Best KeyBoard Shortcuts for Windows Xp and Windows Seven

[Sultan Mahmud Sujon]

Windows system key combinations
    1. F1: Help
    2. CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
    3. ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
    4. ALT+F4: Quit program
    5. SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
    6. Windows Logo+L: Lock the computer (without using CTRL+ALT+DELETE)

Windows program key combinations
    7. CTRL+C: Copy
    8. CTRL+X: Cut
    9. CTRL+V: Paste
   10. CTRL+Z: Undo
   11. CTRL+B: Bold
   12. CTRL+U: Underline
   13. CTRL+I: Italic

Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects
   14. SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
   15. SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
   16. ALT+double click: Displays properties
   17. SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

General keyboard-only commands
   18. F1: Starts Windows Help
   19. F10: Activates menu bar options
   20. SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
   21. CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
   22. CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
   23. CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens Windows Task Manager
   24. ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
   25. ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
   26. SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
   27. ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
   28. ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
   29. CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
   30. ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
   31. ALT+F4: Closes the current window
   32. CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
   33. ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)

Shell objects and general folder/Windows Explorer shortcuts
   34. For a selected object:
   35. F2: Rename object
   36.F3: Find all files
   37. CTRL+X: Cut
   38. CTRL+C: Copy
   39. CTRL+V: Paste
   40. SHIFT+DELETE: Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin
   41. ALT+ENTER: Open the properties for the selected object

To copy a file
   42. Press and hold down the CTRL key while you drag the file to another folder.

To create a shortcut
    43. Press and hold down CTRL+SHIFT while you drag a file to the desktop or a folder.

General folder/shortcut control
    44. F4: Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
    45. F5: Refreshes the current window.
    46. F6: Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
    47. CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
    48. CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
    49. CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
    50. BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
    51. SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders

Windows Explorer tree control
    52.Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
    53.Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
    54. Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
    55. RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
    56. LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent

Properties control
    57. CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs

Accessibility shortcuts
    58. Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
    59. Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
    60. Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
    61. Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
    62. Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys
    63. Windows Logo: Start menu
    64. Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
    65. Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
    66. SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
    67. Windows Logo+F1: Help
    68. Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
    69. Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
    70. Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
    71. CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
    72. CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
    73. Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
    74. Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
    75. Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed
   76. Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
   77. Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
   78. Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
   79. Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
   80. Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
   81. Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
   82. Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
   83. Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
   84. Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off

Dialog box keyboard commands
   85. TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
   86. SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
   87. SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
   88. ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
   89. ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
   90. ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item