Windows 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 + 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 defaultbutton.
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.
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.
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.
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