Applies to Windows 7

Keyboard shortcuts 1-Create keyboard shortcuts to open programs.

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that can help make your computer easier to use. Press this key Right Shift for eight seconds Left Alt+Left Shift+PrtScn (or PrtScn) Left Alt+Left Shift+Num Lock Shift five times Num Lock for five seconds Windows logo key +U To do this Turn Filter Keys on and off Turn High Contrast on or off Turn Mouse Keys on or off Turn Sticky Keys on or off Turn Toggle Keys on or off Open the Ease of Access Center

2-General keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains general keyboard shortcuts. Press this key F1 Ctrl+C (or Ctrl+Insert) Ctrl+X Ctrl+V (or Shift+Insert) Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Y Delete (or Ctrl+D) Shift+Delete F2 Ctrl+Right Arrow Ctrl+Left Arrow Ctrl+Down Arrow Ctrl+Up Arrow To do this Display Help Copy the selected item Cut the selected item Paste the selected item Undo an action Redo an action Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first Rename the selected item Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph

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Press this key Ctrl+Shift with an arrow key Shift with any arrow key Ctrl with any arrow key+Spacebar Ctrl+A F3 Alt+Enter Alt+F4 Alt+Spacebar Ctrl+F4 Alt+Tab Ctrl+Alt+Tab Ctrl+Mouse scroll wheel Windows logo key +Tab Ctrl+Windows logo key +Tab Alt+Esc F6 F4 Shift+F10 Ctrl+Esc Alt+underlined letter Alt+underlined letter F10 Right Arrow Left Arrow F5 (or Ctrl+R) Alt+Up Arrow Esc Ctrl+Shift+Esc Shift when you insert a CD Left Alt+Shift Ctrl+Shift Right or Left Ctrl+Shift

To do this Select a block of text Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop Select all items in a document or window Search for a file or folder Display properties for the selected item Close the active item, or exit the active program Open the shortcut menu for the active window Close the active document (in programs that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously) Switch between open items Use the arrow keys to switch between open items Change the size of icons on the desktop Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop Display the address bar list in Windows Explorer Display the shortcut menu for the selected item Open the Start menu Display the corresponding menu Perform the menu command (or other underlined command) Activate the menu bar in the active program Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu Refresh the active window View the folder one level up in Windows Explorer Cancel the current task Open Task Manager Prevent the CD from automatically playing Switch the input language when multiple input languages are enabled Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are enabled Change the reading direction of text in right-to-left reading languages

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3-Dialog box keyboard shortcuts

Press this key Ctrl+Tab Ctrl+Shift+Tab Tab Shift+Tab Alt+underlined letter Enter Spacebar Arrow keys F1 F4 Backspace To do this Move forward through tabs Move back through tabs Move forward through options Move back through options Perform the command (or select the option) that goes with that letter Replaces clicking the mouse for many selected commands Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons Display Help Display the items in the active list Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box

4-Windows logo key keyboard shortcuts

Press this key Windows logo key Windows logo key +Pause Windows logo key +D Windows logo key +M Windows logo key +Shift+M Windows logo key +E Windows logo key +F Ctrl+Windows logo key +F Windows logo key +L Windows logo key +R Windows logo key +T To do this Open or close the Start menu. Display the System Properties dialog box. Display the desktop. Minimize all windows. Restore minimized windows to the desktop.

Open Computer. Search for a file or folder. Search for computers (if you're on a network). Lock your computer or switch users. Open the Run dialog box. Cycle through programs on the taskbar. Start the program pinned to the taskbar in the position Windows logo key +number indicated by the number. If the program is already running, switch to that program. Start a new instance of the program pinned to the taskbar in Shift+Windows logo key the position indicated by the number. +number Switch to the last active window of the program pinned to Ctrl+Windows logo key the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. +number

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Press this key Alt+Windows logo key +number Windows logo key +Tab

Ctrl+Windows logo key +Tab Ctrl+Windows logo key +B

To do this Open the Jump List for the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number. Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D. Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D. Switch to the program that displayed a message in the notification area. Preview the desktop. Maximize the window. Maximize the window to the left side of the screen. Maximize the window to the right side of the screen. Minimize the window. Minimize all but the active window. Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the screen. Move a window from one monitor to another. Choose a presentation display mode. Cycle through gadgets. Open Ease of Access Center. Open Windows Mobility Center.

