Useful Keyboard Shortcut for Windows

CTRL+C

Copy

CTRL+X

Cut

CTRL+V

Paste

CTRL+Z

Undo

DELETE

Delete

SHIFT+DELETE

Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin

CTRL While Dragging an Item

Copy the selected item

CTRL+SHIFT While Dragging an Item

Create a shortcut to the selected item

F2 Key

Rename the selected item

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word

CTRL+DOWN ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph

CTRL+UP ARROW

Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph

CTRL+SHIFT With Any of The Arrow Keys

Highlight a block of text

CTRL+A

Select all

F3 Key

Search for a file or a folder

ALT+ENTER

View the properties for the selected item

ALT+F4

Close the active item, or quit the active program

ALT+ENTER

Display the properties of the selected object

ALT+SPACEBAR

Open the shortcut menu for the active window

CTRL+F4

Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents opensimultaneou sly

ALT+TAB

Switch between the open items

ALT+ESC

Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened

F6 Key

Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop

F4 Key

Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer

SHIFT+F10

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item

ALT+SPACEBAR

Display the System menu for the active window

CTRL+ESC

Display the Start menu

ALT+Underlined Letter in a Menu Name

Display the corresponding menu) Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command

F10 Key

Activate the menu bar in the active program

RIGHT ARROW

Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu

LEFT ARROW

Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu

F5 Key

Update the active window

BACKSPACE

View the folder onelevel up in My Computer or Windows Explorer

ESC

Cancel the current task

SHIFT When You Insert a CD-ROM Into The CD-ROM Drive

Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing

CTRL+TAB

Move forward through the tabs

CTRL+SHIFT+TAB

Move backward through the tabs

TAB

Move forward through the options

SHIFT+TAB

Move backward through the options

ALT+Underlined Letter

Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option

ENTER

Perform the command for the active option or button

SPACEBAR

Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box

Arrow Keys

Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons

F1 Key

Display Help

F4 Key

Display the items in the active list

BACKSPACE

Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box

Windows Logo

Display or hide the Start menu

Windows Logo+BREAK

Display the System Properties dialog box

Windows Logo+D

Display the desktop

Windows Logo+M

Minimize all of the windows

Windows Logo+SHIFT+M

Restorethe minimized windows

Windows Logo+E

Open My Computer

Windows Logo+F

Search for a file or a folder

CTRL+Windows Logo+F

Search for computers

Windows Logo+F1

Display Windows Help

Windows Logo+ L

Lock the keyboard

Windows Logo+R

Open the Run dialog box

Windows Logo+U

Open Utility Manager

Right SHIFT for eight seconds

Switch FilterKeys either on or off

Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN

Switch High Contrast either on or off

Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK

Switch the MouseKeys either on or off

SHIFT Five Times

NUM LOCK For Five Seconds

Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off

Windows Logo +U

Open Utility Manager

END

Display the bottom of the active window

HOME

Display the top of the active window

NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*)

Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder

NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+)

Display the contents of the selected folder

SHIFT+F10

Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item

F1 Key

Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item

F5 Key

Update the content of all console windows

CTRL+F10

Maximize the active console window

CTRL+F5

Restore the active console window

ALT+ENTER

Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for theselected item

F2 Key

Rename the selected item

CTRL+F4

Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console

CTRL+ALT+END

Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box

ALT+PAGE UP

Switch between programs from left to right.

ALT+PAGE DOWN

Switch between programs from right to left.

ALT+INSERT

Cycle through the programs in most recently used order.

ALT+HOME

Display the Start menu.

CTRL+ALT+BREAK

Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen.

ALT+DELETE

Display the Windows menu

CTRL+ALT+Minus sign

Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.

CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+)

Place asnapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboardand provide the same functionality aspressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.