Keyboard shortcuts are combinations of two or more keys that, when
pressed, can be used to perform a task that would typically require a mouse or
other pointing device. Keyboard shortcuts can make it easier to interact with
your computer, saving you time and effort as you work with Windows and other programs.
Most programs also provide accelerator keys that can make it
easier to work with menus and other commands. Check the menus of programs for
accelerator keys. If a letter is underlined in a menu, that usually means that
pressing the Alt key in combination with the underlined key will have the same
effect as clicking that menu item.
Pressing the Alt key in some programs, such as Paint and WordPad,
shows commands that are labeled with additional keys that you can press to use
them.
You can also create new keyboard shortcuts to open programs. For
more information, see Create keyboard
shortcuts to open programs.
Ease of Access keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that can help make
your computer easier to use.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Right Shift for eight seconds
|
Turn Filter Keys on and off
|
Left Alt+Left Shift+PrtScn (or PrtScn)
|
Turn High Contrast on or off
|
Left Alt+Left Shift+Num Lock
|
Turn Mouse Keys on or off
|
Shift five times
|
Turn Sticky Keys on or off
|
Num Lock for five seconds
|
Turn Toggle Keys on or off
|
Windows +U
|
Open the Ease of Access
Center
|
General keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains general keyboard shortcuts.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
F1
|
Display Help
|
Ctrl+C
|
Copy the selected item
|
Ctrl+X
|
Cut the selected item
|
Ctrl+V
|
Paste the selected item
|
Ctrl+Z
|
Undo an action
|
Ctrl+Y
|
Redo an action
|
Delete
|
Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle
Bin
|
Shift+Delete
|
Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin
first
|
F2
|
Rename the selected item
|
Ctrl+Right Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
|
Ctrl+Left Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous
word
|
Ctrl+Down Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the beginning of the next
paragraph
|
Ctrl+Up Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous
paragraph
|
Ctrl+Shift with an arrow key
|
Select a block of text
|
Shift with any arrow key
|
Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop,
or select text within a document
|
Ctrl with any arrow key+Spacebar
|
Select multiple individual items in a window or on the
desktop
|
Ctrl+A
|
Select all items in a document or window
|
F3
|
Search for a file or folder
|
Alt+Enter
|
Display properties for the selected item
|
Alt+F4
|
Close the active item, or exit the active program
|
Alt+Spacebar
|
Open the shortcut menu for the active window
|
Ctrl+F4
|
Close the active document (in programs that allow you to have
multiple documents open simultaneously)
|
Alt+Tab
|
Switch between open items
|
Ctrl+Alt+Tab
|
Use the arrow keys to switch between open items
|
Ctrl+Mouse scroll wheel
|
Change the size of icons on the desktop
|
Windows +Tab
|
Cycle through programs on the taskbar
by using Aero Flip 3-D
|
Ctrl+ +Tab
|
Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by
using Aero Flip 3-D
|
Alt+Esc
|
Cycle through items in the order in which they were
opened
|
F6
|
Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the
desktop
|
F4
|
Display the address bar list in Windows Explorer
|
Shift+F10
|
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
|
Ctrl+Esc
|
Open the Start menu
|
Alt+underlined letter
|
Display the corresponding menu
|
Alt+underlined letter
|
Perform the menu command (or other underlined
command)
|
F10
|
Activate the menu bar in the active program
|
Right Arrow
|
Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu
|
Left Arrow
|
Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu
|
F5
|
Refresh the active window
|
Alt+Up Arrow
|
View the folder one level up in Windows Explorer
|
Esc
|
Cancel the current task
|
Ctrl+Shift+Esc
|
Open Task Manager
|
Shift when you insert a CD
|
Prevent the CD from automatically
playing
|
Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for use in dialog
boxes.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Ctrl+Tab
|
Move forward through tabs
|
Ctrl+Shift+Tab
|
Move back through tabs
|
Tab
|
Move forward through options
|
Shift+Tab
|
Move back through options
|
Alt+underlined letter
|
Perform the command (or select the option) that goes with that
letter
|
Enter
|
Replaces clicking the mouse for many selected
commands
|
Spacebar
|
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
|
F1
|
Display Help
|
F4
|
Display the items in the active list
|
Backspace
|
Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As
or Open dialog box
|
Windows logo key keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts that use the .
