All keyboard Shortcuts

· Shift + F10 right-clicks.

· Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.

· Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.

· Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)

· Win + U: Open Utility Manager.

· Win + F1: Open Windows help.

· Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.

· Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.

· Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.

· Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.

· Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.

· Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.

· Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.

· Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.

· Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.

· Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry (Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)

· Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.

· Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.

· Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.

· Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.

· Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.

· Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.

· Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.

General

· Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.

· Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.

· Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.

· Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.

· Ctrl + S: Save.

· Ctrl + O: Open...

· Ctrl + P: Print.

· Ctrl + Z: Undo.

· Ctrl + A: Select all.

· Ctrl + F: Find...

· Ctrl+W : to close the current window

· Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.

· F1: Open help.

· F11: Toggle full screen mode.

· Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.

· Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.

· Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.

General Navigation

· Tab: Forward one item.

· Shift + Tab: Backward one item.

· Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.

· Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.

· Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.

· Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.

· Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name.

· Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.

· Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.

· Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph. This and all subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in Rich Edit controls.

· Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.

· Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.

· Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.

· Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.

· Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.

· Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.

· Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.

· Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph.

· Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph.

· Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.

· End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.

File Browser

· Arrow Keys: Navigate.

· Shift + Arrow Keys: Select multiple items.

· Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change focus without changing selection. "Focus" is the object that will run on Enter. Space toggles selection of the focused item.

· (Letter): Select first found item that begins with (Letter).

· BackSpace: Go up one level to the parent directory.

· Alt + Left: Go back one folder.

· Alt + Right: Go forward one folder.

· Enter: Activate (Double-click) selected item(s).

· Alt + Enter: View properties for selected item.

· F2: Rename selected item(s).

· Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a Details view, resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one.

· Delete: Delete selected item(s).

· Shift + Delete: Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin.

· Ctrl while dragging item(s): Copy.

· Ctrl + Shift while dragging item(s): Create shortcut(s).

· In tree pane, if any:

· Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder.

· Right: Expand the current selection if collapsed, or select the first subfolder.

· Numpad Asterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.

· Numpad Plus: Expand currently selected directory.

· Numpad Minus: Collapse currently selected directory.

Accessibility

· Right Shift for eight seconds: Toggle FilterKeys on and off. FilterKeys must be enabled.

· Left Alt + Left Shift + PrintScreen: Toggle High Contrast on and off. High Contrast must be enabled.

· Left Alt + Left Shift + NumLock: Toggle MouseKeys on and off. MouseKeys must be enabled.

· NumLock for five seconds: Toggle ToggleKeys on and off. ToggleKeys must be enabled.

· Shift five times: Toggle StickyKeys on and off. StickyKeys must be enabled.

· 6.) Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType Software Installed

· Win + L: Log off Windows.

· Win + P: Open Print Manager.

· Win + C: Open control panel.

· Win + V: Open clipboard.

· Win + K: Open keyboard properties.

· Win + I: Open mouse properties.

· Win + A: Open Accessibility properties.

· Win + Space: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys.

· Win + S: Toggle CapsLock on and off.

Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

· Ctrl + Alt + End: Open the NT Security dialog.

· Alt + PageUp: Switch between programs.

· Alt + PageDown: Switch between programs in reverse.

· Alt + Insert: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order.

· Alt + Home: Display start menu.

· Ctrl + Alt + Break: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen.

· Alt + Delete: Display the Windows menu.

· Ctrl + Alt + NumpadMinus: Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing Alt + PrintScreen on a local computer.

· Ctrl + Alt + NumpadPlus: Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PrintScreen on a local computer.

Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts

· Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown: Cycle through tabs.

· Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp: Cycle through tabs in reverse.

· Ctrl + (1-9): Switch to tab corresponding to number.

· Ctrl + N: New window.

· Ctrl + T: New tab.

· Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6: Switch focus to location bar.

· Ctrl + Enter: Open location in new tab.

· Shift + Enter: Open location in new window.

· Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E: Switch focus to search bar.

· Ctrl + O: Open a local file.

· Ctrl + W: Close tab, or window if there's only one tab open.

· Ctrl + Shift + W: Close window.

· Ctrl + S: Save page as a local file.

· Ctrl + P: Print page.

· Ctrl + F or F3: Open find toolbar.

· Ctrl + G or F3: Find next...

· Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3: Find previous...

· Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I: Open Bookmarks sidebar.

· Ctrl + H: Open History sidebar.

· Escape: Stop loading page.

· Ctrl + R or F5: Reload current page.

· Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + F5: Reload current page; bypass cache.

· Ctrl + U: View page source.

· Ctrl + D: Bookmark current page.

· Ctrl + NumpadPlus or Ctrl + Equals (+/=): Increase text size.

· Ctrl + NumpadMinus or Ctrl + Minus: Decrease text size.

· Ctrl + Numpad0 or Ctrl + 0: Set text size to default.

· Alt + Left or Backspace: Back.

· Alt + Right or Shift + Backspace: Forward.

· Alt + Home: Open home page.

· Ctrl + M: Open new message in integrated mail client.

· Ctrl + J: Open Downloads dialog.

· F6: Switch to next frame. You must have selected something on the page already, e.g. by use of Tab.

· Shift + F6: Switch to previous frame.

· Apostrophe ('): Find link as you type.

· Slash (/): Find text as you type.

Gmail Shortcuts

· Note: Must have "keyboard shortcuts" on in settings.

· C: Compose new message.

· Shift + C: Open new window to compose new message.

· Slash (/): Switch focus to search box.

· K: Switch focus to the next most recent email. Enter or "O" opens focused email.

· J: Switch focus to the next oldest email.

· N: Switch focus to the next message in the "conversation." Enter or "O" expands/collapses messages.

· P: Switch focus to the previous message.

· U: Takes you back to the inbox and checks for new mail.

· Y: Various actions depending on current view:

· Has no effect in "Sent" and "All Mail" views.

· Inbox: Archive email or message.

· Starred: Unstar email or message.

· Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to "Inbox."

· Trash: Move back to "Inbox."

· Any label: Remove the label.

· X: "Check" an email. Various actions can be performed against all checked emails.

· S: "Star" an email. Identical to the more familiar term, "flagging."

· R: Reply to the email.

· A: Reply to all recipients of the email.

· F: Forward an email.

· Shift + R: Reply to the email in a new window.

· Shift + A: Reply to all recipients of the email in a new window.

· Shift + F: Forward an email in a new window.

· Shift + 1 (!): Mark an email as spam and remove it from the inbox.

· G then I: Switch to "Inbox" view.

· G then S: Switch to "Starred" view.

· G then A: Switch to "All Mail" view.

· G then C: Switch to "Contacts" view.

· G then S: Switch to "Drafts" view.

List of F1-F9 Key Commands for the Command Prompt

· F1 / right arrow: Repeats the letters of the last command line, one by one.

· F2: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to copy up to" of the last command line

· F3: Repeats the last command line

· F4: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to delete up to" of the last command line

· F5: Goes back one command line

· F6: Enters the traditional CTRL+Z (^z)

· F7: Displays a menu with the command line history

· F8: Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent)

· F9: Displays a dialog asking user to enter a command number, where 0 is for first command line entered.

· Alt+Enter: toggle full Screen mode.

· up/down: scroll thru/repeat previous entries

· Esc: delete line

· Note: The buffer allows a maximum of 50 command lines. After this number is reached, the first line will be replaced in sequence.

Helpful accessibility keyboard shortcuts

· Switch FilterKeys on and off. Right SHIFT for eight seconds

· Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN

· Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK

· Switch StickyKeys on and off. SHIFT five times

Switch ToggleKeys on and off. NUM LOCK for five seconds

All keyboard Shortcuts