General Keyboard Shortcuts
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| Key Combination: |
Description/Notes: |
| ALT+ENTER |
View the properties for the selected item |
| ALT+ENTER |
Display the properties of the selected object |
| ALT+ESC |
Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened |
| ALT+F4 |
Close the active item, or quit the active program |
| ALT+SPACEBAR |
Open the shortcut menu for the active window |
| ALT+SPACEBAR |
Display the System menu for the active window |
| ALT+TAB |
Switch between the open items |
| ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name |
Display the corresponding menu |
| BACKSPACE |
View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer |
| CTRL while dragging an item |
Copy the selected item |
| CTRL+A |
Select all |
| CTRL+C |
Copy |
| CTRL+DOWN ARROW |
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph |
| CTRL+ESC |
Display the Start menu |
| CTRL+F4 |
Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously |
| CTRL+LEFT ARROW |
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word |
| CTRL+RIGHT ARROW |
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word |
| CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item |
Create a shortcut to the selected item |
| CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys |
Highlight a block of text |
| CTRL+SHIFT+ESC |
Open Windows Task Manager |
| CTRL+UP ARROW |
Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph |
| CTRL+V |
Paste |
| CTRL+X |
Cut |
| CTRL+Z |
Undo |
| DELETE |
Delete |
| ESC |
Cancel the current task |
| F10 key |
Activate the menu bar in the active program |
| F2 key |
Rename the selected item |
| F3 key |
Search for a file or a folder |
| F4 key |
Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer |
| F5 key |
Update the active window |
| F6 key |
Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop |
| LEFT ARROW |
Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu |
| RIGHT ARROW |
Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu |
| SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive |
Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing |
| SHIFT with any of the arrow keys |
Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document |
| SHIFT+DELETE |
Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin |
| SHIFT+F10 |
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item |
