Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows Keyboard Shortcuts
Note: For Mac users, please substitute the Command key for the Ctrl key.
This substitution with work for the majority of commands
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General Commands
Navigation
Windows key + D
Context menu
Alt + underlined letter
Alt + Tab
Alt, F + X or Alt + F4
Alt, Spacebar + X
Alt, Spacebar + N
Ctrl + W
F2
Desktop to foreground
Right click
Menu drop down, Action selection
Toggle between open applications
Exit application
Maximize window
Minimize window
Closes window
Renames a selected file or folder
Open Programs
To open programs from START menu:
To open programs/files on Desktop:
Dialog Boxes
Enter
Tab
Arrow keys
Shift + Tab
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Microsoft Word
Formatting
Ctrl + P
Ctrl + S
Ctrl + Z
Ctrl + Y
CTRL+B
CTRL+I
CTRL+U
Ctrl + C
Ctrl + V
Ctrl + X
Shift + F3
Ctrl+Shift+>
Ctrl+Shift+<
Print
Save
Undo
Redo
Make text bold
Italicize
Underline
Copy
Paste
Copy + delete
Change case of letters
Increase font size
Decrease font size
Highlight Text
Shift + Arrow Keys
Shift + Ctrl + Arrow keys
Shift + End or Home
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Microsoft PowerPoint
Navigation
Page Up/Down
Ctrl + M
Ctrl + W
F5
Shift+F5
Esc
Alt + V, then D
Alt + O, then N
Alt + I, then X
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Microsoft Excel
Worksheet navigation
Ctrl + Home
Home
Ctrl + Arrow Keys
Tab
Shift + Tab
Alt + Page Up, Page Down
Ctrl + Page Up, Page Down
Ctrl + Tab, Shift + Tab
Edit Worksheet
F2
Ctrl + Shift + Plus Sign (+)
Ctrl + Hyphen (-)
Shift + Space Bar
Ctrl + Space Bar
Shift + Arrow Keys
Delete
Ctrl + Z
Shift + F11
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Mozilla Firefox (Web)
Navigation
Back
History
Caret browsing
Current page
End of page
Beginning of page
Text size increase
Text size decrease
Text size restore
End
Home
Ctrl+ +
Ctrl+ Ctrl+ 0 (zero)
Forward
Home
Select location bar
Tabs
New tab
Ctrl+T
New Window Ctrl+N
Next tab
Ctrl+ Tab
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Mozilla Thunderbird (Email)
Ctrl+M
New Message
Ctrl+N
Ctrl+W
Close Window
Del
Delete Message
Ctrl+L
Forward Message
F8
Toggle Message Pane
F
Go to Next Message (Forward)
B
Go to Previous Message (Back)
Ctrl+R
Reply to Message (sender only)
Ctrl+Shift+R
Reply to All in Message (all recipients)
Ctrl+Enter
Send Message Now
Spacebar
Scrolls through message
Enter
View message in window
Tab
Moves cursor between fields
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