This section was included on a suggestion by Chung Lau Leung.
As we all know the move offers an intuitive means of getting around our favourite programmes. Knowing the keyboard command equivalents of common function does however also improve our ability to perform these functions quickly. This list will be inclomplete at first but with your help it will be complete in a matter of months so that all users can experience the improved useability of using keyboard command equivalents. **HK
Display the Start Menu |
[Ctrl] + [Esc] |
Display the Taskbar |
[Alt] + [F6] |
Switch to next open Window |
[Alt] + [Esc] |
Switch between programs |
[Alt] + [Tab] |
Close a Program |
[Alt] + [F4] |
Activate pull-down menu bar |
[Crtl] + [F10] |
Open Control Menu |
[Alt] + [Space] |
Prevent Audio CD auto Play |
[Shift] |
Copy screen to clipboard |
[Print Screen] |
Copy Window to clipboard |
[{Alt] + [Print Screen] |
Delete an Object | [Delete] | Delete an Object permanently | [Shift] + [Delete] |
Copy an Object |
[Crtl] + Drag Object |
Move an Object |
[Shift] + Drag Object |
Rename Object |
[F2] |
Find Object |
[F3] |
Alter an Object properties |
[Alt] + [Enter] |
Display Shortcut menu for object |
[Shift] + [F10] |
Forward Tab to Tab | [Ctrl] + [Tab] | Backward Tab to Tab | [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [Tab] |
Moving between Options |
[Tab] |
Moving backward between options |
[Shift] + [Tab] |
Copy text | [Ctrl] + [v][Delete] | Cut Text | [Ctrl] + [x] |
Paste Text |
[Crtl] + [p] |
Undo |
[Ctrl] + [z] |
Open menu |
[Alt] + Underlined letter |
Select Command |
Underlined letter |
Select Text |
[Shift] + [Arrow keys] |
Dos Windows to Full screen and back |
[Alt] + [Return] |
Activate Start menu |
[CTRL][ESC] |
Activate Start menu from Desktop |
[CTRL][ESC] |
Activate Start menu from Desktop |
[ALT][S] |
Add item to Start menu |
[MOUSE R] on Taskbar, [R], |
Remove items from Start menu | [MOUSE R] on Start button, O, P, [ENTER] |
Reduce size of icons in Start menu |
[MOUSE R] on Taskbar, [R], [S] |
Clear contents of Documents menu |
[MOUSE R] on Taskbar, [R], |
Bring up Find utility |
[MOUSE R] on Start button, [F] |
Empty Recycle Bin | [MOUSE R], [B] | Cancel delete confirmation dialog box | [MOUSE R], [R], [D] |
Reinstate delete confirmation dialog box | [MOUSE R], [R], [D] | Cancel undelete option for every deletion | [MOUSE R], [R], [R] |
Find a file or folder | [F3] | Undo delete | [MOUSE R] on desktop,[U] |
Cut selected item | [CTRL][X] | Delete an item with no undelete | [SHIFT][DEL] |
Copy selected item | [CTRL][C] | View an item's Properties | [ALT][ENTER] |
Paste copied or cut item | [CTRL][V] | Copy a file | [CTRL] drag the file |
Delete an item to Recycle Bin | [DEL] | Create a shortcut | [CTRL][SHIFT] drag the file |
Delete an item to Recycle Bin | [MOUSE R], [D] |
Install a new font | [ALT][F], [I] | Hide font variations | [ALT][V], [H] |
List fonts by similarity | [ALT][V], [S] |
Pause print job on selected printer | [ALT][F], [A] | Pause print job on selected printer | [MOUSE R], [A] |
Purge print job on selected printer | [ALT][F], [U] | Purge print job on selected printer | [MOUSE R], [U] |
Set default printer |
[ALT][F], [F] |
Set default printer |
[MOUSE R], [F] |
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