Windows logo key +Spacebar Windows logo key +Up Arrow Windows logo key +Left Arrow Windows logo key +Right Arrow Windows logo key +Down Arrow Windows logo key +Home Windows logo key +Shift+Up Arrow Windows logo key +Shift+Left Arrow or Right Arrow Windows logo key +P Windows logo key +G Windows logo key +U Windows logo key +X

5-Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts

Press this key Ctrl+N Ctrl+W Ctrl+Shift+N End Home F11 Ctrl+Period (.) To do this Open a new window Close the current window Create a new folder Display the bottom of the active window Display the top of the active window Maximize or minimize the active window Rotate a picture clockwise

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Press this key Ctrl+Comma (,) Num Lock+Asterisk (*) on numeric keypad Num Lock+Plus Sign (+) on numeric keypad Num Lock+Minus Sign (-) on numeric keypad Left Arrow Alt+Enter Alt+P Alt+Left Arrow Backspace Right Arrow Alt+Right Arrow Alt+Up Arrow Ctrl+Shift+E Ctrl+Mouse scroll wheel Alt+D Ctrl+E Ctrl+F

To do this Rotate a picture counter-clockwise Display all subfolders under the selected folder Display the contents of the selected folder Collapse the selected folder Collapse the current selection (if it's expanded), or select the parent folder Open the Properties dialog box for the selected item Display the preview pane View the previous folder View the previous folder Display the current selection (if it's collapsed), or select the first subfolder View the next folder View the parent folder Display all folders above the selected folder Change the size and appearance of file and folder icons Select the address bar Select the search box Select the search box

6-Taskbar keyboard shortcuts

Press this key Shift+Click on a taskbar button To do this Open a program or quickly open another instance of a program Open a program as an administrator Show the window menu for the program

Ctrl+Shift+Click on a taskbar button Shift+Right-click on a taskbar button Shift+Right-click on a grouped taskbar Show the window menu for the group button Ctrl+Click on a grouped taskbar button Cycle through the windows of the group

7-Magnifier keyboard shortcuts

Press this key Windows logo key + Plus Sign (+) or Minus Sign (-) Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar To do this Zoom in or out Preview the desktop in full-screen mode

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Press this key Ctrl+Alt+F Ctrl+Alt+L Ctrl+Alt+D Ctrl+Alt+I Ctrl+Alt+arrow keys Ctrl+Alt+R Windows logo key + Esc

To do this Switch to full-screen mode Switch to lens mode Switch to docked mode Invert colors Pan in the direction of the arrow keys Resize the lens Exit Magnifier

8-Remote Desktop Connection keyboard shortcuts

. Press this key Alt+Page Up Alt+Page Down Alt+Insert Alt+Home Ctrl+Alt+Break Ctrl+Alt+End Alt+Delete To do this Move between programs from left to right. Move between programs from right to left. Cycle through programs in the order that they were started in. Display the Start menu. Switch between a window and full screen. Display the Windows Security dialog box. Display the system menu. Place a copy of the active window, within the client, on the Ctrl+Alt+Minus Sign (-) Terminal server clipboard (provides the same functionality as on the numeric keypad pressing Alt+PrtScn on a local computer). Place a copy of the entire client window area on the Terminal Ctrl+Alt+Plus Sign (+) server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing on the numeric keypad PrtScn on a local computer). Tab out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow program (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) program. Tab out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow program (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) program.

