 Keyboard shortcuts you probably didn't know about
[SOME EASY ONES YOU MAY NOT KNOW]
- Rotate Screen: Ctrl-Alt-Arrow (Arrow in the orientation you want)
- Find Open Program: Atl-Tab-Select
- Delete w-out Menu: Shift + Del
- Lock PC: Windows Button + L
- Window Shut Down :win + X menu u=shutdown r=restart
- Copy Screen to Clipboard: PrtSc
- scoll up and down: Arrow Down / Up and Down
[EXTENDED LIST]
- Cut the selected item: Ctrl + X
- Copy the selected item: Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert)
- Paste the selected item: Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert)
- Undo an action: Ctrl + Z
- Switch between open apps: Alt + Tab
- Close the active item, or exit the active app: Alt + F4
- Lock your PC: Windows logo key + L
- Display and hide the desktop: Windows logo key + D
- Rename the selected item: F2
- Search for a file or folder in File Explorer: F3
- Display the address bar list in File Explorer: F4
- Refresh the active window: F5
- Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop: F6
- Activate the Menu bar in the active app: F10
- Show your password on the sign-in screen: Alt + F8
- Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened: Alt + Esc
- Perform the command for that letter: Alt + underlined letter
- Display properties for the selected item: Alt + Enter
- Open the shortcut menu for the active window: Alt + Spacebar
- Go back: Alt + Left arrow
- Go forward: Alt + Right arrow
- Move up one screen: Alt + Page Up
- Move down one screen: Alt + Page Down
- Close the active document: Ctrl + F4
- Select all items in a document or window: Ctrl + A
- Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin: Ctrl + D (or Delete Button)
- Refresh the active window: Ctrl + R (or F5)
- Redo an action: Ctrl + Y
- Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word: Ctrl + Right arrow
- Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word: Ctrl + Left arrow
- Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph: Ctrl + Down arrow
- Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph: Ctrl + Up arrow
- Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps: Ctrl + Alt + Tab
- When a group or tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the direction specified: Alt + Shift + arrow keys
- When a tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it into another tile to create a folder: Ctrl + Shift + arrow keys
- Resize the Start menu when it's open: Ctrl + Shift + arrow keys
- Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop: Ctrl + arrow key (to move to an item) + Spacebar
- Select a block of text: Ctrl + Shift with an arrow key
- Open Start: Ctrl + Esc
- Open Task Manager: Ctrl + Shift + Esc
- Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available: Ctrl + Shift
- Display the shortcut menu for the selected item: Shift + F10
- Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document: Shift with any arrow key
- Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first: Shift + Delete
- Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu: Right arrow
- Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu: Left arrow
- Stop or leave the current task: Esc
- Take a screenshot of your whole screen and copy it to the clipboard: PrtScn Button
[WINDOWS LOGO KEY SHORTCUTS]
- Open or close Start: Windows logo key
- Open Action center: Windows logo key + A
- Set focus in the notification area: Windows logo key + B
- Display and hide the desktop: Windows logo key + D
- Display and hide the date and time on the desktop: Windows logo key + Alt + D
- Open File Explorer: Windows logo key + E
- Open Settings: Windows logo key + I
- Lock your PC or switch accounts: Windows logo key + L
- Minimize all windows: Windows logo key + M
- Lock device orientation: Windows logo key + O
- Open the Run dialog box: Windows logo key + R
- Open search: Windows logo key + S
- Take a screenshot of part of your screen: Windows logo key + Shift + S
- Cycle through apps on the taskbar: Windows logo key + T
- Open the clipboard: Windows logo key + V
- Open the Quick Link menu: Windows logo key + X
- Show the commands available in an app: Windows logo key + Z
- Search for PCs (if you're on a network): Windows logo key + Ctrl + F
- Restore minimized windows on the desktop: Windows logo key + Shift + M
- Open Task view: Windows logo key + Tab
- Maximize the window: Windows logo key + Up arrow
- Remove current app from screen or minimize the desktop window: Windows logo key + Down arrow
- Maximize the app or desktop window to the left side of the screen: Windows logo key + Left arrow
- Maximize the app or desktop window to the right side of the screen: Windows logo key + Right arrow
- Minimize all except the active desktop window (repeat to restore): Windows logo key + Home
- Restore/minimize active desktop windows vertically, maintaining width: Windows logo key + Shift + Down arrow
- Switch input language and keyboard layout: Windows logo key + Spacebar
- Open Magnifier: Windows logo key + Plus (+)
- Wake PC from blank or black screen: Windows logo key + Ctrl + Shift + B
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