SHORTCUT KEYS
Microsoft
Windows and applications shortcut keys
BASIC SHORTCUT KEYS:
The
below basic shortcut keys are a listing of shortcut keys that will work with
almost all IBM compatible computers programs. It is highly recommended that all
users keep a good reference of the below short cut keys and/or try below keys.
Doing so will dramatically increase your productivity.
Alt + F File menu options in current
program.
Alt + E Edit options in current program
F1 Universal Help in almost ever
Windows program.
Ctrl + A Select all text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected item.
Shift + Del Cut selected item.
Ctrl + C Copy selected item.
Ctrl + Ins Copy selected item
Ctrl + V Paste
Shift + Ins Paste
Home Goes to beginning of current
line.
Ctrl + Home Goes to beginning of
document.
End Goes to end of current line.
Ctrl + End Goes to end of
document.
Shift + Home Highlights from
current position to beginning of line.
Shift + End Highlights from
current position to end of line.
Ctrl + Left arrow Moves one
word to the left at a time.
Ctrl + Right arrow Moves one
word to the right at a time.
MICROSOFT WINDOWS SHORTCUT KEYS:
Alt + Tab Switch between open
applications.
Alt + Shift + Tab Switch
backwards between open applications.
Alt + Print Screen Create a
screen shot only for the program you are currently in.
Ctrl + Esc Bring Up start menu.
Alt + Esc Switch Between open
applications on taskbar.
F2 Renames selected Icon.
F3 Starts find from desktop.
F4 Opens the drive selection when
browsing.
F5 Refresh Contents.
Alt + F4 Closes Current open
program.
Ctrl + F4 Closes Window in
Program.
Ctrl + (the '+' key on the
keypad)
Automatically
adjust the widths of all the columns in Windows
explorer
Alt + Enter Opens properties
window of Selected icon or program.
Shift + F10 Simulates right click
on selected item.
Shift + Del Delete programs/files
without throwing into the recycle bin.
Holding Shift Boot safe mode or by
pass system files.
Holding Shift When putting in an
audio CD, will prevent CD Player from playing.
WINDOWS KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS:
Below
is a listing of Windows keys that can be used on computers running a Microsoft
Windows
operating
system and using a keyboard with a Windows key. In the below list of shortcuts,
the Windows key is
represented
by "WINDOWSKEY". If you are looking for Windows shortcut keys, see
the above Microsoft Windows
shortcut
key section.
WINKEY + D Brings the desktop to
the top of all other windows.
WINKEY + M Minimizes all
windows.
WINKEY + SHIFT + M Undo the
minimize done by WINKEY + M and WINKEY + D.
WINKEY + E Open Microsoft
Explorer.
WINKEY + Tab Cycle through open
programs through the taskbar.
WINKEY + F Display the Windows
Search / Find feature.
WINKEY + CTRL + F Display
the search for computers window.
WINKEY + F1 Display the Microsoft
Windows help.
WINKEY + R Open the run window.
WINKEY + Pause / Break key Open the
system properties window.
WINKEY + U Open Utility Manager.
WINKEY + L Lock the computer
(Windows XP and above only).
EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS:
See
our Microsoft Excel page for additional help and information.
F2 Edit the selected cell.
F5 Go to a specific cell. For
example, C6.
F7 Spell check selected text and/or
document.
F11 Create chart.
Ctrl + Shift + ; Enter the
current time.
Ctrl + ; Enter the current
date.
Alt + Shift + F1 Insert
New Worksheet.
Shift + F3 Open the Excel
formula window.
Shift + F5 Bring up search box.
Ctrl + A Select all contents
of the worksheet.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted
selection.
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted
selection.
Ctrl + K Insert link.
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted
selection.
Ctrl + 5 Strikethrough
highlighted selection.
Ctrl + P Bring up the print
dialog box to begin printing.
Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
Ctrl + F9 Minimize current
window.
Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently
selected window.
Ctrl + F6 Switch between open
workbooks / windows.
Ctrl + Page up Move
between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Page down Move
between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document.
Ctrl + Tab Move between Two or
more open Excel files.
Alt + = Create a formula to sum all of
the above cells
Ctrl + ' Insert the value of
the above cell into cell currently selected.
Ctrl + Shift + ! Format
number in comma format.
Ctrl + Shift + $ Format
number in currency format.
Ctrl + Shift + # Format
number in date format.
Ctrl + Shift + % Format
number in percentage format.
Ctrl + Shift + ^ Format
number in scientific format.
Ctrl + Shift + @ Format
number in time format.
Ctrl + Arrow key Move to
next section of text.
Ctrl + Space Select entire column.
Shift + Space Select entire row.
WORD SHORTCUT KEYS:
See
our Microsoft Word page for additional help and information.
Ctrl + A Select all contents
of the page.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted
selection.
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
Ctrl + D Font
Ctrl + E Aligns the line or
selected text to the center of the screen.