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Windows
|
Open or close the Start menu.
|
Windows +Pause
|
Display the System Properties dialog box.
|
Windows +D
|
Display the desktop.
|
Windows +M
|
Minimize all windows.
|
Windows
+Shift+M
|
Restore minimized windows to the desktop.
|
Windows +E
|
Open Computer.
|
Windows +F
|
Search for a file or folder.
|
Ctrl+ +F
|
Search for computers (if you're on a network).
|
Windows +L
|
Lock your computer or switch users.
|
Windows +R
|
Open the Run dialog box.
|
Windows +T
|
Cycle through programs on the taskbar.
|
Windows+number
|
Start the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated
by the number. If the program is already running, switch to that
program.
|
Shift++number
|
Start a new instance of the program pinned to the taskbar in the
position indicated by the number.
|
Ctrl++number
|
Switch to the last active window of the program pinned to the
taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
|
Alt++number
|
Open the Jump List for the program pinned to the taskbar in the
position indicated by the number.
|
Windows +Tab
|
Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip
3-D.
|
Ctrl+ +Tab
|
Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by
using Aero Flip 3-D.
|
Ctrl+ +B
|
Switch to the program that displayed a message in the notification
area.
|
Windows
+Spacebar
|
Preview the desktop.
|
Windows +Up
Arrow
|
Maximize the window.
|
Windows +Left
Arrow
|
Maximize the window to the left side of the screen.
|
Windows +Right
Arrow
|
Maximize the window to the right side of the screen.
|
Windows +Down
Arrow
|
Minimize the window.
|
Windows +Home
|
Minimize all but the active window.
|
Windows +Shift+Up
Arrow
|
Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the
screen.
|
Windows +Shift+Left
Arrow or Right Arrow
|
Move a window from one monitor to another.
|
Windows +P
|
Choose a presentation display mode.
|
Windows +G
|
Cycle through gadgets.
|
Windows +U
|
Open Ease of Access Center.
|
Windows +X
|
Open Windows Mobility
Center.
|
Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with
Windows Explorer windows or folders.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Ctrl+N
|
Open a new window
|
Ctrl+Shift+N
|
Create a new folder
|
End
|
Display the bottom of the active window
|
Home
|
Display the top of the active window
|
F11
|
Maximize or minimize the active window
|
Num Lock+Asterisk (*) on numeric keypad
|
Display all subfolders under the selected folder
|
Num Lock+Plus Sign (+) on numeric keypad
|
Display the contents of the selected folder
|
Num Lock+Minus Sign (-) on numeric keypad
|
Collapse the selected folder
|
Left Arrow
|
Collapse the current selection (if it's expanded), or select the
parent folder
|
Alt+Enter
|
Open the Properties dialog box for the selected item
|
Alt+P
|
Display the preview pane
|
Alt+Left Arrow
|
View the previous folder
|
Right Arrow
|
Display the current selection (if it's collapsed), or select the
first subfolder
|
Alt+Right Arrow
|
View the next folder
|
Alt+Up Arrow
|
View the parent folder
|
Ctrl+Mouse scroll wheel
|
Change the size and appearance of file and folder
icons
|
Alt+D
|
Select the address bar
|
Ctrl+E
|
Select the search
box
|
Magnifier keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with
Magnifier.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Windows+ Plus Sign or
Minus Sign
|
Zoom in or out
|
Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar
|
Show the mouse pointer
|
Ctrl+Alt+F
|
Switch to full-screen mode
|
Ctrl+Alt+L
|
Switch to lens mode
|
Ctrl+Alt+D
|
Switch to docked mode
|
Ctrl+Alt+I
|
Invert colors
|
Ctrl+Alt+arrow keys
|
Pan in the direction of the arrow keys
|
Ctrl+Alt+R
|
Resize the lens
|
Windows+ Esc
|
Exit Magnifier
|
Remote Desktop Connection keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with
Remote Desktop Connection.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Alt+Page Up
|
Move between programs from left to right.
