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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Microsoft Windows and applications shortcut keys
Windows shortcut keys
Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts
Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts
Shortcut Keys for Character Map
Microsoft Management Console (MMC= Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts)
MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts
Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
Microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation

Microsoft Windows XP and applications shortcut keys

Shortcut Keys Description

CTRL+C
- Copy
CTRL+X
- Cut
CTRL+V
- Paste
CTRL+Z
- Undo
DELETE
- Delete
SHIFT+DELETE
- Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
CTRL while dragging an item
- Copy the selected item
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item
- Create a shortcut to the selected item
F2 key
- Rename the selected item
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
- Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
- Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
CTRL+DOWN ARROW
- Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
CTRL+UP ARROW
- Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
- Highlight a block of text
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
- Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document
CTRL+A
- Select all
F3 key
- Search for a file or a folder
ALT+ENTER
- View the properties for the selected item
ALT+F4
- Close the active item, or quit the active program
ALT+ENTER
- Display the properties of the selected object
ALT+SPACEBAR
- Open the shortcut menu for the active window
CTRL+F4
- Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously
ALT+TAB
- Switch between the open items
ALT+ESC
- Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened
F6 key
- Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F4 key
- Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
SHIFT+F10
- Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
ALT+SPACEBAR
- Display the System menu for the active window
CTRL+ESC
- Display the Start menu
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name
- Display the corresponding menu
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu
- Perform the corresponding command
F10 key
- 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 key
- Update the active window
BACKSPACE
- View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
ESC
- Cancel the current task
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive
- Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing

Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+TAB
- Move forward through the tabs
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
- Move backward through the tabs
TAB
- Move forward through the options
SHIFT+TAB
- Move backward through the options
ALT+Underlined letter
- Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option
ENTER
- Perform the command for the active option or button
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 key
- Display Help
F4 key
- 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

Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows Logo
- Display or hide the Start menu
Windows Logo+BREAK
- Display the System Properties dialog box
Windows Logo+D
- Display the desktop
Windows Logo+M
- Minimize all of the windows
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M
- Restore the minimized windows
Windows Logo+E
- Open My Computer
Windows Logo+F
- Search for a file or a folder
CTRL+Windows Logo+F
- Search for computers
Windows Logo+F1
- Display Windows Help
Windows Logo+ L
- Lock the keyboard
Windows Logo+R
- Open the Run dialog box
Windows Logo+U
- Open Utility Manager

Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts

Right SHIFT for eight seconds
- Switch FilterKeys either on or off
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
- Switch High Contrast either on or off
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK
- Switch the MouseKeys either on or off
SHIFT five times
- Switch the StickyKeys either on or off
NUM LOCK for five seconds
- Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off
Windows Logo +U
- Open Utility Manager

Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts

END
- Display the bottom of the active window
HOME
- Display the top of the active window
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign (*)
- Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+)
- Display the contents of the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Minus sign (-)
- Collapse the selected folder
LEFT ARROW
- Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder
RIGHT ARROW
- Display the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder

Shortcut Keys for Character Map

Note: After you double-click a character on the grid of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts:
- RIGHT ARROW
  - Move to the right or to the beginning of the next line
- LEFT ARROW
  - Move to the left or to the end of the previous line
- UP ARROW
  - Move up one row
- DOWN ARROW
  - Move down one row
- PAGE UP
  - Move up one screen at a time
- PAGE DOWN
  - Move down one screen at a time
- HOME
  - Move to the beginning of the line
- END
  - Move to the end of the line
- CTRL+HOME
  - Move to the first character
- CTRL+END
  - Move to the last character
- SPACEBAR
  - Switch between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected

Microsoft Management Console (MMC= Main Window Keyboard Shortcuts)

CTRL+O
- Open a saved console
CTRL+N
- Open a new console
CTRL+S
- Save the open console
CTRL+M
- Add or remove a console item
CTRL+W
- Open a new window
F5 key
- Update the content of all console windows
ALT+SPACEBAR
- Display the MMC window menu
ALT+F4
- Close the console
ALT+A
- Display the Action menu
ALT+V
- Display the View menu
ALT+F
- Display the File menu
ALT+O
- Display the Favorites menu

MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts

CTRL+P
- Print the current page or active pane
ALT+Minus sign (-)
- Display the window menu for the active console window
SHIFT+F10
- Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item
F1 key
- Open the Help topic, if any, for the selected item
F5 key
- Update the content of all console windows
CTRL+F10
- Maximize the active console window
CTRL+F5
- Restore the active console window
ALT+ENTER
- Display the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item
F2 key
- Rename the selected item
CTRL+F4
- Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window, this shortcut closes the console

Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

CTRL+ALT+END
- Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box
ALT+PAGE UP
- Switch between programs from left to right
ALT+PAGE DOWN
- Switch between programs from right to left
ALT+INSERT
- Cycle through the programs in most recently used order
ALT+HOME
- Display the Start menu
CTRL+ALT+BREAK
- Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen
ALT+DELETE
- Display the Windows menu
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-)
- Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.
CTRL+ALT+ Plus sign (+)
- Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.

Microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation

CTRL+B
- Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
CTRL+E
- Open the Search bar
CTRL+F
- Start the Find utility
CTRL+H
- Open the History bar
CTRL+I
- Open the Favorites bar
CTRL+L
- Open the Open dialog box
CTRL+N
- Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address
CTRL+O
- Open the Open dialog box, the same as CTRL+L
CTRL+P
- Open the Print dialog box
CTRL+R
- Update the current Web page
CTRL+W
- Close the current window

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