![]() |
Computer shortcut keys |
Computer shortcut keys PDF
Generic Application Shortcut Keys | |
Shortcut Key Combination | Function |
F8 (During boot) | Holding F8 when displays the windows boot menu |
SHIFT (during boot) | Holding SHIFT down when booting forces windows into Safe Mode |
CTRL+ALT+DEL | Display the Task Manager or Windows Security dialog box |
ALT+TAB | Static Rotate forward between currently open application |
F1 | Display The Help Windows or the current application |
F2 | Renames Currently highlighted object |
F3 | Display the windows Search dialogue |
F4 | Positions cursor at the address Bar in windows & Internet |
F5 | Refreshes contents in Windows & Internet Explorer |
ALT+F4 | Closes current application |
CTRL+F4 | Closes currently open window in current application |
CTRL+Z | Reverses last made change(s) in current document of field |
SHIFT+F10 | Displays the context menu (same as with the application key or right mouse click) |
SHIFT+DEL | Delete object directly does not send them to the Recycle Bin |
Windows Key + D | Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop (using this combination again restores all minimized windows) |
Windows Key + E | Starts Windows Explorer to browse local computer |
Windows Key + F1 | Displays the Microsoft Windows Help Window |
Windows Key + L | Lock the Computer |
Windows Key +SHIFT +M | Restores all windows minimized using WINDOWS KEY+M |
Windows Key +R | Displays the run dialogue |
Windows Key + M | Minimizes all open windows |
Generic Application Shortcut Keys | |
Shortcut Key Combination | Function |
F1 | Displays the current application’s Help Window |
CTRL+A | Selects all text in current document |
CTRL+B | BOLD highlighted text. |
CTRL+I | ITALICIZE highlighted text |
CTRL+U | UNDERLINE highlighted text |
CTRL+X | Cuts (deletes) all highlighted text |
CTRL+C | Copies all highlighted text to the windows clipboard |
CTRL+V | Pastes contents of Windows clipboard into current document at cursor position |
CTRL+Z | Undo last action |
CTRL+Y | Repeat last action |
ALT+E | Opens the EDIT menu in the current application |
ALT +F | Opens the FILE menu in the current application |
SHIFT+INS | Pastes contents of windows clipboard into current document |
HOME | Positions cursor at beginning of current line |
CTRL+HOME | Positions cursor at beginning of current document |
END | Positions cursor at end of current line |
CTRL+END | Positions cursor at end of current document |