|
Alt+Page Down
|
Move between programs from right to left.
|
Alt+Insert
|
Cycle through programs in the order that they were started
in.
|
Alt+Home
|
Display the Start menu.
|
Ctrl+Alt+Break
|
Switch between a window and full screen.
|
Ctrl+Alt+End
|
Display the Windows Security
dialog box.
|
Alt+Delete
|
Display the system menu.
|
Ctrl+Alt+Minus Sign (-) on the numeric keypad
|
Place a copy of the active window, within the client,
on the Terminal server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing
Alt+PrtScn on a local computer).
|
Ctrl+Alt+Plus Sign (+) on the numeric keypad
|
Place a copy of the entire client window area on the Terminal
server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing PrtScn on a local
computer).
|
Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow
|
“Tab” out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host
program (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop
controls are embedded in another (host) program.
|
Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow
|
“Tab” out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host
program (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop
controls are embedded in another (host) program.
|
Note
-
Ctrl+Alt+Break and Ctrl+Alt+End are available in all Remote Desktop sessions, even when you've set up the remote computer to recognize Windows keyboard shortcuts.
Paint keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with
Paint.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Ctrl+N
|
Create a new picture
|
Ctrl+O
|
Open an existing picture
|
Ctrl+S
|
Save changes to a picture
|
F12
|
Save the picture as a new file
|
Ctrl+P
|
Print a picture
|
Alt+F4
|
Close a picture and its Paint window
|
Ctrl+Z
|
Undo a change
|
Ctrl+Y
|
Redo a change
|
Ctrl+A
|
Select the entire picture
|
Ctrl+X
|
Cut a selection
|
Ctrl+C
|
Copy a selection to the Clipboard
|
Ctrl+V
|
Paste a selection from the Clipboard
|
Right Arrow
|
Move the selection or active shape right by one
pixel
|
Left Arrow
|
Move the selection or active shape left by one pixel
|
Down Arrow
|
Move the selection or active shape down by one pixel
|
Up Arrow
|
Move the selection or active shape up by one pixel
|
Esc
|
Cancel a selection
|
Delete
|
Delete a selection
|
Ctrl+B
|
Bold selected text
|
Ctrl++
|
Increase the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one
pixel
|
Ctrl+-
|
Decrease the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one
pixel
|
Ctrl+I
|
Italicize selected text
|
Ctrl+U
|
Underline selected text
|
Ctrl+E
|
Open the Properties dialog box
|
Ctrl+W
|
Open the Resize and Skew dialog box
|
Ctrl+Page Up
|
Zoom in
|
Ctrl+Page Down
|
Zoom out
|
F11
|
View a picture in full-screen mode
|
Ctrl+R
|
Show or hide the ruler
|
Ctrl+G
|
Show or hide gridlines
|
F10 or Alt
|
Display keytips
|
Shift+F10
|
Show the current shortcut menu
|
F1
|
Open Paint Help
|
WordPad keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with
WordPad.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Ctrl+N
|
Create a new document
|
Ctrl+O
|
Open an existing document
|
Ctrl+S
|
Save changes to a document
|
F12
|
Save the document as a new file
|
Ctrl+P
|
Print a document
|
Alt+F4
|
Close WordPad
|
Ctrl+Z
|
Undo a change
|
Ctrl+Y
|
Redo a change
|
Ctrl+A
|
Select the entire document
|
Ctrl+X
|
Cut a selection
|
Ctrl+C
|
Copy a selection to the Clipboard
|
Ctrl+V
|
Paste a selection from the Clipboard
|
Ctrl+B
|
Make selected text bold
|
Ctrl+I
|
Italicize selected text
|
Ctrl+U
|
Underline selected text
|
Ctrl+=
|
Make selected text subscript
|
