1.) Windows Hotkeys 2.) Generic 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. 3.) Generic 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 RichEdit 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. 4.) Generic 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. NumpadAsterisk: Expand
currently selected directory
and all subdirectories. No
undo. NumpadPlus: Expand
currently selected directory. NumpadMinus: Collapse
currently selected directory. 5.) 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. 7.) 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. 8.) 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. 9.) GMail 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. 10.) 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 fullScreen
mode. up/down: scroll thru/repeat
previous entries Esc: delete line 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 CoolSwitch.
More commonly known as the
AltTab dialog. Alt + Shift + Tab: Display
CoolSwitch; 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. Printscreen: Copy screenshot
of current screen to clipboard. Alt + Printscreen: Copy
screenshot of current active
window to clipboard. Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert
screen. Untested on OSes
other than XP. Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo
inversion. Win + B : Move focus to
systray icons.