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  Keyboard Shortcuts for Microsoft Products

  

Activate Menu bar Alt, or F10
File menu Alt+F
Edit menu Alt+E
View menu Alt+V
Undo the last operation Ctrl+Z
Redo the last operation Ctrl+Y
Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard Ctrl+X, or ⇧ Shift+Del
Copy the selected area into the clipboard Ctrl+C, or Ctrl+Ins
Paste contents of clipboard at cursor Ctrl+V, or ⇧ Shift+Ins
   
   
Text editing  
Action    
start of line Home
end of line End
start of document Ctrl + Home
end of document Ctrl + End
previous word Ctrl+←
next word Ctrl+→
previous line break Ctrl+↑
next line break Ctrl+↓
   
   
Web browsers  
Action    
Bookmarks menu Alt+B
URL Shortcuts (Adds www + .com) Ctrl+Enter
URL Shortcuts (Adds www + .org) Ctrl+⇧ Shift+Enter
Add a bookmark for the current location Ctrl+D
Manage bookmarks Ctrl+B
Reload page from cache F5
Reload page bypassing cache Ctrl+F5
   
Text formatting  
Make selected text bold/regular Ctrl+B
Toggle underlining of selected text Ctrl+U
Make selected text italic/regular Ctrl+I
Change to upper/lower case Shift+F3
Make selected text superscript Ctrl+Shift++
Make selected text subscript Ctrl++
   
   
Window management  
Switch to next/previous focused window Alt+Tab / Shift+Alt+Tab
Switch focus to the next/previous window (without dialog) Alt+Esc / Shift+Alt+Esc
Pop up window menu Alt+Space
Close the focused window Alt+F4 or Ctrl+F4 or
Alt+Space then C or Ctrl + W
Move the focused window Alt+Space then M then Arrow Keys
Resize the focused window Alt+Space then S then Arrow Keys
Minimize the focused window Alt+Space then N
Maximize the focused window Alt+Space then X
Minimize all Win+M
Undo minimize all Shift+Win+M
Switch fullscreen/normal size F11
Move window to left/right/up/down workspace win+ctrl+arrow keys
Show / hide desktop Win+D
Kill window Alt+F4 or Ctrl+F4 varies [1]
Close dialog Esc
   
   
Desktop navigation  
Action    
Run new application Win+R
Open new browser window with same page as current Ctrl+N
Start menu / Applications menu Win or Ctrl+Esc
Copy a screenshot to clipboard Print Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen
Copy a screenshot of window to clipboard Alt+Print Screen
Lock desktop Win+L or Ctrl+Alt+Space
Show desktop Win+D
Switch active user Win+L (XP only)[2]
Task manager Ctrl+Shift+Esc, Ctrl +Alt+Delete[3]
Rename file F2

 

 

 

 
 
   
   

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