Note

Ctrl+Alt+Break and Ctrl+Alt+End are available in all Remote Desktop sessions, even when you've set up the remote computer to recognize Windows keyboard shortcuts.

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9-paint keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Paint. Press this key Ctrl+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+S F12 Ctrl+P Alt+F4 Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Y Ctrl+A Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Right Arrow Left Arrow Down Arrow Up Arrow Esc Delete Ctrl+B Ctrl++ Ctrl+Ctrl+I Ctrl+U Ctrl+E Ctrl+W Ctrl+Page Up Ctrl+Page Down F11 Ctrl+R Ctrl+G F10 or Alt Shift+F10 F1 To do this Create a new picture Open an existing picture Save changes to a picture Save the picture as a new file Print a picture Close a picture and its Paint window Undo a change Redo a change Select the entire picture Cut a selection Copy a selection to the Clipboard Paste a selection from the Clipboard Move the selection or active shape right by one pixel Move the selection or active shape left by one pixel Move the selection or active shape down by one pixel Move the selection or active shape up by one pixel Cancel a selection Delete a selection Bold selected text Increase the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel Decrease the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel Italicize selected text Underline selected text Open the Properties dialog box Open the Resize and Skew dialog box Zoom in Zoom out View a picture in full-screen mode Show or hide the ruler Show or hide gridlines Display keytips Show the current shortcut menu Open Paint Help

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10-WordPad keyboard shortcuts

Press this key Ctrl+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+S F12 Ctrl+P Alt+F4 Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Y Ctrl+A Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Ctrl+B Ctrl+I Ctrl+U Ctrl+= Ctrl+Shift+= Ctrl+L Ctrl+E Ctrl+R Ctrl+J Ctrl+1 Ctrl+2 Ctrl+5 Ctrl+Shift+> Ctrl+Shift+< Ctrl+Shift+A Ctrl+Shift+L Ctrl+D Ctrl+F F3 Ctrl+H Ctrl+Left Arrow Ctrl+Right Arrow Ctrl+Up Arrow Ctrl+Down Arrow Ctrl+Home Ctrl+End To do this Create a new document Open an existing document Save changes to a document Save the document as a new file Print a document Close WordPad Undo a change Redo a change Select the entire document Cut a selection Copy a selection to the Clipboard Paste a selection from the Clipboard Make selected text bold Italicize selected text Underline selected text Make selected text subscript Make selected text superscript Align text left Align text center Align text right Justify text Set single line spacing Set double line spacing Set line spacing to 1.5 Increase the font size Decrease the font size Change characters to all capitals Change the bullet style Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing Find text in a document Find the next instance of the text in the Find dialog box Replace text in a document Move the cursor one word to the left Move the cursor one word to the right Move the cursor to the line above Move the cursor to the line below Move to the beginning of the document Move to the end of the document

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Press this key Ctrl+Page Up Ctrl+Page Down Ctrl+Delete F10 Shift+F10 F1

To do this Move up one page Move down one page Delete the next word Display keytips Show the current shortcut menu Open WordPad Help

11-Calculator keyboard shortcuts

Press this key Alt+1 Alt+2 Alt+3 Alt+4 Ctrl+E Ctrl+H Ctrl+U Alt+C F1 Ctrl+Q Ctrl+P Ctrl+M Ctrl+R Ctrl+L % F9 / * + R @ 0-9 = . Backspace Esc Del Ctrl+Shift+D F2 To do this Switch to Standard mode Switch to Scientific mode Switch to Programmer mode Switch to Statistics mode Open date calculations Turn calculation history on or off Open unit conversion Calculate or solve date calculations and worksheets Open Calculator Help Press the M- button Press the M+ button Press the MS button Press the MR button Press the MC button Press the % button Press the +/ button Press the / button Press the * button Press the + button Press the button Press the 1/ button Press the square root button Press the number buttons (0-9) Press the = button Press the . (decimal point) button Press the backspace button Press the C button Press the CE button Clear the calculation history Edit the calculation history

