Computer shortcut keys

May 31, 2017

Computer shortcut keys

Shortcut keys:-

F1 key — Get help or use the Office assistant
SHIFT and F1 Key — Context sensitive help
F2 Key — Move text or image
SHIFT + F2 Key — Copy text
F3 Key — Insert an autotext entry
SHIFT + F3 Key — Change the case of the selected text
F4 Key — Perform last action again
SHIFT + F4 Key — Perform a Find or Go to action again
F5 Key — Displays the Go to dialogue box. You can also get to Find and Replace from here
SHIFT + F5 Key — Move to a previous revision
F6 Key — Go to the next frame or pane
SHIFT + F6 Key — Go to the previous frame or pane
F7 Key — Launch the Spell checker
SHIFT + F7 Key — Launch the Thesaurus
F8 Key — Extend the current selection
SHIFT + F8 Key — Shrink the current selection
F9 Key — Update the selected fields
SHIFT + F9 Key — Switch between a field code and its result
F10 Key — Activate the menu bar
SHIFT + F10 Key — Display a Shortcut Menu (same as right-clicking)
F11 Key — Go to the next field
SHIFT + F11 Key — Go to the previous field
F12 Key — Save file As, equivalent to tools menu
SHIFT + F12 Key — Save document, equivalent to tools menu
CTRL and A — Selects all in the current document
CTRL and B — Bold text
CTRL and C — Copies the item or text to the Clipboard and can be pasted using CTRL and V
CTRL and D — Displays the Font dialogue box
CTRL and E — Centre Alignment
CTRL and F — Displays the Find dialog box, to search the current document
CTRL and G — Displays the Go to dialog box, to go to a specific location in the current document
CTRL and H — Displays the Replace dialogue box
CTRL and I — Italic text
CTRL and J — Full Justification
CTRL and K — Create Hyperlink
CTRL and L — Left Alignment
CTRL and M — Tab
CTRL and N — Creates a new document
CTRL and O — Displays the Open File dialogue box
CTRL and P — Displays the Print dialog box
CTRL and R — Right Alignment
CTRL and S — Displays the Save dialog box
CTRL and U — Underline text
CTRL and V — Pastes the copied item or text from the Clipboard into the current position in the document
CTRL and X — Cuts the item or text selected to the Clipboard
CTRL and Y — Redo the last undone action
CTRL and Z — Undoes the last action
CTRL and ENTER — Insert Page Break
CTRL and F2 — Show Print preview
CTRL and F4 — Closes the active document window
CTRL and F6 — Opens the next document window

Windows Shortcut Keys:-

Windows key + R — Run menu
Windows key + E — Explorer
ALT + Tab — Switch between windows
ALT + Space + X — Maximize window
CTRL + Shift + Esc — Task Manager
Windows key + Break — System properties
Windows key + F — Search
Windows key + D — Hide/Display all windows
CTRL + C — Copy

10. CTRL + X — Cut
11. CTRL + V — Paste

Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows:-

[Alt] + [Esc] — Switch between running applications

[Alt] + letter — Select menu item by underlined letter

[Ctrl] + [Esc] — Open Program Menu

[Ctrl] + [F4] — Close active document or group windows (does not work with some applications)

[Alt] + [F4] — Quit active application or close current window

[Alt] + [-] — Open Control menu for active document

Ctrl] Lft. + Rt. arrow — Move cursor forward or back one word

Ctrl] Up + Down arrow — Move cursor forward or back one paragraph

[F1] — Open Help for active application

Windows + M — Minimize all open windows

Shift+Windows + M — Undo minimize all open windows

Windows + F1 — Open Windows Help

Windows + Tab — Cycle through the Taskbar buttons

Windows + Break — Open the System Properties dialog box

Accessability Shortcuts:-

Right SHIFT for eight seconds — Switch FilterKeys on and off
Left ALT + left SHIFT + PRINT SCREEN — Switch High Contrast on and off
Left ALT + left SHIFT +NUM LOCK — Switch MouseKeys on and off
SHIFT five times — Switch StickyKeys on and off
NUM LOCK for five seconds — Switch ToggleKeys on and off

Explorer Shortcuts:-

END — Display the bottom of the active window
HOME — Display the top of the active window
NUM LOCK + ASTERISK — on numeric keypad (*) Display all subfolders under the selected folder
NUM LOCK + PLUS SIGN — on numeric keypad (+) Display the contents of the selected folder
NUM LOCK + MINUS SIGN — on numeric keypad (-) Collapse the selected folder
LEFT ARROW — Collapse current selection if it's expanded, or select parent folder
RIGHT ARROW — Display current selection if it's collapsed, or select first subfolder

System Commands:-

Type the following commands in your Run Box (Windows Key + R) or Start Run

devmgmt.msc — Device Manager

msinfo32 — System Information
cleanmgr — Disk Cleanup
ntbackup — Backup or Restore Wizard (Windows Backup Utility)
mmc — Microsoft Management Console
excel — Microsoft Excel (If Installed)
msaccess — Microsoft Access (If Installed)
powerpnt — Microsoft PowerPoint (If Installed)
winword — Microsoft Word (If Installed)
frontpg — Microsoft FrontPage (If Installed)
notepad — Notepad
wordpad — WordPad
calc — Calculator
msmsgs — Windows Messenger
mspaint — Microsoft Paint
wmplayer — Windows Media Player
rstrui — System Restore
netscp6 — Netscape 6.x
netscp — Netscape 7.x
netscape — Netscape 4.x
waol — America Online
control — Opens the Control Panel
control printers — Opens the Printers Dialog
cmd — Command Prompt
iexplore + "web address" — Internet Explorer
compmgmt.msc — Computer Management
dhcpmgmt.msc — DHCP Management
dnsmgmt.msc — DNS Management
services.msc — Services
eventvwr — Event Viewer
dsa.msc — Active Directory Users and Computers
dssite.msc — Active Directory Sites and Services

