Help

F1

Open Start menu

CTRL+ESC

Switch between open programs

ALT+TAB

Quit program

ALT+F4

Highlight items in window

CTRL+A

Copy

CTRL+C

Cut

CTRL+X

Paste

CTRL+V

Undo

CTRL+Z

Activate menu bar options

F10

Open a context menu for the selected item. This is the same as right-clicking an object

SHIFT+F10

Open the Start menu. Use the ARROW keys to select an item

CTRL+ESC

Open a drop-down list box

ALT+DOWN ARROW

Switch to another running application. Hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window

ALT+TAB

Press down and hold the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the auto-run feature

SHIFT

Press shift and click on a webpage hyperlink and it will open the link in a new window Shift+Click

Display the main window's System menu. From the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window

ALT+SPACE

Display 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

ALT+- (ALT+hyphen)

Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) application

CTRL+TAB

Open the corresponding menu

ALT+(underlined letter in menu):

Close the current window

ALT+F4

Open a drop-down list box

ALT+DOWN ARROW

Close the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window

CTRL+F4

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

ALT+F6

Start Menu

WINDOWS

Run dialog box

WINDOWS+R

Minimize All

WINDOWS+M

Undo Minimize All

SHIFT+WINDOWS+M

Help

WINDOWS+F1

Windows Explorer

WINDOWS+E

Find Files or Folders

WINDOWS+F

Minimize all open windows and display the desktop

WINDOWS+D

Find Computer

CTRL+WINDOWS+F

Move 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

CTRL+WINDOWS+TAB

Cycle through taskbar buttons

WINDOWS+TAB

System Properties dialog box

WINDOWS+BREAK

Log off Windows

WINDOWS+L

Open Print Manager

WINDOWS+P

Open Control Panel

WINDOWS+C

Open Clipboard

WINDOWS+V

Open Keyboard Properties dialog box

WINDOWS+K

Open Mouse Properties dialog box

WINDOWS+I

Open Accessibility Options (if installed)

WINDOWS+A

Display the list of IntelliType Hotkeys

WINDOWS+SPACEBAR

Toggle the CAP LOCK key on and off

WINDOWS+S

Move to the next control in the dialog box

TAB

Move to the previous control in the dialog box

SHIFT+TAB

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 button, this selects the option button

SPACEBAR

Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline).

ENTER

Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button

ESC

Move to the corresponding item

ALT+(underlined letter in dialog box item):