| Alt Key |
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Alternate Key - Located on either side of the Spacebar. |
| Arrow (Cursor) Keys |
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Used to move the cursor around on the screen. |
| Ctrl Key |
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Control Key - Found at the bottom left and right of the main body of keys. |
| F Keys |
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Function Keys - Most are preprogrammed, some can be user programmed for
common shortcuts. |
| Menu Key |
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Located below the right Shift key, this is the same as Right-Clicking with
the mouse. |
| Numeric Keypad |
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Used for typing in numbers quicker or with the Num Lock key off doubles as
Arrow Keys. |
| Page Keys |
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Insert, Home, Page Up, Delete, End, Page Down Also found on the
Numeric Keypad when Num Lock is off. |
| Windows Key |
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Between the Ctrl and Alt keys, this key has many specific functions for
Windows. |
| Copy |
Ctrl+C |
Copies the currently highlighted item. |
| Cut |
Ctrl+X |
Removes the currently highlighted item to be Pasted elsewhere. |
| Paste |
Ctrl+V |
Pastes the Copied or Cut item to where the cursor is located. |
| Print |
Ctrl+P |
Prints the current document, page, image, etc. A few programs will print
highlighted items. |
| Select All |
Ctrl+A |
Selects all the text on the current page or document. |
| Undo |
Ctrl+Z |
Undoes the last command performed. |
| New File |
Ctrl+N |
Creates a new file. |
| Open File |
Ctrl+O |
Opens an existing file. |
| Save |
Ctrl+S |
Saves current file. |
| Help! |
F1 |
Brings up the Help file for the currently open program. |
In Menus when you see an underlined letter, rather then clicking on the item, press the
letter.
Note: Many of the Common Program Short-Cut keys will also work in
Windows. As with any key command, practice, but becareful what you do.
Windows Short-Cut Keys:
| Alt+F4 |
Closes the current program or window. |
| Ctrl+F4 |
Closes the current document or window inside the current program. (Not
universal) |
| Alt+Tab |
Used for quick switching between programs or applications. |
| Alt+ESC |
Used for quick switching between system windows, error messages or
question windows. |
| Window |
Opens up the Start Menu. |
| Ctrl+ESC |
Opens up the Start Menu. |
| Menu |
Opens a Context Menu, same as Right-Clicking with the mouse. |
| Alt+F10 |
Opens a Context Menu, same as Right-Clicking with the mouse. |
| Ctrl+Alt+Delete |
Press Once - Brings up the Close Program window.
Press Twice - Reboots the computer. |
| Ctrl+Shift+ESC |
Pressing this in Windows NT, 2000, 2003 or XP will open the Task Manager.
From here individual programs and applications can be run or closed. |
| Alt-Space-n |
Minimizes current program to Task Bar. |
| Alt-Space-x |
Maximizes current program to full screen. |
| Alt-Space-r |
Restores window to normal size from a maximized window. |
| Alt |
Will give access to pull-down menus, use arrow keys to navigate menus. |
| Ctrl+a |
Selects all in the current window. |
| Ctrl+b |
Opens Organize Favorites in Internet Explorer ver 4.0 and up. |
| Windows+d |
Minimizes all open windows. Use also to undo this command. |
| Windows+e |
Opens Windows Explorer to browse computer contents. |
| Ctrl+f |
Opens Find program in current program, or Find Files in Windows. |
| Windows+f |
Opens Find File program. |
| Windows+m |
Minimizes all open windows. |
| Windows+Shift+m |
Undoes Windows+m command. |
| Windows+r |
Opens Run window. |
| Ctrl+w |
Closes active window. |
| F1 |
Help |
| F2 |
Allows for renaming files, icons or short-cuts to programs. |
| F3 |
Opens Find File. (at Desktop) |
| F5 |
Refreshes current window or web page. |
| F6 |
Moves between panes in a multi-pane window. |
| F10 |
Allows access to pulldown menus. Same as Alt key. |
| F11 |
In some parts of Windows, removes toolbars for larger viewing area. |
| Windows+Pause |
Opens up System Properties window. |
| Alt+Print Screen |
Captures current screen to clipboard....can then be pasted in to Paint
program. |
