ALT+-
(ALT+hyphen) Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's
System menu
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ALT+ENTER
View properties for the selected item
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ALT+ESC
Cycle through items in the order they were opened
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ALT+F4
Close the active item, or quit the active program
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ALT+SPACEBAR
Display the System menu for the active window
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ALT+TAB
Switch between open items
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ALT+Underlined
letter Display the corresponding menu
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BACKSPACE
View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
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CTRL+A
Select all
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CTRL+B
Bold
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CTRL+C
Copy
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CTRL+I
Italics
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CTRL+O
Open an item
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CTRL+U
Underline
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CTRL+V
Paste
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CTRL+X
Cut
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CTRL+Z
Undo
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CTRL+F4
Close the active document
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CTRL
while dragging Copy selected item
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CTRL+SHIFT
while dragging Create shortcut to selected iteM
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CTRL+RIGHT
ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
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CTRL+LEFT
ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
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CTRL+DOWN
ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
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CTRL+UP
ARROW Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
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SHIFT+DELETE
Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
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ESC
Cancel the current task
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F1
Displays Help
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F2
Rename selected item
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F3
Search for a file or folder
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F4
Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
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F5
Refresh the active window
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F6
Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
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F10
Activate the menu bar in the active program
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SHIFT+F10
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
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CTRL+ESC
Display the Start menu
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SHIFT+CTRL+ESC
Launches Task Manager
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SHIFT
when you insert a CD Prevent the CD from automatically playing
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WIN
Display or hide the Start menu
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WIN+BREAK
Display the System Properties dialog box
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WIN+D
Minimizes all Windows and shows the Desktop
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WIN+E
Open Windows Explorer
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WIN+F
Search for a file or folder
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WIN+F+CTRL
Search for computers
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WIN+L
Locks the desktop
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WIN+M
Minimize or restore all windows
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WIN+R
Open the Run dialog box
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WIN+TAB
Switch between open items
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CTRL
+ Alt + Del is the most common keyboard shortcut used by PC users to either
open task manager to kill “unresponsive” processes or to reboot the machine.
Have you ever wondered
where CTRL + Alt + Del came from?
The mastermind behind this was one of the inventors of the
IBM PC.
After getting annoyed waiting for hours on those slow
machines for Power-On Self Test (POST) routine to finish during each reboot of
his software testing regiment, he decided to create a shortcut which allowed
system to reboot without power cycling the hardware.
The keystroke for the shortcut was Ctrl + Alt + Escape
initially, as it would be easy to accidentally press with one hand, rebooting
the system and losing all of a user’s work; it was changed to Ctrl + Alt +
Delete which required two hands.
