1-Ease of Access keyboard shortcuts
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 logo key + U: Open the Ease of Access Center
2-General keyboard shortcuts
F1: Display Help
Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert): Copy the selected item
Ctrl + X: Cut the selected item
Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert): Paste the selected item
Ctrl + Z: Undo an action
Ctrl + Y: Redo an action
Delete (or Ctrl + D): 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 + any arrow key: Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document
Ctrl + 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 logo key + Tab: Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D
Ctrl+ Windows logo key + 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 (or Ctrl + R): 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
Left Alt + Shift: Switch the input language when multiple input languages are enabled
Ctrl + ShiftL: Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are enabled
Right or Left Ctrl + Shift: Change the reading direction of text in right-to-left reading languages
3-Dialog box keyboard shortcuts
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
4-Windows logo key keyboard shortcuts
Windows logo key: Open or close the Start menu.
Windows logo key + Pause: Display the System Properties dialog box.
Windows logo key + D: Display the desktop.
Windows logo key + M: Minimize all windows.
Windows logo key + Shift + M: Restore minimized windows to the desktop.
Windows logo key + E: Open Computer.
Windows logo key + F: Search for a file or folder.
Ctrl + Windows logo key + F: Search for computers (if you’re on a network).
Windows logo key + L: Lock your computer or switch users.
Windows logo key + R: Open the Run dialog box.
Windows logo key + T: Cycle through programs on the taskbar.
Windows logo key + 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 + Windows logo key + number: Start a new instance of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Ctrl + Windows logo key + number: Switch to the last active window of the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Alt + Windows logo key + number: Open the Jump List for the program pinned to the taskbar in the position indicated by the number.
Windows logo key + Tab: Cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D.
Ctrl+Windows logo key + Tab: Use the arrow keys to cycle through programs on the taskbar by using Aero Flip 3-D.
Ctrl+Windows logo key + B: Switch to the program that displayed a message in the notification area.
Windows logo key + Spacebar: Preview the desktop.
Windows logo key + Up Arrow: Maximize the window.
Windows logo key + Left Arrow: Maximize the window to the left side of the screen.
Windows logo key + Right Arrow: Maximize the window to the right side of the screen.
Windows logo key + Down Arrow: Minimize the window.
Windows logo key + Home: Minimize all but the active window.
Windows logo key + Shift + Up Arrow: Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the screen.
Windows logo key + Shift+ Left Arrow or Right Arrow: Move a window from one monitor to another.
Windows logo key + P: Choose a presentation display mode.
Windows logo key + G: Cycle through gadgets.
Windows logo key + U: Open Ease of Access Center.
Windows logo key + X: Open Windows Mobility Center.
5-Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts
Ctrl + N: Open a new window
Ctrl + W: Close the current 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
Ctrl + Period (.): Rotate a picture clockwise
Ctrl + Comma (,): Rotate a picture counter-clockwise
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
Backspace: 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 + Shift + E: Display all folders above the selected 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
Ctrl + F: Select the search box
6-Taskbar keyboard shortcuts
Shift + Click on a taskbar button: Open a program or quickly open another instance of a program
Ctrl + Shift + Click on a taskbar button: Open a program as an administrator
Shift + Right-click on a taskbar button: Show the window menu for the program
Shift + Right-click on a grouped taskbar button: Show the window menu for the group
Ctrl + Click on a grouped taskbar button: Cycle through the windows of the group
7-Magnifier keyboard shortcuts
Windows logo key + Plus Sign or Minus Sign: Zoom in or out
Ctrl + Alt + Spacebar: Preview the desktop in full-screen mode
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 logo key + Esc: Exit Magnifier
8-Remote Desktop Connection keyboard shortcuts
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.
9-Paint keyboard shortcuts
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
10-WordPad keyboard shortcuts
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
11-Calculator keyboard shortcuts
Alt + 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 yvx button in Scientific mode
Ctrl + B: Press the 3vx 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
12-Windows Journal keyboard shortcuts
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
13-Windows Help viewer keyboard shortcuts
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