Internet Explorer Shortcut Keys:-

Alt + Left Arrow — Back a page
Backspace — Back a page
Alt + Right Arrow — Forward a page
F5 — Refresh current page, frame, or tab
F11 — Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode
Esc — Stop page or download from loading
Ctrl + (- or +) — Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase
Ctrl + Enter — Quickly complete an address. For example, type google in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get http://www.google.com
Ctrl + D — Add a Favorite for the page currently opened
Ctrl + I — Display available bookmarks
Ctrl + N — Open New browser window
Ctrl + P — Print current page / frame
Ctrl + T — Opens a new tab
Ctrl + F4 — Closes the currently selected tab
Ctrl + Tab — Moves through each of the open tabs
Spacebar — Moves down a page at a time
Shift + Spacebar — Moves up a page at a time
Alt + Down arrow — Display all previous text entered in a text box and/or available options on drop down menu

Mozilla Firefox Shortcut Keys:-

Alt + Left Arrow — Back a page

Backspace — Back a page

Alt + Right Arrow — Forward a page

F5 — Refresh current page, frame, or tab

F11 — Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode

Esc — Stop page or download from loading

Ctrl + (- or +) — Increase or decrease the font size, pressing '-' will decrease and '+' will increase

Ctrl + Enter — Quickly complete an address. For example, type google in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get http://www.google.com

Shift + Enter — Complete a .net instead of a .com address

Ctrl + Shift + Enter — Complete a .org address

Ctrl + Shift + Del — Open the Clear Data window to quickly clear private data

Ctrl + D — Add a bookmark for the page currently opened

Ctrl + I — Display available bookmarks

Ctrl + J — Display the download window

Ctrl + N — Open New browser window

Ctrl + P — Print current page / frame

Ctrl + T — Opens a new tab

Ctrl + F4 — Closes the currently selected tab

Ctrl + Shift + T — Undo the close of a window

Ctrl + Tab — Moves through each of the open tabs

Spacebar — Moves down a page at a time

Shift + Spacebar — Moves up a page at a time

Alt + Down arrow — Display all previous text entered in a text box and/or available options on drop down menu

Microsoft Excel Shortcut Keys:-

F2 — Edit the selected cell
F5 — Go to a specific cell. For example, C6
F7 — Spell check selected text and/or document
F11 — Create chart
Ctrl + Shift + — Enter the current time
Ctrl + — Enter the current date
Alt + Shift + F1 — Insert New Worksheet
Shift + F3 — Open the Excel formula window
Shift + F5 — Bring up search box
Ctrl + A — Select all contents of the worksheet
Ctrl + B — Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + I — Italic highlighted selection
Ctrl + K — Insert link
Ctrl + U — Underline highlighted selection
Ctrl + 5 — Strikethrough highlighted selection
Ctrl + P — Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing
Ctrl + Z — Undo last action
Ctrl + F9 — Minimize current window
Ctrl + F10 — Maximize currently selected window
Ctrl + F6 — Switch between open workbooks / windows
Ctrl + Page up — Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document
Ctrl + Page down — Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document
Ctrl + Tab — Move between Two or more open Excel files
Alt + = — Create a formula to add all of the above cells
Ctrl + ' — Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected
Ctrl + Shift + ! — Format number in comma format
Ctrl + Shift + $ — Format number in currency format
Ctrl + Shift + # — Format number in date format
Ctrl + Shift + % — Format number in percentage format
Ctrl + Shift + ^ — Format number in scientific format
Ctrl + Shift + @ — Format number in time format
Ctrl + Arrow key — Move to next section of text
Ctrl + Space — Select entire column
Shift + Space — Select entire row

PC Shortcut keys:-

Alt+0224=	à
Alt+0232=	è
Alt+0236=	ì
Alt+0242=	ò
Alt+0241=	ñ
Alt+0228=	ä
Alt+0246=	ö
Alt+0252=	ü
Alt+0248=	ø
Alt+0223=	ß
Alt+0198=	Æ
Alt+0231=	ç
Alt+0191=	¿
Alt+0176=	° (degree symbol)
Alt+0177=	± (plus/minus symbol)
Alt+0153=	™
Alt+0169=	©
Alt+0174=	®
Alt+0128=	€ (Euro currency)
Alt+0162=	¢ (Cent symbol)
Alt+0163=	£ (British Pound currency)
Alt+0165=	¥ (Japanese Yen currency)

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)

Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts:-

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: Selects 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: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
CTRL+A: Select all the 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 *: Expands everything under the current selection
Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent

Properties control:-

CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs

Accessibility shortcuts:-

Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys:-

Windows Logo: Start menu
Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
Windows Logo+F1: Help
Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
CTRL+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)
Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed:-

Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off

Dialog box keyboard commands:-

TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
SPACEBAR: 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.
ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item

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