Loading ...A lot of us already know basic keyboard shortcuts like Ctrl+C (copy) and Ctrl+V (paste), but did you know that there are more than 70 of them ? Here is the list of the most important one:
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 |
| • | 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) |
| • | 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.
Find all the shortcuts on Microsoft support pages.