{"id":1116,"date":"2010-08-04T14:14:17","date_gmt":"2010-08-04T08:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/aasims.wordpress.com\/?p=1116"},"modified":"2025-04-07T20:47:15","modified_gmt":"2025-04-07T20:47:15","slug":"keyboard-shortcut-list","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/keyboard-shortcut-list\/","title":{"rendered":"Keyboard Shortcut List"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone &#8230;<br \/>\nhope all is well &#8230; here is a list of some (infact many) keyboard shortcuts for your ease in work.<br \/>\nKindly try all these shortcuts and tell me which one(s) doesn&#8217;t work \ud83d\ude42<\/p>\n<p><strong>GENERAL SHORTCUTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>ALT- F4 &#8211; Quit a program \/ Shut down<\/p>\n<p>ALT-TAB &#8211; Hold down the ALT key and hit tab to cycle through open windows.<\/p>\n<p>CTL-ESCAPE &#8211; Display the Start menu<\/p>\n<p>SHIFT &#8211; TAB &#8211; tab backwards through a form<\/p>\n<p>CTRL &#8211; X &#8211; Cut<\/p>\n<p>CTRL &#8211; C &#8211; Copy<\/p>\n<p>CTRL &#8211; V &#8211; Paste<\/p>\n<p>F1 &#8211; Help menu<\/p>\n<p>CTRL &#8211; Z &#8211; Undo<\/p>\n<p>SHIFT &amp; Restart &#8211; 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. (not for XP)<\/p>\n<p>CRTL-TAB &#8211; Navigate tabs on a tabbed screen<\/p>\n<p>FILE &amp; DESKTOP SHORTCUTS<\/p>\n<p>Hold SHIFT while inserting a CD &#8211; Prevents the CD from &#8220;autorunning&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>If an item is selected:<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>CTRL while dragging a file &#8211; Copies the file<\/p>\n<p>CTRL &#8211; SHIFT while dragging a file &#8211; Creates a shortcut to the file<\/p>\n<p>SHIFT &#8211; DELETE &#8211; Deletes an item without sending it to the recycle bin.<\/p>\n<p>ALT-ENTER &#8211; Display a file&#8217;s properties.<\/p>\n<p>F2 &#8211; To rename the file<\/p>\n<p>In Windows Explorer:<\/p>\n<p>LEFT ARROW &#8211; Collapse the current selection if it is expanded<\/p>\n<p>NUM LOCK-MINUS SIGN (-) &#8211; Collapse the selected folder<\/p>\n<p>RIGHT ARROW &#8211; Expand the current selection if it is collapsed -Or- Select the first subfolder<\/p>\n<p>NUM LOCK- * Expand all folders below the current selection<\/p>\n<p>NUM LOCK- PLUS SIGN (+) &#8211; Expand the selected folder<\/p>\n<p>F6 &#8211; Switch between left and right panes<\/p>\n<p>In My Computer:<\/p>\n<p>BACKSPACE &#8211; View the folder one level up<\/p>\n<p>ALT- RIGHT ARROW &#8211; Move forward to a previous view<\/p>\n<p>ALT- LEFT ARROW -Move backward to a previous view<\/p>\n<p><strong>INTERNET BROWSER SHORTCUTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>For Internet Explorer 6+ (may work in older versions)<\/p>\n<p>Open History Window\tCtrl+H<br \/>\nReload\tCtrl+R<br \/>\nBack (Previous Page)\tAlt+Left Arrow or Alt+Backspace<br \/>\nForward (Next Page)\tAlt+Right Arrow<br \/>\nStop\tEsc<br \/>\nHome\tAlt+Home<br \/>\nGo to Bottom of Page\tEnd<br \/>\nGo to Top of Page\tHome<br \/>\nNew Window\tCtrl+N<br \/>\nClose WIndow\tCtrl+W<br \/>\nGo Up one Line\tUp Arrow<br \/>\nGo Down One Line\tDown Arrow<br \/>\nFull Screen (toggle)\tF11<br \/>\nFind on Page\tCtrl+F<br \/>\nAdd Current Page to Favorites\tCtrl+D<br \/>\nPrint Current Page<br \/>\nor Active Frame\tCtrl+P<br \/>\nOrganize Favorites (IE)\/<br \/>\nManage Bookmarks (NS)<br \/>\nCtrl+B<br \/>\nMaximize a Window\tAlt+Space+x<br \/>\nMinimize a window\tAlt+Space+N<br \/>\nScroll page up\tAlt+Up Arrow<br \/>\nScroll page down\tAlt+Down Arrow<br \/>\nInternet Explorer ONLY<\/p>\n<p>Open Favorites Bar\tCtrl+I<br \/>\nSelect text in address bar\tAlt+D<br \/>\nForce Reload (not from cache)\tCtrl+F5<br \/>\nA faster way to type in addresses with IE is to just type in the name of the site:<\/p>\n<p>worldstart<\/p>\n<p>and hit CTRL + Enter. The &#8220;http:\/\/www\/. &#8221; and &#8220;.com&#8221; will be added for you!<\/p>\n<p>Netscape ONLY<\/p>\n<p>Open \/ Close Sidebar Panel (toggle)\tF9<br \/>\nSelect text in Location Bar\tCtrl+L<br \/>\nForce Reload (not from Cache)\tCtrl+Shift+R<br \/>\nZoom Text Smaller\tCtrl+- (minus)<br \/>\nZoom text larger\tCtrl+= (plus sign)<\/p>\n<p><strong>WINDOWS KEY SHORTCUTS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Windows key can be used in conjunction with other keys to act as a keyboard shortcut for faster access to menu commands. Now, while the Alt key tends to open program menus (ex: Alt+F opens the File menu and Alt+E opens the Edit menu) and the Ctrl key performs actual operations (ex: Ctrl+C will copy and Ctrl+V will paste), the Windows key will open various Windows tools&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Win key + R will open the Start menu&#8217;s Run box<br \/>\nWin key + F will open the Start menu&#8217;s Find window<br \/>\nWin key + E will quickly launch Explorer<br \/>\nWin key + Pause\/Break will open the System Properties window<br \/>\nWin key + M will Minimize all windows<br \/>\nWin key + Shift + M will undo Minimize all windows<br \/>\nWin key + D will switch between minimizing all open programs and showing them all<br \/>\nWin key + Tab will cycle through items on the taskbar<br \/>\nWin key by itself will open the Start menu<\/p>\n<p>You can also open programs or folders on your desktop by pressing the Windows key + the first letter of the program\/folder\/shortcut + Enter . Sounds kinda tedious, but if you&#8217;re in a bind with your mouse, it can come in quite handy.