List of Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows #4

General Keyboard Only Commands

1.F1: Starts Windows Help


2.F10: Activates menu bar options


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


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


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


6.CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager


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


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


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


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


11.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)


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


13.ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu


14.ALT+F4: Closes the current window


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


16.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)


Note:

1.To copy a file


Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.


2.To create a shortcut


Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.


3.Properties control


CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs