By Alice Hill
RealTechNews
To me, the one thing Microsoft did that slammed Apple way back when was making everything in Windows accessible by a simple keyboard shortcut. True, it doesn’t help most mouse junkies, but for techies who grew up on the command line, the handy keyboard shortcut has saved many an ugly situation especially when the mouse failed.
Here are some goodies to try:
CTRL and A Selects all the items in the active window.
CTRL and C Copies the item or items to the Clipboard and can be pasted using CTRL and V.
CTRL and F Displays the Find all files dialog box.
CTRL and G Displays the Go to folder dialog box.
CTRL and N Displays the New dialog box.
CTRL and O Displays the Open dialog box.
CTRL and P Displays the Print dialog box.
CTRL and S Displays the Save dialog box.
CTRL and V Pastes the copied item or items from the Clipboard.
CTRL and X Cuts the item or items selected to the Clipboard.
CTRL and Z Undoes the last action.
CTRL and F4 Closes the active document window.
CTRL while dragging an item Copy the selected item
CTRL+SHIFT with arrow keys Highlight a block of text
CTRL+F4 Close the active document
CTRL+ESC Display the Start menu
CTRL and F6 Opens the next document window in the active application.
ALT+ENTER View the properties for the selected item
ALT+F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program
ALT+SPACEBAR Open the shortcut menu for the active window
ALT+TAB Switch between the open items
ALT+ESC Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened
F1 key Gives help on the active window or selected item.
F2 key Rename the selected item
F3 key Search for a file or a folder
F4 key Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F5 key Update the active window
F6 key Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F10 key Activate the menu bar in the active program
Windows Logo Display or hide the Start menu
Windows Logo+BREAK Display the System Properties dialog box
Windows Logo+D Display the desktop
Windows Logo+M Minimize all of the windows
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M Restore the minimized windows
Windows Logo+E Open My Computer
Windows Logo+F Search for a file or a folder
CTRL+Windows Logo+F Search for computers
Windows Logo+F1 Display Windows Help
Windows Logo+ L Lock the keyboard
Windows Logo+R Open the Run dialog box
Windows Logo+U Open Utility Manager
TAB Move forward through the options
SHIFT+TAB Move backward through the options
CTRL+TAB Move forward through the tabs
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Move backward through the tabs
ALT+Underlined letter Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option
ENTER Perform the command for the active option or button
SPACEBAR Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box
F1 key Display Help
F4 key Display the items in the active list
Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons
BACKSPACE Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box
END Display the bottom of the active window
HOME Display the top of the active window
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*) Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+) Display the contents of the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-) Collapse the selected folder
LEFT ARROW Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder
RIGHT ARROW Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder
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Here is another useful shortcut, windows logo-u-u, it shuts down the computer.
I think mean people suck! I think Alice was doing a nice thing by making this available to us non-pros who you all think are dumb because we have other lives outside our PC. So to make rude comments to her because of this is just plain mean! If you are such an Einstein why did you bother going to this site when you could have made your own? Back off of Alice! I knew many of these too but feel no need to outwit her because of it. Instead I shall print it and share it with my children so they don’t have to go to many of you and be insulted in order to continue their growth! I reiterate, mean people suck!
Windows keyboard shortcuts that save you time
Memorizing keyboard shortcuts will save you time, especially if you work in one environment for many hours each day (this article is written for a Windows environment). Some shortcuts will only give you a marginal time savings, while others will save yo
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CTRL – ENTER
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As some of you have noticed, I put a Frapper Map on the website. It is interesting to see where all my readers are from. Recently an old friend of mine contacted me on the Frapper site. Shaun and I…
Odd that Hunt should have published the same comment on another Fark thread concerning the last Boeing 717. Oh dear. So he works for Boeing And the guy who works for the “Windows people”. Obviously not Microsoft. Who they?
Is he a troll?
Also, some good shortcuts for Microsoft Word and Excel:
CTRL+I= Italicizes the highlighted words or paragraphs
CTRL+B= Bolds them
CTRL+U= Underlines them
How about making this a printable version without all the feedback
A great feature of the windows logo key is “Windows Logo+D” to minimize all open windows and show the desktop. But if you don’t have that key on your keyboard it’s my understanding that there are no workaround keystroke substitution for the windows logo+ combinations. (If there are, be nice to hear about them).
Of all of the windows logo combinations, the one I use most is “Windows logo+D”.
However,if you don’t have a windows logo key [you might have an original IBM keyboard - (why bother with anything else), or you're using an older laptop such as the classic IBM T21 PIII] a bit slower but still fast substitute in WinXP to minimize ALL of your open windows and show the desktop is to move your mouse pointer to an empty area of the Taskbar, right-click, and click on “Show the Desktop”. All open windows will be minimized to the task bar. To open all of these minimized windows, do the same thing, but now click on “Show open windows”.
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To all you douchebags who are saying who came out with shortcuts first can all shut up now. I recall the commadore 64 using commadore’s own DOS operating system which HAD SHORTCUTS.
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These will save me from tendonitis, from all the point and click stuff
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I am waiting for the actual key combinations people don’t know about. Come on. My GRANDMOTHER knows these. Oh wait.. this is a Windows-centered “tech” blog, isn’t it? I’m not going to find anything really hard-hitting here.
Though they know more than Mac users, Windows users still don’t have a clue how computers actually work. They still think computers are expected to crash.
Hey I don’t intend to sound like I’m not happy that alice posted these (I am although I knew most of them already), the only thing I’d like to mention is that mac has had keyboard shortcuts longer than windows personal computers ( truth is in my opinion the windows GUI is a cheap imitation of the mac GUI, Apple did it first after all
). I have used Apple Macintosh Computers most of my life but i have also used windows computers a fair amount of the time too. One other thing I’d like to point out is that I am not trying to sound smart or impressive. ( if I had been I would have taken the time to check spelling and caps because those kinds of errors are the least impressive types of mistakes in my opinion )