<\/p>\n<p><strong>ARROW TRICKS<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s a cool little arrow trick to try with word processing programs. Next time you&#8217;re using your arrow keys to go from one area of a sentence to another (left and right arrows), hold down your CTRL key. Instead of moving one space at a time, you&#8217;ll go one word at a time.<\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;re using the up and down arrows to go from line to line, holding down the CTRL key will make your cursor jump from paragraph to paragraph (well, from carriage return to carriage return anyway).<\/p>\n<p>One last thing, if you hold down the SHIFT key while you do this (i.e. hold down SHIFT + CTRL at the same time), you select text as you arrow along.<\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;ve tested this in MS Word and Wordpad, but it *should* work no matter what word processing program you use.<\/p>\n<p><strong>HOME \/ END KEY FUN<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Do you ever find yourself scrolling through a huge folder ? Well, if you need to get to the beginning or the end quickly, just press Ctrl+Home . If you want to get to the end, click Ctrl+End.<\/p>\n<p>Hey, that&#8217;s not all!<\/p>\n<p>This little trick works on more than just folders. If you use the Home key in a word processor, it goes to the beginning of the line you&#8217;re currently working on. If you hit the END key, it should head to the end of the current line. If you pair Home &amp; End up with the Ctrl key in a word processor, you will be whisked away to the beginning or end of the document. Again, this should work, but it depends on your word processor.<\/p>\n<p>Speedup your work by using keyboard more and mouse less.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Useful Shortcut: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Start + M: Minimizes all open windows<br \/>\nStart + Shift + M: Maximizes All Windows<br \/>\nStart + E: Runs Windows Explorer<br \/>\nStart + R: Open the RUN Dialog Box<br \/>\nStart + F: Open the Search Results Dialog box<br \/>\nStart + CTRL + F: Opens the Search Results-Computer dialog Box (if the computer is connected to a network)<br \/>\nStart + Pause (Break): Opens the System Properties Dialog Box<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Windows System Key Combinations: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>F1: Help<br \/>\nCTRL + ESC: Open Start menu<br \/>\nALT + TAB: Switch between open programs<br \/>\nALT + F4: Quit program<br \/>\nSHIFT + DELETE: Delete item permanently<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Windows Program Key Combinations: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>CTRL + C: Copy<br \/>\nCTRL + X: Cut<br \/>\nCTRL + V: Paste<br \/>\nCTRL + Z: Undo<br \/>\nCTRL + B: Bold<br \/>\nCTRL + U: Underline<br \/>\nCTRL + I: Italic<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Mouse Click\/Keyboard Modifier Combinations for Shell Objects: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>SHIFT + right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands<br \/>\nSHIFT + double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)<br \/>\nALT + double click: Displays properties<br \/>\nSHIFT + DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>General Keyboard-Only Commands: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>F1: Starts Windows Help<br \/>\nF10: Activates menu bar options<br \/>\nSHIFT + F10: Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object<br \/>\nCTRL + ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)<br \/>\nCTRL + ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)<br \/>\nALT + DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box<br \/>\nALT + TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)<br \/>\nSHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature<br \/>\nALT + SPACE: Displays the main window&#8217;s System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)<br \/>\nALT +- (ALT + hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI)child window&#8217;s System menu (from the MDI child window&#8217;s System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)<br \/>\nCTRL + TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program<br \/>\nALT + underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu<br \/>\nALT + F4: Closes the current window<br \/>\nCTRL + F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window<br \/>\nALT + F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed<br \/>\nALT + F6: switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Shell Objects and General Folder\/Windows Explorer Shortcuts For a selected object: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>F2: Rename object<br \/>\nF3: Find all files<br \/>\nCTRL + X: Cut<br \/>\nCTRL + C: Copy<br \/>\nCTRL + V: Paste<br \/>\nSHIFT + DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin<br \/>\nALT + ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object<br \/>\nTo Copy a File: Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.