General Keyboard Shortcuts You Should Know
Keyboard shortcuts make our work a lot easier when used at
the appropriate moment. Below I’ve briefly outlined major keyboard shortcuts
you should know as a person who uses the windows operating system(although some
shortcuts stated applies to other OS).
Key
|
Function
|
F1
|
Display Help
|
Ctrl+C
|
Copy the selected item
|
Ctrl+X
|
Cut the selected item
|
Ctrl+V
|
Paste the selected item
|
Ctrl+Z
|
Undo an action
|
Ctrl+Y
|
Redo an action
|
Delete
|
Delete the selected item and move it
to the Recycle Bin
|
Shift+Delete
|
Delete the selected item without
moving it to the Recycle Bin first
|
F2
|
Rename the selected item
|
Ctrl+Right Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the beginning of
the next word
|
Ctrl+Left Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the beginning of the
previous word
|
Ctrl+Down Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the beginning of
the next paragraph
|
Ctrl+Up Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the beginning of
the previous paragraph
|
Ctrl+Shift with an arrow key
|
Select a block of text
|
Shift with any arrow key
|
Select more than one item in a window
or on the desktop, or select text within a document
|
Ctrl with any arrow key+Spacebar
|
Select multiple individual items in a
window or on the desktop
|
Ctrl+A
|
Select all items in a document or window
|
F3
|
Search for a file or folder
|
Alt+Enter
|
Display properties for the selected
item
|
Alt+F4
|
Close the active item, or exit the
active program
|
Alt+Spacebar
|
Open the shortcut menu for the active
window
|
Ctrl+F4
|
Close the active document (in
programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)
|
Switch between open items
|
|
Use the arrow keys to switch between
open items
|
|
Ctrl+Mouse scroll wheel
|
Change the size of icons on the
deskto
|
Windows logo key
+Tab
|
Cycle through programs on the taskbar
by using Aero Flip 3-D
|
Ctrl+Windows logo key
+Tab |
Use the arrow keys to cycle through
programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D
|
Alt+Esc
|
Cycle through items in the order in
which they were opened
|
F6
|
Cycle through screen elements in a
window or on the desktop
|
F4
|
Display the address bar list in Windows Explorer
|
Shift+F10
|
Display the shortcut menu for the
selected item
|
Ctrl+Esc
|
Open the Start menu
|
Alt+underlined letter
|
Display the corresponding menu
|
Alt+underlined letter
|
Perform the menu command (or other
underlined command)
|
F10
|
Activate the menu bar in the active
program
|
Right Arrow
|
Open the next menu to the right, or
open a submenu
|
Left Arrow
|
Open the next menu to the left, or
close a submenu
|
F5
|
Refresh the active window
|
Alt+Up Arrow
|
View the folder one level up in Windows Explorer
|
Esc
|
Cancel the current task
|
Ctrl+Shift+Esc
|
Open Task Manager
|
Shift when you insert a CD
|
Prevent the CD from automatically
playing
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