Tuesday, October 26, 2010

Windows system key combinations


Windows system key combinations
·         F1: Help
·         CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
·         ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
·         ALT+F4: Quit program
·         SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
·         Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)
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
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
·         SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
General keyboard-only commands
·         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)
·         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)
·         SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
·         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+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
·         ALT+F4: Closes the current window
·         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)