key board shortcuts

•F1: Help


•CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu

•ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs

•ALT+F4: Quit program

•SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently

Windows Program Key Combinations

•CTRL+C: Copy

•CTRL+X: Cut

•CTRL+V: Paste

•CTRL+Z: Undo

•CTRL+B: Bold

•CTRL+U: Underline

•CTRL+I: Italic

General Keyboard-Only Commands li]F1: Starts Windows Help



•F10: Activates menu bar options

•SHIFT+F10 Open a shortcut menu for the selected item (same as right-clicking an object)

•CTRL+ESC: Open the Start menu (use ARROW keys to select item)

•CTRL+ESC or ESC: Select Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)

•ALT+DOWN ARROW: Open 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

•ALT+SPACE: Display the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)

•ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Display 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 next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program

•ALT+ underlined letter in menu : Open the menu

•ALT+F4: Close the current window

•CTRL+F4: Close the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window

•ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program

Mouse Click/Keyboard Modifier Combinations for Shell Objects



•SHIFT+right click: Display shortcut menu containing alternative commands

•SHIFT+double click: Run alternate default command (second item on the menu)

•ALT+double click: Display properties

•SHIFT+DELETE: Delete an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

Shell Objects and General Folder/Windows Explorer Shortcuts For a selected object:



•F2: Rename object

•F3: Find all files

•CTRL+X: Cut

•CTRL+C: Copy

•CTRL+V: Paste

•SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin

•ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object

General Folder/Shortcut Control



•F4: Select 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: Open Go To Folder tool

•CTRL+Z: Undo last command

•CTRL+A: Select all items in the current window

•BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder

•SHIFT+click+ Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders

Windows Explorer Tree Control



•Numeric Keypad *: Expand everything under current selection

•Numeric Keypad +: Expand current selection

•Numeric Keypad -: Collapse current selection.

•RIGHT ARROW: Expand current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child

•LEFT ARROW: Collapse current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent

To Copy a File Press and hold down CTRL key while you drag file to another folder.



To Create a Shortcut Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag file to the desktop or a folder.