Basic Pc Shortcut Key

Shortcut key Alt + F Alt + E F1 Ctrl + A Ctrl + X Shift + Del Ctrl + C Ctrl + Ins Ctrl + V Shift + Ins Home Ctrl + Home End Ctrl + End Shift + Home Shift + End Ctrl + Left arrow

Description File menu options in current program. Edit options in current program Universal Help in almost every Windows program. Select all text. Cut selected item. Cut selected item. Copy selected item. Copy selected item Paste Paste Goes to beginning of current line. Goes to beginning of document. Goes to end of current line. Goes to end of document. Highlights from current position to beginning of line. Highlights from current position to end of line. Moves one word to the left at a time.

Ctrl + Right arrow Moves one word to the right at a time.

F1-F12 Function Key

F1 *Amost always used as the help key, almost every program will open the help screen when this key is pressed *Windows key+F1 would open the Microsoft Windows help and support center *Open the Task Pane F2 *Iin windows commonly used to rename a highlighted icon or file *Alt+Ctrl+F2 opens a new document in Microsoft Word *Ctrl+F2 displays the print preview window in Microsoft Word

F3 *Often opens a search feature for many programs including Microsoft Windows *Shift+F3 will change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lower case or a capital letter at the beginning of every word F4 *open find window *Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+) *Alt+F4 will close the program currently active in Microsoft Windows. *Ctrl+F4 will close the open window within the current active window in Microsofl Windows. F5 *In all modem Internet browsers pressing F5 will refresh or reload the page or document *Open the find,replace,and go to window in Microsoft Word *Starts a slideshow in PowerPoint F6 * Move the cursor to the Address bar in Internet Explorer and Mozilla Fiox *Ctrl+Shift+F6 opens to another open Microsoft Word document.

F7 *Common used to spell check and grammar check in Microsoft programs such a Microsoft Word,Out look,etc *Shift+F7runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted. *Turn a caret browsing a Mizilla Firefox. F8 *Function key used to enter the Windows startup menu,commonly used to get into Windows safe mode F9 *Opens the Measurements toolbar in Quark 5,0 F10 *In Microsoft Windows activates the menu bar of an open application *Shift+F10 is the same as right-clicking on a highlighted icon,file,or internet link F11 *Full-screen mode in all modem Internet browsers F12 *Open the Save as window in Microsoft Word *Shift+F12 save the Microsoft Word document *Ctrl+Shift+F12 prints a document in Microsoft Word

Top 10 Keyboard Shortcuts Everyone Should Know Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert *Copy the highlighted text or selected item Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert *Paste the text or object that's in the clipboard. Ctrl + Z and Ctrl + Y *Undo any change. For example, if you cut text, pressing this will undo it. This can also often be pressed multiple times to undo multiple changes. Pressing Ctrl + Y would re-do the undo. Ctrl + F *Open the Find in any program. This includes your Internet browser to find text on the current page. Alt + Tab or Alt + Esc *Quickly switch between open programs. F1 *Open help for the program you're in. Ctrl + P *Print what's currently being viewed in programs such as Microsoft Word or your Internet browser. Ctrl + Left arrow / Right arrow *Move the cursor one word at a time instead of one character at a time. If you wanted to highlight one word at a time you can hold down Ctrl + Alt and then press the left or right arrow key to move one word at a time in that direction while highlighting each word. Ctrl + Home / End *Move the cursor to the beginning or end of a document. Page Up / Space bar and Page Down *Pressing either the page up or page down key will move that page one page at a time in that direction. When browsing the Internet pressing the space bar will also move the page down one page at a time.

Keyboard shortcut keys

CTRL + B CTRL + C CTRL + D CTRL + F CTRL + H CTRL + P CTRL + S CTRL + Q CTRL + U CTRL + W Moves the cursor backward one character. Cancels the currently running command. Logs out of the current session. Moves the cursor forward one character. Erase one character. Similar to pressing backspace. Paste previous line and/or lines. Stops all output on screen (XOFF). Turns all output stopped on screen back on (XON). Erases the complete line. Deletes the last word typed in. For example, if you typed 'mv file1 file2' this shortcut would delete file2. Cancels current operation, moves back a directory and/or takes the current operation and moves it to the background. See bg command for additional information about background.

