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Individual Keys
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Shortcut
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Action
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Enter
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If a Button is Selected, Press It, Otherwise Open the
Selected Item
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Esc
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Cancel Current Operation
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Spacebar
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Toggle current check box or radio button
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Alt
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Activate or deactivate current window's menu bar
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Tab
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Select Next Control in Current Window
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Delete
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Delete Selected Item(s)
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Home
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Go to Top of Page (IE)
Go to First Item or Beginning of Line (Other Apps)
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End
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Go to Bottom of Page (IE)
Go to Last Item oe End of Line (Other Apps)
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F1
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Display Help for Current Application
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F2
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Rename Selected Item
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F3
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Find Files
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F4
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Display "My Computer" combo box (Explorer)
Display "Address" combo box (IE)
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F5
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Refresh Contents of Current Window
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F6
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Switch Panes Within Current App
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F10
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Menu Mode (same as Alt)
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Print Screen
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Copy a screen shot of the entire screen to the clipboard (as a BMP image)
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Windows ( )
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Open the Start Menu
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Menu ( )
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Display Shortcut Menu for Current Window (same as
clicking right-mouse button)
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{DragNDrop}
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Move Selected File(s) if Dest Dir is on Same Drive as
Source or Dest is the Recycle Bin, otherwise Copy File(s)
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Ctrl Key Combos
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Ctrl-X
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Cut Selected Item(s) and Move to Clipboard
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Ctrl-C
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Copy Selected Item(s) to Clipboard
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Ctrl-V
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Paste Contents of Clipboard
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Ctrl-A
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Select All Items
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Ctrl-Y
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Redo
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Ctrl-Z
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Undo
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Ctrl-F
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Find on Current Page
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Ctrl-H
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Open the History Bar (IE) Replace on Current Page
(Office)
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Ctrl-G
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Go to Folder (Explorer) or Page (Office)
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Ctrl-N
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New
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Ctrl-O
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Open
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Ctrl-S
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Save
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Ctrl-P
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Print
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Ctrl-+
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Automatically resize column widths in Windows Explorer
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Ctrl-LeftArrow
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Goto Previous Word (Office)
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Ctrl-RightArrow
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Goto Next Word (Office)
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Ctrl-Home
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Goto Top of Page (Office)
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Ctrl-Home
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Goto Bottom of Page (Office)
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Ctrl-Esc
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Open Start Menu
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Ctrl-F4
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Close Current Document
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Ctrl-{DragNDrop}
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Copy Selected File(s)
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Ctrl-Backspace
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Delete Text from Cursor to Beginning of Current Word
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Ctrl-Insert
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Copy Selected Item(s) to Clipboard
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Ctrl-Esc
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Open Start Menu
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Ctrl-Shift-Esc
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Run Task Manager
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Ctrl-Alt-Delete
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WinXP: Run Task ManagerWinNT: Open Security
window (allows you to lock workstation, log off,
shutdown, change password, and start task manager)
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Alt Key Combos
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Alt-Spacebar
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Open Current Window's Controls (Restore, Move, Size,
Minimize, Maximize, Close)
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Alt-Down
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Open selected drop-down list
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Alt-{DoubleClick on Item}
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View Properties of Item
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Alt-F4
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Close Current Window
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Alt-Backspace
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Undo
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Alt-(Shift-)Tab
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Switch Among Running Applications (while holding Alt, hit Tab to go to the next app or Shift-Tab to go to the previous app; release Alt to restore the selected app)
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Alt-Enter
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View Properties of Selected Item
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Alt-Backspace
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Undo
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Alt-PrintScreen
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Copy a screen shot of the active window or dialog box to the clipboard (as a BMP image)
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Shift Key Combos
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Shift-Right
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Add current character to text selection
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Shift-Left
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Remove previous character from text selection
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Shift-Down
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Add current line to text selection
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Shift-Up
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Remove previous line from text selection
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Shift-Tab
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Select Previous Control in Current Window
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Shift-Delete
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Explorer: Delete Selected Item(s) Immediately,
Bypassing the Recycle BinOther Apps: Cut Selected
Item(s) and Move to Clipboard
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Shift-Insert
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Paste Contents of Clipboard
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Shift-F10
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Display Shortcut Menu for Current Window (same as
clicking right-mouse button)
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Shift-PrintScreen
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Copy current window to clipboard as BMP image
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Shift-{DragNDrop Selected File(s)}
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to Recycle Bin: Delete File(s) Permanentlyto
Any Other Folder: Move File(s) to Folder
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Shift-{Click on "My Computer"/"Network Neighborhood" Close
Icon [X]}
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Close all open windows of this type
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Shift-{DoubleClick on Folder in Explorer Folder View}
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OpenNew Explorer Window with Folder as the Root
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Shift-{Insert CD/DVD}
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Disable AutoPlay/AutoRun for the CD/DVD being inserted
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Windows Key Combos
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Shortcut
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Action
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+ b
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Puts all windows in Background (not in
focus)
(WinXP only - undocumented)
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+ d
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Minimize or restore all windows on Desktop
(Win98/ME/2K/XP only)
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+ e
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Launch Windows Explorer
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+ f
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Find files or folders
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+
Ctrl-f
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Find a Computer on your network
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+ l
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Lock your computer if you are connected to
a network domain, or switch users if you are not
connected to a network domain. (WinXP only)
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+ m
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Minimize all Windows
(If you're in Win9x, WinKey + d is handier.)
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+
Shift-M
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Restore all Windows (Show
Minimized)
(If you're in Win9x, WinKey + d is handier.)
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+ q
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Quick-switch users (WinXP only)
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+ r
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Display Run dialog box
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+ u
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Launch (Accessibility) Utility Manager
(WinXP only)
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+ v
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Open Voice Settings (Narrator settings
window must be open) (Win2K/XP only)
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+ TaB
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Cycle through the buttons on the
TaskBar
(Alt-Tab without the WinKey is better.)
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Pause/Break
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Show System Properties
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+ F1
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Launch Windows Help
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Miscellaneous Combos
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+(Numpad)-{Click on Explorer or Outlook Folder}
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Expand folder (show subfolders)
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-(Numpad)-{Click on Explorer or Outlook Folder}
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Collapse folder (hide subfolders)
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*(Numpad)-{Click on Explorer or Outlook Folder}
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Expand folder recursively (show subfolders recursively)
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Some keyboards have a Windows key, and some don't. If yours
doesn't, you can create one using the Keyboard Remap Kernel
Toy. Go to the
Windows 95 Kernel Toys Set and click the Windows 95
Keyboard Remap link. Once you've downloaded and installed
this utility, open the Control Panel, double-click Keyboard
and select the Remap tab. Under Right-Hand Side, select the
key you want to transform-such as Right Alt-in the left-hand
box. Then, in the right-hand box, select Windows. Click OK,
and your Right Alt key now functions as a Windows key
If you have the Microsoft IntelliType keyboard, additional
Winkey shortcuts become available, such as + C = Open Control
Panel.