Ctrl + F Open find box.
Ctrl + G Go to
Ctrl + H Replace
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted
selection.
Ctrl + J Justify
text
Ctrl + K Insert link.
Ctrl + L Aligns the line or
selected text to the left of the screen.
Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph.
Ctrl + N New
document
Ctrl + O Open
document
Ctrl + P Open the print
window.
Ctrl + R Aligns the line or
selected text to the right of the screen.
Ctrl + S Save
document
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted
selection.
Ctrl + V Paste.
Ctrl + W Close
the window
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action
performed.
Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
Ctrl + X Cut selected text.
Ctrl + Shift + F Change
the font.
Ctrl + Shift + > Increase
selected font +1.
Ctrl + ] Increase selected
font +1.
Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease
selected font -1.
Ctrl + [ Decrease selected
font -1.
Ctrl + Shift + * View or
hide non printing characters.
Ctrl + <left arrow> Moves one
word to the left.
Ctrl + <right
arrow>
Moves
one word to the right.
Ctrl + <up arrow> Moves to
the beginning of the line or paragraph.
Ctrl + <down
arrow>
Moves
to the end of the paragraph.
Ctrl + Del Deletes word to right
of cursor.
Ctrl + Backspace Deletes
word to left of cursor.
Ctrl + End Moves the cursor to
the end of the document.
Ctrl + Home Moves the cursor to
the beginning of the document.
Ctrl + Spacebar Reset
highlighted text to the default font.
Ctrl + 1 Single-space lines.
Ctrl + 2 Double-space lines.
Ctrl + 5 1.5-line spacing.
Ctrl + Alt + 1 Changes
text to heading 1.
Ctrl + Alt + 2 Changes
text to heading 2.
Ctrl + Alt + 3 Changes text
to heading 3.
Ctrl + F1 Open the Task Pane.
F1 Open Help.
Shift + F3 Change the case of
the selected text.
Shift + Insert Paste.
F4 Repeat the last action performed
(Word 2000+)
F5 Open go to window.
F7 Spell check selected text and/or
document.
Shift + F7 Activate the
thesaurus.
F12 Save as.
Shift + F12 Save.
Alt + Shift + D Insert
the current date.
Alt + Shift + T Insert
the current time.
Click, hold, and
drag
Selects
text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go.
Double-click If double-click a
word, selects the complete word.
Double-click
Double-clicking
on the left, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of right
aligned.
Double-click Double-clicking
anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop.
Triple-click Selects the line or
paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked.
Ctrl + Mouse wheel Zooms in
and out of document.
INTERNET EXPLORER SHORTCUT KEYS:
See
our Microsoft Internet Explorer page for additional help and information.
Alt + Left Arrow Back a
page.
Alt + Right
Arrow
Forward
a page.
F5 Refresh current page / frame.
F11 Display the current website in
full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode.
Esc Stop page or download from
loading.
Ctrl + Enter Quickly complete an
address. For example, type computer hope in the address bar
and
press CTRL + ENTER to get http://www.computerhope.com.
Ctrl + N Open New browser
window.
Ctrl + P Print current page /
frame.
Spacebar Moves down a page at
a time.
Shift + Spacebar Moves up
a page at a time.
FRONTPAGE SHORTCUT KEYS:
See
our Microsoft FrontPage page for additional help and information.
Ctrl + C Copy selected text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected text.
Ctrl + P Paste selected text.
Ctrl + K Create a hyperlink.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted
selection.
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted
selection.
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted
selection.
Ctrl + L Left align the text.
Ctrl + R Right align the text.
Ctrl + E Center the text.
Ctrl + / Display HTML tags.
Ctrl + S Save document.
Ctrl + Tab Switch between open
web pages.
Ctrl + Ins Enter Line break.
Ctrl + Enter Move cursor above or
below a table.
Ctrl + Shift + B Preview
in web browser window.
Ctrl + Shift + < Decrease
font size.
Ctrl + Shift + > Increase
font size.
Ctrl + Del Deletes word to right
of cursor.
Ctrl + Backspace Deletes
word to left of cursor.
OUTLOOK SHORTCUT KEYS:
See
our Microsoft Outlook page for additional help and information.
Alt + S Send the e-mail
Ctrl + C Copy selected text.
Ctrl + X Cut selected text.
Ctrl + P Paste selected text.
Ctrl + K Complete the name
and/or e-mail being typed in the e-mail address bar.
Ctrl + B Bold highlighted
selection
Ctrl + I Italic highlighted selection
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted
selection
Ctrl + R Reply to an e-mail.
Ctrl + F Forward an e-mail.
Ctrl + N Create a new e-mail.
Ctrl + Shift + A Create a
new appointment to your calendar.
Ctrl + Shift + O Open the
Outbox.
Ctrl + Shift + I Open the
Inbox.
Ctrl + Shift + K Add a new
task.
Ctrl +
Shirt + C Create a new contact.
