start menu
( The Alt key ) :
Alt + double click = Displays properties
Alt + Space = Displays the main windows system menu
Alt + F4 = Quit program
Alt + Enter = Open the prperties of the selected object
Alt + tab = Restors any programs which been minimized at the task bar.
Alt + F6 = Switch between maltiple windows in the same program.
( The shift key ) :
Shift +F10 = Same as a right- Click
Shift + Delete = Deletes immediately, will not Not be recoverable at the Recycle Bin.
( Function Keys ) :
F1 = Open help menu
F2 = rename selected object
F3 = ( search dialog ) find all files
F4 = Opens a drop-down list.
F5 = REfreshes current window.
F6 = moves between panes.
F10 = Toggles you from the text area to the menu area. From there, arrow keys will move you among menus. Other F keys are used for specific purposes within applications.
( The Windows Key )
If you have a keyboard with a "windows" key, you have access to many more shortcuts.
Hold down the "windows" at the same times press the folloing keys :
Windows key alone: will bring up the Start Menu.
Windows + R: will open the run dialog box
Windows + M: will minimize all
Windows + Shift + M: will undo minimize all
Windows + E: Windows Explorer
Windows + F: find files or folders
Windows + D: minimizes all open windows and show desktop.
Windows + Ctrl + F: find computer
Windows + Tab: cycle through Taskbar buttons.
Windows +Break: shows System Properties dialog box.
(Mouse Click/Keyboard Modifier Combinations for Shell Objects)
• 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
(To Copy a File )
Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.
To Create a Shortcut
Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.
( Windows Explorer Tree Contro ) l
• Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
• 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
Properties Control
• CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs
Accessibility Shortcuts
• 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
( Dialog Box Keyboard Commands )
• 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.
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item
Keyboard shortcuts can save time
and the effort of switching from the keyboard to the mouse to execute simple
commands. Print this list of Word keyboard shortcuts and keep it by your
computer for a quick reference.
to Keyboard Shortcuts.
