While still clinging to the rodent, certain keys can modify the functions offered that will be activated upon clicking a rodent key, if the software then attending to the rodent is prepared to notice.
SHIFT+right click | Shows a menu of alternative commands. |
SHIFT+double click | Runs the alternate menu's default command (second item on its menu) |
ALT+double click | Displays Properties. |
SHIFT+DELETE | Deletes an item without placing it in the Recycle Bin. |
CTRL+A | Select all in the current window or the desktop. |
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys | Select/unselect text, in that direction, or more than one item in a window or on the desktop. |
SHIFT+PAGE UP | Select/unselect a page's worth, upwards. |
SHIFT+PAGE DOWN | Select/unselect a page's worth, downwards. |
CTRL+C | Copy the current selection to the clipboard. Careful! The V key is adjacent! Recover via CTRL-Z. |
CTRL+X | Extract the current selection, copying to the clipboard. |
CTRL+V | Paste from the clipboard at the insertion point, replacing whatever is selected. |
CTRL+Z | Undo last action (not itself an undo), such as CTRL+V when CTRL+C was intended. |
CTRL+Y | Redo the last action, usually (...) that just undone by CTRL+Z. You hope. Confused yet? |
CTRL+B | May convert to Bold text. |
CTRL+U | May convert to Underlined text. |
CTRL+I | May convert to Italic text. |
CTRL+SHIFT+Z | Redo the last action, in some programmes... |
BACKSPACE | Delete one character to the left of the text cursor, or, view the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer. |
DELETE | Delete one character to the right of the text cursor, or, delete the selected item. |
SHIFT+DELETE | Delete the selected item; if a file, without moving it to the Recycle Bin. |
CTRL while dragging an item | Copy the selected item. |
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item | Create a shortcut to the selected item. |
F2 key | Rename the selected item. |
CTRL+right arrow | Move the text cursor to the beginning of the next word. |
CTRL+left arrow | Move the text cursor to the beginning of the previous word. |
CTRL+down arrow | Move the text cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph, or, move the document's viewingpoint down. |
CTRL+up arrow | Move the text cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph, or, move the document's viewingpoint up. |
F3 key | Search for a file or a folder. |
ALT+ENTER | View the properties for the selected item. |
ALT+F4 | Close the active item, or quit the active program. |
ALT+ENTER | Display the properties of the selected object. |
ALT+SPACEBAR | Open the shortcut menu for the active window. |
CTRL+F4 | Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously. |
ALT+TAB | Switch between the open windows. An Alt-Tab-Replacement prog. supplies previews of each |
ALT+ESC | Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened. |
F6 key | Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop. |
F4 key | Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer. |
SHIFT+F10 | Display the shortcut menu for the selected item. |
ALT+SPACEBAR | Display the System menu for the active window. |
CTRL+ESC | Display the Start menu. |
ALT+underlined letter in a menu name | Display the corresponding menu. |
underlined letter in a command name on an open menu | Perform the corresponding command. |
F10 key | Activate the menu bar in the active program. |
right arrow | Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu. |
left arrow | Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu. |
F5 key | Update the active window. |
ESC | Cancel the current task. |
SHIFT while inserting a CD-ROM into its drive | Restrains the computer from attempting to play the CD-ROM just inserted. |
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC | Open Task Manager. |
If you press SHIFT+F8 in extended selection list boxes, you enable extended selection mode. In this mode, you can use an arrow key to move a cursor without changing the selection. You can press CTRL+SPACEBAR or SHIFT+SPACEBAR to adjust the selection. To cancel extended selection mode, press SHIFT+F8 again. Extended selection mode cancels itself when you move the focus to another control.