Ctrl+Shift+=
|
Make selected text superscript
|
Ctrl+L
|
Align text left
|
Ctrl+E
|
Align text center
|
Ctrl+R
|
Align text right
|
Ctrl+J
|
Justify text
|
Ctrl+1
|
Set single line spacing
|
Ctrl+2
|
Set double line spacing
|
Ctrl+5
|
Set line spacing to 1.5
|
Ctrl+Shift+>
|
Increase the font size
|
Ctrl+Shift+<
|
Decrease the font size
|
Ctrl+Shift+A
|
Change characters to all capitals
|
Ctrl+Shift+L
|
Change the bullet style
|
Ctrl+D
|
Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing
|
Ctrl+F
|
Find text in a document
|
F3
|
Find the next instance of the text in the Find dialog
box
|
Ctrl+H
|
Replace text in a document
|
Ctrl+Left Arrow
|
Move the cursor one word to the left
|
Ctrl+Right Arrow
|
Move the cursor one word to the right
|
Ctrl+Up Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the line above
|
Ctrl+Down Arrow
|
Move the cursor to the line below
|
Ctrl+Home
|
Move to the beginning of the document
|
Ctrl+End
|
Move to the end of the document
|
Ctrl+Page Up
|
Move up one page
|
Ctrl+Page Down
|
Move down one page
|
Ctrl+Delete
|
Delete the next word
|
F10
|
Display keytips
|
Shift+F10
|
Show the current shortcut menu
|
F1
|
Open WordPad
Help
|
Calculator keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with
Calculator.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Atl+1
|
Switch to Standard mode
|
Alt+2
|
Switch to Scientific mode
|
Alt+3
|
Switch to Programmer mode
|
Alt+4
|
Switch to Statistics mode
|
Ctrl+E
|
Open date calculations
|
Ctrl+H
|
Turn calculation history on or off
|
Ctrl+U
|
Open unit conversion
|
Alt+C
|
Calculate or solve date calculations and worksheets
|
F1
|
Open Calculator Help
|
Ctrl+Q
|
Press the M- button
|
Ctrl+P
|
Press the M+ button
|
Ctrl+M
|
Press the MS button
|
Ctrl+R
|
Press the MR button
|
Ctrl+L
|
Press the MC button
|
%
|
Press the % button
|
F9
|
Press the +/– button
|
/
|
Press the / button
|
*
|
Press the * button
|
+
|
Press the + button
|
-
|
Press the – button
|
R
|
Press the 1/× button
|
@
|
Press the square root button
|
0-9
|
Press the number buttons (0-9)
|
=
|
Press the = button
|
.
|
Press the . (decimal point)
button
|
Backspace
|
Press the backspace button
|
Esc
|
Press the C button
|
Del
|
Press the CE button
|
Ctrl+Shift+D
|
Clear the calculation history
|
F2
|
Edit the calculation history
|
Up Arrow key
|
Navigate up in the calculation history
|
Down Arrow key
|
Navigate down in the calculation history
|
Esc
|
Cancel editing the calculation history
|
Enter
|
Recalculate the calculation history after editing
|
F3
|
Select Degrees in Scientific
mode
|
F4
|
Select Radians in Scientific
mode
|
F5
|
Select Grads in Scientific
mode
|
I
|
Press the Inv button in Scientific
mode
|
D
|
Press the Mod button in Scientific
mode
|
Ctrl+S
|
Press the sinh button in Scientific
mode
|
Ctrl+O
|
Press the cosh button in Scientific
mode
|
Ctrl+T
|
Press the tanh button in Scientific
mode
|
(
|
Press the ( button in Scientific
mode
|
)
|
Press the ) button in Scientific
mode
|
N
|
Press the ln button in Scientific
mode
|
;
|
Press the Int button in Scientific
mode
|
S
|
Press the sin button in Scientific
mode
|
O
|
Press the cos button in Scientific
mode
|
T
|
Press the tan button in Scientific
mode
|
M
|
Press the dms button in Scientific
mode
|
P
|
Press the pi button in Scientific mode
|
V
|
Press the F-E button in Scientific
mode
|
X
|
Press the Exp button in Scientific
mode
|
Q
|
Press the x^2 button in Scientific
mode
|
Y
|
Press the x^y button in Scientific
mode
|
#
|
Press the x^3 button in Scientific
mode
|
L
|
Press the log button in Scientific
mode
|
!