CTRL + Z

Apple Macintosh Shortcut Keys

Open Apple + Down Opens the selected icon. Shift + ClickSelect the icon and add it to the set of those selected. TabHighlight the next icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order. Shift + TabHighlight the previous icon inside the folder, in alphabetical order. Left arrowUsed when viewing by icon to select the icon to the left of the one highlighted. Right arrowUsed when viewing by icon to select icon to the right of the one highlighted. Up arrowUsed to select the icon above the one currently highlighted. Down arrowUsed to select the icon below the one currently highlighted. Open Apple + ?Mac help Open Apple + EEject Open Apple + Shift + Up Arrow Used to direct the input focus to the desktop level. Open Apple + MMinimize window Open Apple + NNew finder window Open Apple + Shift + NNew folder Open Apple + WClose the current window. Open Apple + CCopy the elected item to the clipboard. Open Apple + X Cut the selected item. Open Apple + VPaste item from the clipboard Open Apple + LMake alias Open Apple + RShow original item Open Apple + TAdd to favorites Open Apple + OOpen the selected icon. Open Apple + FDisplay the find dialog box. Open Apple + GRepeat the last find operation. Open Apple + Shift + GTakes a snapshot of the screen and saves it to a PICT file.

Microsoft Windows Shortcut Keys

Shortcut Key Alt+Tab Alt+Shitft+Tab Alt+Doble-Click

3.x 95 98 ME NT 2000 XP Vista Description x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x x Switch between open applications Switch backwards between open applications Display the properties of the object you dobleClick on.

Ctrl+Tab

Switch between the program groups or Document windows in applications that support

Ctrl+Shift+Tab Ctrl+Print Screen Ctrl+Alt+Del Ctrl+Esc

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Same as above but backwards. Creates a screen shot of the entire screen Bring up the windows task manager Bring up the window start menu in window 3.x

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Shortcut Keys3.x9598MENT2000XPVistaDescrip Alt + TabXXXXXXXXSwitch between open applications.

Ctrl + Shift + TabXXXXXXXXSame as. Ctrl + Shift + Esc X XX Immediately bring up the Windows task manager. Ctrl + EscXXXXXXXXBring up the Windows Start menu. In Windows 3.x this would bring up the Task Manager. Alt + EscXXXXXXXSwitch Between open applications on taskbar. F1XXXXXXXXActivates help for current open application. F2XXXXXXXXRenames selected Icon. F3XXXXXXXStarts find from desktop. F4XXXXXXXOpens the drive selection when browsing. F5XXXXXXXRefresh Contents to where you were on the page. Ctrl + F5 XRefreshes page to the beginning of the page. F10XXXXXXXXActivates menu bar. Shift + F10XXXXXXXSimulates right-click on selected item. F4XXXXXXXSelect a different location to browse in the Windows Explorer toolbar. Alt + F4XXXXXXXXCloses Current open program. Ctrl + F4XXXXXXXXCloses Window in Program. F6XXXXXXXMove cursor to different Windows Explorer pane. Alt + Space barXXXXXXXXDrops down the window control menu. Ctrl + (the '+' key on the keypad)XXXXXXAutomatically adjust the widths of all

the columns in Windows explorer Alt + EnterXXXXXXXOpens properties window of selected icon or program. Alt + Space bar XXXXXXXOpen the control menu for the current window open. Shift + Del XXXXXXXDelete programs/files without throwing them into the recycle bin. Holding ShiftXXXXXXXXBoot Safe Mode or by pass system files as the computer is booting. Holding ShiftXXXXXXXWhen putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player from playing. EnterXXXXXXXXActivates the highlighted program. Alt + Down arrowXXXXXXXDisplay all available options on drop down menu. * (on the keypad)XXXXXXXExpands all folders on the currently selected folder or drive in Windows Explorer. + (on the keypad)XXXXXXXExpands only the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer. - (on the keypad)XXXXXXXCollapses the currently selected folder in Windows Explorer.