General Keyboard Shortcuts

+ - Copy

+ - Cut

+ - Paste

+ - Undo

Delete

+ - Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin

while dragging an item - Copy the selected item

+ while dragging an item - Create a shortcut to the selected item

key - Rename the selected item

+ - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word

+ - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word

+ - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph

+ -Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph

+ with any of the arrow keys - Highlight a block of text

with any of the arrow keys - Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document

+ - Select all

key - Search for a file or a folder

+ - View the properties for the selected item

+ - Close the active item, or quit the active program

+ - Display the properties of the selected object

+ - Open the shortcut menu for the active window

+ - Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously

+ - Switch between the open items

+ - Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened

key - Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop

key - Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer

+ - Display the shortcut menu for the selected item

+ - Display the System menu for the active window

+ - Display the Start menu

+Underlined letter in a menu name - Display the corresponding menu

Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu - Perform the corresponding command

key - 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

key - Update the active window

- View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer

- Cancel the current task

when you insert a CDROM into the CDROM drive - Prevent the CDROM from automatically playing


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Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts


+ - Move forward through the tabs

++ - Move backward through the tabs

- Move forward through the options

+ - Move backward through the options

+Underlined letter - Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option

- Perform the command for the active option or button

- 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

key - Display Help

key - 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


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Microsoft® Natural Keyboard Shortcuts


- Display or hide the Start menu

+ - Display the System Properties dialog box

+ - Display the desktop

+ - Minimize all of the windows

++ - Restore the minimized windows

+ - Open My Computer

+ - Search for a file or a folder

++ - Search for computers

+ - Display Windows Help

+ - Lock the keyboard

+ - Open the Run dialog box

+ - Open Utility Manager


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Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts


Right for eight seconds - Switch FilterKeys either on or off

Left +left + - Switch High Contrast either on or off

Left +left + - Switch the MouseKeys either on or off

five times - Switch the StickyKeys either on or off

for five seconds - Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off

+ - Open Utility Manager


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Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts


- Display the bottom of the active window

- Display the top of the active window

+<*> (Asterisk sign) - Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder

+<+> (Plus sign) - Display the contents of the selected folder

+ <-> (Minus sign) - Collapse the selected folder

- Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder

- Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder


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Shortcut Keys for Character Map


- Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line

- Move to the left or to the end of the previous line

- Move up one row

- Move down one row

- Move up one screen at a time

- Move down one screen at a time

- Move to the beginning of the line

- Move to the end of the line

- Move to the first character

- Move to the last character

- Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected


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Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts


+ - Open a saved console

+ - Open a new console

+ - Save the open console

+ - Add or remove a console item

+ - Open a new window

key - Update the content of all console windows

+ - Display the MMC window menu

+ - Close the console

+ - Display the Action menu

+ - Display the View menu

+ - Display the File menu

+ - Display the Favorites menu


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MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts


+

- Print the current page or active pane

+<-> (Minus sign) - Display the window menu for the active console window

- Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item

key - Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item

key - Update the content of all console windows

+ - Maximize the active console window

+ - Restore the active console window

+ - Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item

key - Rename the selected item

- Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console.


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Remote Desktop Connection Shortcut Key Navigation


++ - Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box

+ - Switch between programs from left to right

+ - Switch between programs from right to left

+ - Cycle through the programs in most recently used order

+ - Display the Start menu

++ - Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen

+ - Display the Windows menu

++<-> (Minus sign) - Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard; provides the same functionality as pressing on a local computer

++<+> (Plus sign) - Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard; provides the same functionality as pressing + on a local computer.


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Microsoft Internet Explorer Shortcut Key Navigation


+B> - Open the Organize Favorites dialog box

+ - Open the Search bar

+ - Start the Find utility

+ - Open the History bar

+ - Open the Favorites bar

+ - Open the Open dialog box

+ - Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address

+ - Open the Open dialog box, the same as +

+

- Open the Print dialog box

+ - Update the current Web page

+ - Close the current window