| System
Key Combinations |
| Function
|
Key
Combination |
|
Help
Open
Start menu
Switch
between open programs
Quit
program
Delete
items permanently (without taking
to
recycle bin)
|
F1
Ctrl
+ Esc
Alt
+ Tab
Alt
+ F4
Shift
+ Delete |
| Windows
Program Key Combinations |
|
Function
Copy
Cut
Paste
Undo
Bold
Underline
Italic
|
Key
Ctrl
+ C
Ctrl
+ X
Ctrl
+ V
Ctrl
+ Z
Ctrl
+ B
Ctrl
+ U
Ctrl
+ I |
|
Specific
Key Combinations
General
Keyboard Commands
|
| F1 |
Starts
Windows Help. |
| F10 |
Activates
menu bar options. |
| Shift
+ F10 |
Opens
a context 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. |
| Alt
+ Down arrow |
Opens
a drop-down list box. |
| Alt
+ Tab |
Switch
to another running application. Hold down the Alt key and then
press the Tab key to view the task-switching window |
| Shift: |
Press
down and hold the Shift key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass
the auto-run feature. |
| Alt
+ spacebar |
Displays
the main window's System menu. From the System menu, you can
restore, move, resize, minimise, maximise, or close the window |
| Alt
+ - (Alt + hyphen) |
Displays
the multiple document (MDI) sub-window's System menu. From the
MDI sub-window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize,
minimise, maximise, or close the sub- window.
|
| Ctrl
+ Tab |
Switch
to the next sub-window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI)
application. |
Alt
+ <underlined
letter in menu> |
Opens
the corresponding 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.
|
| General
Folder/Shortcut Control
|
| Key |
Result |
| 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 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 |
| Key |
Result
|
| 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 sub.
|
| Left
arrow |
Collapses
the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the
parent. |
| Windows
key associated key combinations
|
| Key |
Result
|
| Windows |
Start
menu
|
| Windows
+ R |
Run
dialog box
|
| Windows
+ M |
Minimise
all
|
| Shift
+ Windows + M |
Undo
minimise all
|
| Windows
+ F1 |
Help
|
| Windows
+ E |
Windows
Explorer
|
| Windows
+ F |
Find
files or folders |
| Windows
+ D |
Minimises
all open windows and displays the desktop
|
| Ctrl
+ Windows + F |
Find
computer
|
| CTRL+
Windows + Tab |
Moves
focus from Start, to Quick Launch bar, to System Tray. Use right
arrow or left arrow to move focus to items on Quick launch bar
and system tray |
| Windows
+ Tab |
Cycle
through taskbar buttons |
| Windows
+ Break |
System
Properties dialog box |