CTRL+TAB | Move forward through the tabs. |
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB | Move backward through the tabs. |
TAB | Move forward through the options. |
SHIFT+TAB | Move backward through the options. |
ALT+underlined letter | Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option. |
ENTER | Perform the command for the active option or button. |
ESC | Escape! Cancel this dialogue... |
SPACEBAR | Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box. |
arrow keys | Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons. |
F1 key | Display the "Help" offerings, such as they may be... |
F4 key | Display the items in the active list. |
BACKSPACE | Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialogue box. |
Windows Logo | Display or hide the Start menu. |
Windows Logo+BREAK | Display the System Properties dialogue box. |
Windows Logo+D | Display the desktop. |
Windows Logo+M | Minimise all of the windows. |
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M | Restore the minimised windows. |
Windows Logo+TAB | Step left or right through the taskbar's rectangles. |
Windows Logo+E | Open My Computer. |
Windows Logo+F | Search for a file or a folder. Agent Ransack is better! |
Windows Logo+CTRL+F | Search for computers. |
Windows Logo+F1 | Display Windows Help: happy reading. |
Windows Logo+ L | Lock the keyboard. |
Windows Logo+R | Open the Run dialogue box. |
Windows Logo+U | Open Utility Manager. |
Windows Logo+L | Log off windows. |
Windows Logo+P | Start Print Manager. |
Windows Logo+C | Opens Control Panel. |
Windows Logo+V | Starts Clipboard. |
Windows Logo+K | Opens Keyboard Properties dialogues. |
Windows Logo+I | Opens Mouse Properties dialogue. |
Windows Logo+S | Switches CAPS LOCK on and off. |
Windows Logo+A | Starts "Accessibility Options", if installed. |
Windows Logo+SPACEBAR | Displays the list of microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys... |
right SHIFT for eight seconds | Switch FilterKeys either on or off. |
left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN | Switch High Contrast either on or off. |
left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK | Switch the MouseKeys either on or off. |
SHIFT five times | Switch the StickyKeys either on or off. |
NUM LOCK for five seconds | Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off. |
Windows Logo +U | Open Utility Manager. |
The * and + symbols on the main keyboard require the use of the Shift key, and the sequences do not match. On the auxiliary numeric pad the symbols are available without the Shift.
END | Display the bottom of the active window. |
HOME | Display the top of the active window. |
Numeric Pad asterisk sign (*) | Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder. |
ALT+Numeric Pad asterisk sign (*) | Display the subfolders one level down only from the selected folder. |
Numeric Pad plus sign (+) | Display the contents of the selected folder. |
Numeric Pad 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. |
After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
right arrow | Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line. |
left arrow | Move to the left or to the end of the previous line. |
up arrow | Move up one row. |
down arrow | Move down one row. |
PAGE UP | Move up one screen at a time. |
PAGE DOWN | Move down one screen at a time. |
HOME | Move to the beginning of the line. |
END | Move to the end of the line. |
CTRL+HOME | Move to the first character. |
CTRL+END | Move to the last character. |
SPACEBAR | Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected. |
CTRL+O | Open a saved console. |
CTRL+N | Open a new console. |
CTRL+S | Save the open console. |
CTRL+M | Add or remove a console item. |
CTRL+W | Open a new window. |
F5 key | Update the content of all console windows. |
ALT+SPACEBAR | Display the MMC window menu. |
ALT+F4 | Close the console. |
ALT+A | Display the Action menu. |
ALT+V | Display the View menu. |
ALT+F | Display the File menu. |
ALT+O | Display the Favorites menu. |
CTRL+P | Print the current page or active pane. |
ALT+minus sign (-) | Display the window menu for the active console window. |
SHIFT+F10 | Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item. |
F1 key | Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item. |
F5 key | Update the content of all console windows. |
CTRL+F10 | Maximise the active console window. |
CTRL+F5 | Restore the active console window. |
ALT+ENTER | Display the Properties dialogue box, if any, for the selected item. |
F2 key | Rename the selected item. |
CTRL+F4 | Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console. |
CTRL+ALT+END | Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialogue box. |
ALT+PAGE UP | Switch between programs from left to right. |
ALT+PAGE DOWN | Switch between programs from right to left. |
ALT+INSERT | Cycle through the programs in most recently used order. |
ALT+HOME | Display the Start menu. |
CTRL+ALT+BREAK | Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen. |
ALT+DELETE | Display the Windows menu. |
CTRL+ALT+plus sign (+) | Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.. |
CTRL+ALT+minus sign (-) | Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.. |
CTRL+B | Open the Organise Favorites dialogue box. |
CTRL+E | Open the Search bar. |
CTRL+F | Start the Find utility. |
CTRL+H | Open the History bar. |
CTRL+I | Open the Favorites bar. |
CTRL+L | Open the Open dialogue box. |
CTRL+N | Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address. |
CTRL+O | Open the Open dialogue box, the same as CTRL+L. |
CTRL+P | Open the Print dialogue box. |
CTRL+R | Update the current Web page. |
CTRL+W | Close the current window. |