Computer keyboard key explanations

When talking to tech support or to other people about keyboard commands, web pages, and command line commands, you may hear such things as forward slash, backward slash / backslash, and caret. Many times this can be confusing for users unfamiliar with each of the symbols found on a keyboard. Below is a chart that can be used to quickly identify keyboard keys. Keep in mind that your keyboard may not have every key listed in this chart. Symbol Windows Command F1 - F12 Tab Caps lock Shift Ctrl Alt Back Space Delete Enter Prt Scrn Scroll lock Pause Break Insert Home Page up Page down Num Lock ~ ` Explanation PC keyboards have a Windows key represented by a flag. Apple Mac computers have a command key. Information about the F1 through F12 keyboard keys. Tab key Caps lock key Shift key Ctrl key Alt key (PC Only; Mac users have Option key) Back space key Delete or Del key Enter key Print screen key Scroll lock key Pause key Break key Insert key Home key Page up or pgup key Page down or pgdn key Num Lock key Tilde Acute, Back quote, grave, grave accent, left quote, open quote, or a push

! @ # $ $ % ^ & * ( ) _ + = { } [ ] | \ /

Exclamation mark, Exclamation point, or Bang At or At symbol Octothorpe, Number, Pound, sharp, or Hash Pounds Sterling or Pound symbol Euro Dollar sign Cent sign Japanese Yen Generic currency Micro Percent Degree Caret or Circumflex Ampersand or And Asterisk and sometimes referred to as star. Open parenthesis Close parenthesis Hyphen, Minus or Dash Underscore Plus Equals Open Brace, squiggly brackets, or curly bracket Close Brace, squiggly brackets, or curly bracket Open bracket Close bracket Pipe, Or, or Vertical bar Backslash or Reverse Solidus Forward slash, Solidus, Virgule, or Whack Section

: ; " ' < > , . ?

Colon Semicolon Quote, Quotation mark, or Inverted commas Apostrophe or Single Quote Less Than or Angle brackets Greater Than or Angle brackets Comma Period, dot or Full Stop Question Mark

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bjhbjhbk Shortcut Keys WINKEY WINKEY + F1 WINKEY + F3 WINKEY + D WINKEY + M WINKEY + SHIFT + M WINKEY + E WINKEY + Tab WINKEY + F Description Pressing the Windows key alone will open Start. Opens the Microsoft Windows help and support center. Opens the Advanced find window in Microsoft Outlook. Brings the desktop to the top of all other windows. Minimizes all windows.

Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and WINKEY + D.

Open Microsoft Explorer. Cycle through open programs through the taskbar. Display the Windows Search / Find feature.

WINKEY + CTRL Display the search for computers window. +F WINKEY + R WINKEY + Pause /Break key WINKEY + U WINKEY + L WINKEY + P Open the run window.

Open the system properties window.

Open Utility Manager. Lock the computer and switch users if needed (Windows XP and above only). Quickly change between monitor display types. (Windows 7 only)

WINKEY + LEFT Shrinks the window to 1/2 screen on the left side for side by side viewing. (Windows 7 ARROW only) WINKEY + Shrinks the window to 1/2 screen on the right side for side by side viewing. (Windows RIGHT ARROW 7 only) WINKEY + UP ARROW WINKEY + DOWN ARROW Shortcut Keys Ctrl + 0 Ctrl + A Ctrl + B Ctrl + C When in the side by side viewing mode, this shortcut takes the screen back to full size. (Windows 7 only)

Minimizes the screen. Also, when in the side by side viewing mode, this shortcut takes the screen back to a minimized size. (Windows 7 only)

Description Adds or removes 6pts of spacing before a paragraph. Select all contents of the page. Bold highlighted selection. Copy selected text.

Ctrl + E Ctrl + F Ctrl + I Ctrl + J Ctrl + K Ctrl + L Ctrl + M Ctrl + P

Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. Open find box. Italic highlighted selection. Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen. Insert link. Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen. Indent the paragraph. Open the print window. Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.

Ctrl + R
Ctrl + T Ctrl + U Ctrl + V Ctrl + X Ctrl + Y Ctrl + Z Ctrl + Shift + L Ctrl + Shift + F Ctrl + Shift + >

Creates a hanging intent

Underline highlighted selection. Paste. Cut selected text. Redo the last action performed. Undo last action. Quickly create a bullet point. Change the font. Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then increases font +2pts. Increase selected font +1pts.

Ctrl + ]

Ctrl + Shift + < Ctrl + [ Ctrl + / + c

Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower, if above 12 decreases font by +2pt. Decrease selected font -1pts. Insert a cent sign ().

Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark, where <char> is the character you want. For example, if you wanted an accented you would use Ctrl + ' + e as your Ctrl + ' + <char> shortcut key. To reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on the tilde key. Ctrl + Shift + * Ctrl + <left arrow> Ctrl + <right arrow> Ctrl + <up arrow> Ctrl + <down arrow> Ctrl + Del Ctrl + Backspace Ctrl + End Ctrl + Home Ctrl + Spacebar Ctrl + 1 View or hide non printing characters.

Moves one word to the left.

Moves one word to the right.

Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.

Moves to the end of the paragraph.

Deletes word to right of cursor.

Deletes word to left of cursor.

Moves the cursor to the end of the document. Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. Reset highlighted text to the default font. Single-space lines.

Ctrl + 2 Ctrl + 5 Ctrl + Alt + 1 Ctrl + Alt + 2 Ctrl + Alt + 3 Alt + Ctrl + F2 Ctrl + F1 Ctrl + F2 Ctrl + Shift + > Ctrl + Shift + < Ctrl + Shift + F6 Ctrl + Shift + F12 F1 F4 F5 F7 F12

Double-space lines. 1.5-line spacing. Changes text to heading 1. Changes text to heading 2. Changes text to heading 3. Open new document. Open the Task Pane. Display the print preview. Increases the highlighted text size by one. Decreases the highlighted text size by one. Opens to another open Microsoft Word document.

Prints the document.

Open Help. Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+) Open the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word. Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document. Save as. Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to lowercase or a capital letter at the beginning of every word.

Shift + F3

Shift + F7 Shift + F12 Shift + Enter Shift + Insert Shift + Alt + D Shift + Alt + T

Runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted. Save. Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph. Paste. Insert the current date. Insert the current time.

In addition to the above shortcut keys users can also use their mouse as a method of quickly do something commonly performed. Below some are examples of mouse shortcuts.
Mouse shortcuts Click, hold, and drag Double-click Description Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go. If double-click a word, selects the complete word. Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned. Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop. Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked. Zooms in and out of document.

Double-click

Double-click Triple-click Ctrl + Mouse wheel

Winkey + 1/2/3 opens up the file/icon on the tool bar1 for the one in right of start ,then 2 for next to next of start and so on .. Back to shortcut keys main page
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