All Shortcut Keys of Windows 7

Windows 7 still a popular and user friendly operating system. Microsoft has designed the windows family to meet computing needs which is best suited for various system ranging from stand alone through small local area networks to wide area enterprise networks. It belongs to the category of GUI. Windows has undergone many changes over the years adding many new features each time. Windows 7 is one of the versions of windows.

Keyboard shortcuts are keys or combinations of keys that provide an alternative way to do something that you’d typically do with a mouse. There are so many shortcuts keys are there of windows 7. By using which you can be faster in your day to day work and you will also become smarter than the other computer users.

Some useful shortcut keys are given below:

F1: Display Help

Ctrl+C: Copy the selected item

Ctrl+X: Cut the selected item

Ctrl+V: Paste the selected item

Ctrl+Z: Undo an action

Ctrl+Y: Redo an action 

Delete: 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+Arrow: Select a block of text

Shift+Arrow: Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document

Ctrl+Arrow+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

Win+Tab: 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

F5: 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

Win+Plus Sign or Minus Sign: Zoom in or out

Ctrl+Alt+Spacebar: Show the mouse pointer

 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: Pan in the direction of the arrow keys

Ctrl+Alt+R: Resize the lens

Win+Esc: Exit Magnifier

Win:  Open or close the Start menu.

Win+Pause: Display the System Properties dialog box.

Win+D: Display the desktop.

Win+M: Minimize all windows.

Win+Shift+M: Restore minimized windows to the desktop.

Win+E: Open Computer.

Win+F: Search for a file or folder

Win+Spacebar: Preview the desktop.

Win+Up Arrow:  Maximize the window.

Win+Left Arrow:  Maximize the window to the left side of the screen.

Win+Right Arrow: Maximize the window to the right side of the screen.

 Win+Down Arrow: Minimize the window.

 Win+Home:  Minimize all but the active window.

Win+Shift+Up Arrow: Stretch the window to the top and bottom of the screen.

Win +Shift+Left Arrow or Right Arrow: Move a window from one monitor to another.

Ctrl+N: Open a new 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

Alt+Enter: Open the Properties dialog box for the selected item

Alt+P: Display the preview pane


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