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Keyboard
Shortcuts for Windows. |
Using keyboard
shortcuts can dramatically increase your work efficiency,
especially for repetitive tasks, so try to get into the habit
of using your keyboard instead of your mouse:
WINDOWS LOGO (between CTRL
and ALT) -- Hit this key and your Start menu appears; is that
not faster than going over with your mouse and clicking?
WINDOWS LOGO + F: Find
files or folders. This saves you from opening the Windows
Explorer and selecting find from the menu. Now you have a
one-click computer search!
F1 In Windows
applications, and in the OS, F1 is a universal call to the
app's help system.
F2 In Windows Explorer,
use F2 to rename files or folders. This is faster than
right-clicking and easier that clicking inside the file or
folder name and waiting for the input field to become
available.
SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an
item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin. Works
in most Explorer sub-systems or program navigations.
F5 This is a universal
"Refresh" command, which works in many Windows applications.
Use it to refresh your Explorer file system, browser and html
editors.
CTRL + Z: Undo your last
action. This works in both Windows and Mac machines and, like
CTRL + C for copy and CTRL + V for paste, is a universal
keyboard command. Undo is handy for quickly erasing your last
action in just about any program.
CTRL + A: Select all the
items in the current window. This is a great shortcut, which
in combination with Copy and Paste, will have you flying
around your screen!
ALT+ SPACEBAR opens
control menu (like clicking on the symbol in the top left
corner of a window, from which you select (perhaps using
mouse, perhaps using arrow keys and enter) among restore,
minimize, maximize, close, etc)
ALT+HYPHEN opens the
document or window control menu.
ALT+F4 shuts down the
selected program, window or dialogue box.
CTRL+F4 shuts down the
selected document/file.
ENTER will activate a
selected item. Hitting Enter with a program icon selected will
open the program. with a button highlighted, will activate the
"button." It appears highlighted from the heavier line around
it, or it might look like a depressed button.
Hitting a letter key will take you to the first item in an
open or save dialogue box that begins with that letter. I.E.,
in open file dialogue box, hit w one or more times to go to
the "Windows" folder in the list of stuff that appears on the
C drive. This can save a whole lot of hand action.
ESC to cancel, or get
rid of something like box or window that popped up when you
didn't want it (or if you change your mind) etc.
ANY ARROW KEY removes
highlighting; that is, undoes a selection.
SHIFT+F10 like right
click of mouse, brings up context menu.
TAB takes you from one
field to another, one "button" to another, one icon to another
etc.
SHIFT+TAB tabs you
backward
ALT+DOWN ARROW opens a
"Drop down list." It's like clicking those little arrows of
fields in which you make a choice, for instance in the "Look
in" field of an "Open" dialogue box.
ALT + the underlined
letter in a menu item carries out the action.
ALT or F10 hitting this
all by itself takes you to the menu bar, which can be
navigated by arrow keys or by typing the underlined letter.
SPACEBAR hitting this
will finalize a selection of an item in a list or an icon on
the screen that's only half-selected, i.e., there's a box
around the name but full highlighting is not there. Also puts
a checkmark or big dot in a little box or circle for you to
check one of several options.
CTRL+ALT+DEL Shows you
whats really running on your computer. Use this if things
stall. Reboots the computer eventually. First, it'll tell
you what's hung up.
CTRL+ESC same as
clicking on the "start button" in the taskbar area of the
screen
BACKSPACE takes you back
one level in the Windows hierarchy. With a folder open, it
will take you to the parent folder, for instance.
ALT+TAB holding down the
ALT while hitting TAB cycles you through open
applications.
ALT+ESC cycles between the
last two open programs.
ALT+ENTER opens the
item's Properties. |
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