Saturday, July 26, 2008

Some commonly used Keyboard Shortcuts

Here are some useful keyboard short cuts that can help you use your computer a little more quickly and can save using or in conjunction with the mouse on most occasions.

These shortcuts can be used in the following series of Microsoft Windows; Windows 95, Windows 98 (standard and 2nd Edition), Windows Millennium, Windows XP (Starter, Home, Professional, Tablet Editions), Windows Vista (Starter, Home Basic, Home Premium, Ultimate, Enterprise, Business Editions), Windows Server 2000, Server 2003 (All Editions), Server 2008 (All Editions)

F1 = Open Help (usually from within the program your using will open help, if you want Windows Help, minimise all programs back to the desktop)

CTRL + ESC - Open START menu

ALT + TAB - Switch between different open programs you are currently using.

ALT + F4 - Quit and close the current open program

These ones next are commonly used in Internet browsers, office applications, text programs and the like.

CTRL + C - Copy currently highlighted text

CTRL + V - Cut out currently highlighted text

CTRL + P - Paste into this spot, one previous cut or copied highlighted text

CTRL + B - Bold highlighted text

CTRL + I - Italise highlighted text

CTRL + U - Underline highlighted text


Some more using the Windows Logo key (The one that looks like a floating flag in-between the CTRL & ALT Keys)

Windows Logo - Open START Menu

Windows Logo + R - Open the RUN dialog box

Windows Logo + M - minimise all open window

Windows Logo + E - Open My Computer

Windows Logo + F - Open the SEARCH dialog box

Another useful shortcut

CTRL + ALT + DEL - Start the Task Manager dialog box

There are many more shortcuts available, but these above are the most often used,

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