SOME USEFUL AND EASY TO REMEMBER HANDY SHORTCUTS 3

General Keyboard-Only Commands:

· F1: Starts Windows Help

· F10: Activates menu bar options

· SHIFT + F10: Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object

· CTRL + ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)

· CTRL + ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)

· ALT + DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box

· ALT + TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)

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

· ALT + SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)

· ALT +- (ALT + hyphen): Displays 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)

· CTRL + TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program

· ALT + underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu

· ALT + F4: Closes the current window

· CTRL + F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window

· ALT + F6: 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)



Shell Objects and General Folder/Windows Explorer Shortcuts For a selected object:

· F2: Rename object

· F3: Find all files

· CTRL + X: Cut

· CTRL + C: Copy

· CTRL + V: Paste

· SHIFT + DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin

· ALT + ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object

· To Copy a File: Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.

· To Create a Shortcut: Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.