Computer Tricks - Shortcut Keys

A few great shortcut keys that are great computer tricks are:

• Hold the windows key and press M
  This will minimise all windows in one key press! This is the same as pressing the 'Show Desktop' icon but without having to click on it. It should be noted that Windows key + D also works for this!
• Hold the windows key and press L
  This will lock your workstation instantly. This means that if you are in a public place or a shared machine and go for a toilet break but do not wish for anyone to sneak a peak at what you are doing, or at worst steal your files, then this will take you back to the login screen instantly. Very handy indeed!
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  Lock your computer in one keypress from intruders and nosey people!
  
  

  • Hold alt then press F4
    This is quite a common one but should be mentioned here anyway. This key press will close your current window. If your screen is getting cluttered you can go on a 'close rampage' by holding down the F4 key as well! Good times!
  • Hold ctrl then press F4
    The junior brother of alt F4. Instead of closing the whole window this will close internal windows within the current program. For example if you have multiple windows open in one instance of Microsoft Word this will close them one at a time. The best part is this works for the tab browsing that has come in to play in recent browsers. The key press closes the active tab you are viewing! This is one of the best computer tricks I find when browsing as it is really effective for FireFox for closing tabs.
  • Hold alt and press tab
    This will cycle between programs on your computer. This feature isn't that useful until you install this nice little Microsoft tool which will show a thumbnail of the program your about the switch to. If you don't wish to activate the selected program keep holding down alt and press tab again to cycle to the next one!

  

  Holding the windows key and pressing break is one of the lesser known but more useful keypresses!

  

  You can set up custom shortcut keys via this field in the properties of any shortcut!

  • Hold the windows key and press break
    A lesser known shortcut but still useful! This one will open the System Properties dialog window which displays your RAM etc.
  • Hold the windows key and press E
    This will open 'My Computer' in explorer style mode. This is very handy if you want to access your files and disk drives from anywhere without having to find the icon on the desktop or start menu.
  • Custom Shortcut Keys!
    Another lesser known trick is setting up your own custom key presses. This works for a per-program basis. To setup a shortcut key to your favorite program first you need to right click on the shortcut icon you commonly use and then press on properties. Click on the Shortcut' tab and there will be a text field called 'Shortcut key'. Simply click in that and enter the key press you wish to use. Press OK and that key press is permanently associated with that program. This is very handy for many things such as opening word or opening your favorite game!

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  all keyboard shortcuts

  All keyboard Shortcuts

  Windows Shortcuts

  Shift + F10 right-clicks.

  Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.

  Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.

  Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)

  Win + U: Open Utility Manager.

  Win + F1: Open Windows help.

  Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.

  Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.

  Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.

  Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.

  Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.

  Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.

  Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.

  Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.

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  Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.

  Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry (Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)

  Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.

  Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.

  Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.

  Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.

  Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.

  Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.

  Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.

  General

  Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.

  Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.

  Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.

  Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.

  Ctrl + S: Save.

  Ctrl + O: Open...

  Ctrl + P: Print.

  Ctrl + Z: Undo.

  Ctrl + A: Select all.

  Ctrl + F: Find...

  Ctrl+W : to close the current window

  Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.

  F1: Open help.

  F11: Toggle full screen mode.

  Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.

  Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.

  Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.

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  General Navigation

  Tab: Forward one item.

  Shift + Tab: Backward one item.

  Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.

  Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.

  Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.

  Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.

  Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name.

  Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.

  Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.

  Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph. This and all subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in Rich Edit controls.

  Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.

  Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.

  Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.

  Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.

  Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.

  Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.

  Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.

  Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph.

  Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph.

  Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.

  End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.

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  File Browser

  Arrow Keys: Navigate.

  Shift + Arrow Keys: Select multiple items.

  Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change focus without changing selection. "Focus" is the object that will run on Enter. Space toggles selection of the focused item.

  (Letter): Select first found item that begins with (Letter).

  BackSpace: Go up one level to the parent directory.

  Alt + Left: Go back one folder.

  Alt + Right: Go forward one folder.

  Enter: Activate (Double-click) selected item(s).

  Alt + Enter: View properties for selected item.

  F2: Rename selected item(s).

  Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a Details view, resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one.

  Delete: Delete selected item(s).

  Shift + Delete: Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin.

  Ctrl while dragging item(s): Copy.

  Ctrl + Shift while dragging item(s): Create shortcut(s).

  In tree pane, if any:

  Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder.

  Right: Expand the current selection if collapsed, or select the first subfolder.

  Numpad Asterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.

  Numpad Plus: Expand currently selected directory.

  Numpad Minus: Collapse currently selected directory.

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  Accessibility

  Right Shift for eight seconds: Toggle FilterKeys on and off. FilterKeys must be enabled.

  Left Alt + Left Shift + PrintScreen: Toggle High Contrast on and off. High Contrast must be enabled.

  Left Alt + Left Shift + NumLock: Toggle MouseKeys on and off. MouseKeys must be enabled.

  NumLock for five seconds: Toggle ToggleKeys on and off. ToggleKeys must be enabled.

  Shift five times: Toggle StickyKeys on and off. StickyKeys must be enabled.

  6.) Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType Software Installed

  Win + L: Log off Windows.

  Win + P: Open Print Manager.

  Win + C: Open control panel.

  Win + V: Open clipboard.

  Win + K: Open keyboard properties.

  Win + I: Open mouse properties.

  Win + A: Open Accessibility properties.

  Win + Space: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys.

  Win + S: Toggle CapsLock on and off.

  Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

  Ctrl + Alt + End: Open the NT Security dialog.

  Alt + PageUp: Switch between programs.

  Alt + PageDown: Switch between programs in reverse.

  Alt + Insert: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order.

  Alt + Home: Display start menu.

  Ctrl + Alt + Break: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen.

  Alt + Delete: Display the Windows menu.

  Ctrl + Alt + NumpadMinus: Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing Alt + PrintScreen on a local computer.

  Ctrl + Alt + NumpadPlus: Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PrintScreen on a local computer.

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  Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts

  Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown: Cycle through tabs.

  Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp: Cycle through tabs in reverse.

  Ctrl + (1-9): Switch to tab corresponding to number.

  Ctrl + N: New window.

  Ctrl + T: New tab.

  Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6: Switch focus to location bar.

  Ctrl + Enter: Open location in new tab.

  Shift + Enter: Open location in new window.

  Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E: Switch focus to search bar.

  Ctrl + O: Open a local file.

  Ctrl + W: Close tab, or window if there's only one tab open.

  Ctrl + Shift + W: Close window.

  Ctrl + S: Save page as a local file.

  Ctrl + P: Print page.

  Ctrl + F or F3: Open find toolbar.

  Ctrl + G or F3: Find next...

  Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3: Find previous...

  Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I: Open Bookmarks sidebar.

  Ctrl + H: Open History sidebar.

  Escape: Stop loading page.

  Ctrl + R or F5: Reload current page.

  Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + F5: Reload current page; bypass cache.

  Ctrl + U: View page source.

  Ctrl + D: Bookmark current page.

  Ctrl + NumpadPlus or Ctrl + Equals (+/=): Increase text size.

  Ctrl + NumpadMinus or Ctrl + Minus: Decrease text size.

  Ctrl + Numpad0 or Ctrl + 0: Set text size to default.

  Alt + Left or Backspace: Back.

  Alt + Right or Shift + Backspace: Forward.

  Alt + Home: Open home page.

  Ctrl + M: Open new message in integrated mail client.

  Ctrl + J: Open Downloads dialog.

  F6: Switch to next frame. You must have selected something on the page already, e.g. by u