|
Press the n! button in Scientific
mode
|
Ctrl+Y
|
Press the y√x button in Scientific
mode
|
Ctrl+B
|
Press the 3√x button in Scientific
mode
|
Ctrl+G
|
Press the 10x button in Scientific
mode
|
F5
|
Select Hex in Programmer mode
|
F6
|
Select Dec in Programmer mode
|
F7
|
Select Oct in Programmer mode
|
F8
|
Select Bin in Programmer mode
|
F12
|
Select Qword in Programmer
mode
|
F2
|
Select Dword in Programmer
mode
|
F3
|
Select Word in Programmer mode
|
F4
|
Select Byte in Programmer mode
|
K
|
Press the RoR button in Programmer
mode
|
J
|
Press the RoL button in Programmer
mode
|
<
|
Press the Lsh button in Programmer
mode
|
>
|
Press the Rsh button in Programmer
mode
|
%
|
Press the Mod button in Programmer
mode
|
(
|
Press the ( button in Programmer
mode
|
)
|
Press the ) button in Programmer
mode
|
|
|
Press the Or button in Programmer
mode
|
^
|
Press the Xor button in Programmer
mode
|
~
|
Press the Not button in Programmer
mode
|
&
|
Press the And button in Programmer
mode
|
A-F
|
Press the A-F buttons in Programmer
mode
|
Spacebar
|
Toggles the bit value in Programmer mode
|
A
|
Press the Average button in Statistics
mode
|
Ctrl+A
|
Press the Average Sq button in Statistics
mode
|
S
|
Press the Sum button in Statistics
mode
|
Ctrl+S
|
Press the Sum Sq button in Statistics
mode
|
T
|
Press the S.D. button in Statistics
mode
|
Ctrl+T
|
Press the Inv S.D. button in Statistics
mode
|
D
|
Press the CAD button in Statistics
mode
|
Windows Journal keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with
Windows Journal.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Ctrl+N
|
Start a new note
|
Ctrl+O
|
Open a recently used note
|
Ctrl+S
|
Save changes to a note
|
Ctrl+Shift+V
|
Move a note to a specific folder
|
Ctrl+P
|
Print a note
|
Alt+F4
|
Close a note and its Journal window
|
Ctrl+Z
|
Undo a change
|
Ctrl+Y
|
Redo a change
|
Ctrl+A
|
Select all items on a page
|
Ctrl+X
|
Cut a selection
|
Ctrl+C
|
Copy a selection to the Clipboard
|
Ctrl+V
|
Paste a selection from the Clipboard
|
Esc
|
Cancel a selection
|
Delete
|
Delete a selection
|
Ctrl+F
|
Start a basic find
|
Ctrl+G
|
Go to a page
|
F5
|
Refresh find results
|
F5
|
Refresh the note list
|
F6
|
Toggle between a note list and a note
|
Ctrl+Shift+C
|
Display a shortcut menu for column headings in a note
list
|
F11
|
View a note in full-screen mode
|
F1
|
Open Journal
Help
|
Windows Help viewer keyboard shortcuts
The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with
the Help viewer.
Press this key
|
To do this
|
|---|---|
Alt+C
|
Display the Table of Contents
|
Alt+N
|
Display the Connection Settings menu
|
F10
|
Display the Options menu
|
Alt+Left Arrow
|
Move back to the previously viewed topic
|
Alt+Right Arrow
|
Move forward to the next (previously viewed) topic
|
Alt+A
|
Display the customer support page
|
Alt+Home
|
Display the Help and Support home page
|
Home
|
Move to the beginning of a topic
|
End
|
Move to the end of a topic
|
Ctrl+F
|
Search the current topic
|
Ctrl+P
|
Print a topic
|
F3
|
Move the cursor to the search
box
|
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