Keyboard Shortcuts
 
 Index

CTRL+TAB - Move forward through tabs.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB - Move backward through tabs.
TAB Move forward through options.
SHIFT+TAB - Move backward through options.
ALT+Underlined letter - Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option.
ENTER - Carry out the command for the active option or button.
SPACEBAR - Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box.
Arrow keys - Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons.
F1 - Display Help.
F4 - Display the items in the active list.
BACKSPACE - Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box.
CTRL+C - Copy.
CTRL+X - Cut.
CTRL+V - Paste.
CTRL+Z - Undo.
DELETE - Delete.
SHIFT+DELETE - Delete selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin.
CTRL while dragging an item - Copy selected item.
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item - Create shortcut to selected item.
F2 - Rename selected item.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph.
CTRL+UP ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys - Highlight a block of text.
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys - Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document.
CTRL+A - Select all.
F3 - Search for a file or folder.
ALT+ENTER - View properties for the selected item.
ALT+F4 - Close the active item, or quit the active program.
ALT+Enter - Displays the properties of the selected object.
ALT+SPACEBAR - Opens the shortcut menu for the active window.
CTRL+F4 - Close the active document in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously.
ALT+TAB - Switch between open items.
ALT+ESC - Cycle through items in the order they were opened.
F6 - Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop.
F4 - Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
SHIFT+F10 - Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.
ALT+SPACEBAR - Display the System menu for the active window.
CTRL+ESC - Display the Start menu.
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name - Display the corresponding menu.
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu - Carry out the corresponding 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.
BACKSPACE - View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer.
ESC - Cancel the current task.
SHIFT when you insert a CD into the CD-ROM drive - Prevent the CD from automatically playing.
Windows Key - Display or hide the Start menu. Windows Key +BREAK - Display the System Properties dialog box.
Windows Key +D - Show the desktop.
Windows Key +M - Minimize all windows.
Windows Key +Shift+M - Restores minimized windows.
Windows Key +E - Open My Computer.
Windows Key +F - Search for a file or folder.
CTRL+ Windows Key +F - Search for computers.
Windows Key +F1 - Display Windows Help.
Windows Key + L - Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch users if you are not connected to a network domain.
Windows Key +R - Open the Run dialog box.
Windows Key +U - Open Utility Manager.

Remember that some of these commands will