<br \/>\nTo Create a Shortcut: Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>General Folder\/Shortcut Control: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)<br \/>\nF5: Refreshes the current window.<br \/>\nF6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer<br \/>\nCTRL + G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)<br \/>\nCTRL + Z: Undo the last command<br \/>\nCTRL + A: Select all the items in the current window<br \/>\nBACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder<br \/>\nSHIFT + click + Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Windows Explorer Tree Control: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection<br \/>\nNumeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection<br \/>\nNumeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.<br \/>\nRIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child<br \/>\nLEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Properties Control: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>CTRL + TAB\/CTRL + SHIFT + TAB: Move through the property tabs<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Accessibility Shortcuts: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off<br \/>\nPress down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off<br \/>\nPress down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off<br \/>\nLeft ALT + left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off<br \/>\nLeft ALT + left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Microsoft Natural Keyboard Keys: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Windows Logo: Start menu<br \/>\nWindows Logo + R: Run dialog box<br \/>\nWindows Logo + M: Minimize all<br \/>\nSHIFT + Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all<br \/>\nWindows Logo + F1: Help<br \/>\nWindows Logo + E: Windows Explorer<br \/>\nWindows Logo + F: Find files or folders<br \/>\nWindows Logo + D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop<br \/>\nCTRL + Windows Logo + F: Find computer<br \/>\nCTRL + Windows Logo + TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)<br \/>\nWindows Logo + TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons<br \/>\nWindows Logo + Break: System Properties dialog box<br \/>\nApplication key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType Software Installed: <\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Windows Logo + L: Log off Windows<br \/>\nWindows Logo + P: Starts Print Manager<br \/>\nWindows Logo + C: Opens Control Panel<br \/>\nWindows Logo + V: Starts Clipboard<br \/>\nWindows Logo + K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box<br \/>\nWindows Logo + I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box<br \/>\nWindows Logo + A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)<br \/>\nWindows Logo + SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys<br \/>\nWindows Logo + S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off<\/p>\n<p><em><strong>Dialog Box Keyboard Commands: <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box<br \/>\nSHIFT + TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box<br \/>\nSPACEBAR: 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.<br \/>\nENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)<br \/>\nESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button<br \/>\nALT + underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/s06.flagcounter.com\/count\/Rwln\/bg=FFFFFF\/txt=000000\/border=FFFFFF\/columns=6\/maxflags=200\/viewers=0\/labels=1\/pageviews=1\/\" border=\"0\" alt=\"free counters\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi everyone &#8230; hope all is well &#8230; here is a list of some (infact many) keyboard shortcuts for your ease in work. Kindly try all these shortcuts and tell me which one(s) doesn&#8217;t work \ud83d\ude42 GENERAL SHORTCUTS ALT- F4 &#8211; Quit a program \/ Shut down ALT-TAB &#8211; Hold&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[103,161,327,400,401,402,486,533,540,624,736,737,751,868,930,1102,1103,1104,1105],"class_list":["post-1116","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-random","tag-accessibility-shortcuts","tag-arrow-tricks-shortcuts","tag-dialog-box-keyboard-commands","tag-general-folder-shortcut-control","tag-general-keyboard-only-commands","tag-general-shortcuts","tag-home-end-key-fun","tag-if-an-item-is-selected-shorcuts","tag-internet-browser-shortcuts","tag-keyboard-shortcut-list","tag-microsoft-natural-keyboard-keys","tag-microsoft-natural-keyboard-with-intellitype-software-installed-shortcuts","tag-mouse-click-keyboard-modifier-combinations-for-shell-objects-shortcuts","tag-properties-control","tag-shell-objects-and-general-folder-windows-explorer-shortcuts-for-a-selected-objec","tag-windows-explorer-tree-control","tag-windows-key-shortcuts","tag-windows-program-key-combinations-shortcuts","tag-windows-system-key-combinations-shortcuts"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1116"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4490,"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1116\/revisions\/4490"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1116"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1116"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aasimnaseem.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1116"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}