Keyboard Shortcuts

Some people are mouse people, and some people are keyboard people. I tend to use both because I teach both, but I must say I do enjoy a good keyboard shortcut which gets things done quickly. Most of these are common across the Windowses..

Using the CONTROL Key:

CTRL-X - Cut
CTRL-C - Copy
CTRL-V - Paste
CTRL-Z - Undo
CTRL-Y - Redo
CTRL-A - Select All
CTRL-S - Save
CTRL-F - Find
CTRL-N - New (including opening a new browser window)
CTRL-P - Print
CTRL-W - Close Window/Document
CTRL-O - Open Window/Document

Mostly Fs:

F1 - Help menu
F2 - Rename a selected object
F5 - Refresh
F10 - Toggles between menu bar and main window
F10-Shift - Opens the context menu (similar to right click)

ALT etc..

ALT - Toggles between menu bar and main window
ALT-F4 - Quit a program/close a window
ALT-TAB - Cycles through open windows
TAB - Tab forward through a form
SHIFT-TAB - Tab backwards through a form

Windows Key:

WIN(alone) - Opens the Start Menu
WIN-F - Opens the Find Window
WIN-R - Opens the Run Window
WIN-E - Opens Windows Explorer
WIN-D - Minimize all open programs / showing all open programs.
WIN-Pause/Break - Opens System Properties
WIN-TAB - Cycles through items on the task bar without opening window.
WIN-M - Minimizes all windows
WIN-SHIFT-M - Undo minimize all windows
WIN-CTRL-F - Display Find: Computer

CTRL-ESCAPE - Displays the Start menu if you don't have a Windows Key.