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Press this key Up Arrow key Down Arrow key Esc Enter F3 F4 F5 I D Ctrl+S Ctrl+O Ctrl+T ( ) N ; S O T M P V X Q Y # L ! Ctrl+Y Ctrl+B Ctrl+G F5 F6 F7 F8 F12 F2 F3 F4 K

To do this Navigate up in the calculation history Navigate down in the calculation history Cancel editing the calculation history Recalculate the calculation history after editing Select Degrees in Scientific mode Select Radians in Scientific mode Select Grads in Scientific mode Press the Inv button in Scientific mode Press the Mod button in Scientific mode Press the sinh button in Scientific mode Press the cosh button in Scientific mode Press the tanh button in Scientific mode Press the ( button in Scientific mode Press the ) button in Scientific mode Press the ln button in Scientific mode Press the Int button in Scientific mode Press the sin button in Scientific mode Press the cos button in Scientific mode Press the tan button in Scientific mode Press the dms button in Scientific mode Press the pi button in Scientific mode Press the F-E button in Scientific mode Press the Exp button in Scientific mode Press the x^2 button in Scientific mode Press the x^y button in Scientific mode Press the x^3 button in Scientific mode Press the log button in Scientific mode Press the n! button in Scientific mode Press the yx button in Scientific mode Press the 3x button in Scientific mode Press the 10x button in Scientific mode Select Hex in Programmer mode Select Dec in Programmer mode Select Oct in Programmer mode Select Bin in Programmer mode Select Qword in Programmer mode Select Dword in Programmer mode Select Word in Programmer mode Select Byte in Programmer mode Press the RoR button in Programmer mode

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Press this key J < > % ( ) | ^ ~ & A-F Spacebar A Ctrl+A S Ctrl+S T Ctrl+T D

To do this Press the RoL button in Programmer mode Press the Lsh button in Programmer mode Press the Rsh button in Programmer mode Press the Mod button in Programmer mode Press the ( button in Programmer mode Press the ) button in Programmer mode Press the Or button in Programmer mode Press the Xor button in Programmer mode Press the Not button in Programmer mode Press the And button in Programmer mode Press the A-F buttons in Programmer mode Toggles the bit value in Programmer mode Press the Average button in Statistics mode Press the Average Sq button in Statistics mode Press the Sum button in Statistics mode Press the Sum Sq button in Statistics mode Press the S.D. button in Statistics mode Press the Inv S.D. button in Statistics mode Press the CAD button in Statistics mode

12-Windows Journal keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Windows Journal. Press this key Ctrl+N Ctrl+O Ctrl+S Ctrl+Shift+V Ctrl+P Alt+F4 Ctrl+Z Ctrl+Y Ctrl+A Ctrl+X Ctrl+C Ctrl+V Esc Delete Ctrl+F To do this Start a new note Open a recently used note Save changes to a note Move a note to a specific folder Print a note Close a note and its Journal window Undo a change Redo a change Select all items on a page Cut a selection Copy a selection to the Clipboard Paste a selection from the Clipboard Cancel a selection Delete a selection Start a basic find

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Press this key Ctrl+G F5 F5 F6 Ctrl+Shift+C F11 F1

To do this Go to a page Refresh find results Refresh the note list Toggle between a note list and a note Display a shortcut menu for column headings in a note list View a note in full-screen mode Open Journal Help

13-Windows Help viewer keyboard shortcuts

Press this key Alt+C Alt+N F10 Alt+Left Arrow Alt+Right Arrow Alt+A Alt+Home Home End Ctrl+F Ctrl+P F3 . To do this Display the Table of Contents Display the Connection Settings menu Display the Options menu Move back to the previously viewed topic Move forward to the next (previously viewed) topic Display the customer support page Display the Help and Support home page Move to the beginning of a topic Move to the end of a topic Search the current topic Print a topic Move the cursor to the search box

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