KEYBORDS SHORTCUTS
This is one of those jokes people play on each other — it’s in the same category with squirting flowers and exploding cigars. This joke works on machines running the Windows operating system because Windows happens to define certain keystrokes that work the same way in all applications. Just about everyone knows that Alt+Ctrl+Del interrupts the operating system, but most people don’t know that Alt+F4 closes the current window. So if you had pressed Alt+F4 while playing a game, the game window would have closed.
It turns out there are several other handy keystrokes like that built into Windows. For example, Ctrl+Esc will pop up the Start menu, Alt+Esc will bring the next window to the foreground, and Alt+Tab or Alt+Shift+Tab will let you cycle through all available windows and jump to the one you select.
On keyboards that have the little “Windows” key (let’s call it WK here) down near the space bar, you probably know that you can press that key to open the Start menu. You can also use that key with other keys like you use the shift key. For example:
- WK+e - starts the Windows Explorer
- WK+f - starts the Find in Files dialog
- WK+Ctrl+f - starts the Find a Computer on the Network dialog
- WK+M - minimizes all the windows to clear the desktop
- WK+Shift+M - restores all the minimized windows
- WK+r - starts the Run dialog
- WK+F1 - starts Windows Help
- WK+Pause - starts System Properties
The last keyboard trick that every Windows user should be aware of is MouseKeys. If you go to the Accessibility Options icon in the Control Panel, you can go to the Mouse section and turn on MouseKeys. This feature allows you to use the numeric keypad in addition to the mouse to move the cursor. It’s handy if you are on a bumpy airplane ride or if your mouse is acting up. Another neat feature in Accessibility Options is the ability to turn on a beeper that beeps when you press the Caps Lock key — great if you are the sort of person who hits it accidentally!
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 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 |
� | 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) |
� | 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
For a selected object:
� | 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 |
To copy a file
Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.
To create a shortcut
Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.
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 |
APPLIES TO
� | Microsoft Windows Millennium Edition |
� | Microsoft Windows 98 Second Edition |
� | Microsoft Windows 98 Standard Edition |
� | Microsoft Windows 95 |
USE OF:- F
The row of keys, F1-F12, are Function keys. They’re shortcut keys for commonly used commands. They often do different things in different programs. And not all programs use them. So I can’t give you a definitive list of what they do. But I can tell you what they do in Windows:
F1 - Help
F2 - Renames selected file
F3 - Opens the file search box
F4 - Opens the address bar in Windows Explorer
F5 - Refreshes the screen in Windows Explorer
F6 - Navigates between different sections of a Windows Explorer window
F8 - Opens the start-up menu when booting Windows
F11 - Opens full screen mode in Windows Explorer
These keys may or may not be helpful to you in Windows. Personally, I don’t use them. However, I would be lost without them in other programs.
For example, the F5 key is helpful when surfing the Web. In Internet Explorer and Firefox, it refreshes the current page. In Word, the F12 key lets you save the current document under a different name.
Of course, to take advantage of the function keys, you need to know what they do. Check the manuals that came with your software.
Word includes a Function Key toolbar that shows you the function key options. To enable the toolbar: Right-click the empty area around the toolbars and select Customize. Select Function Key Display and click Close. The toolbar will appear at the bottom of the screen
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