General keyboard shortcuts Ctrl + C (or Ctrl +

Copy the selected item

The following table contains general keyboard Insert)
shortcuts in Windows. Ctrl + D (or Delete the selected item and move it
Delete) to the Recycle Bin
Press this key To do this Ctrl + R (or F5) Refresh the active window
F1 Display Help
Ctrl + V (or Shift
F2 Rename the selected item Paste the selected item
+ Insert)
F3 Search for a file or folder Ctrl + X Cut the selected item
Display the address bar list in File Ctrl + Y Redo an action
F4
Explorer
Ctrl + Z Undo an action
F5 Refresh the active window
Zoom in or out of a large number of
Cycle through screen elements in a Ctrl + plus (+) or
F6 items, like apps pinned to the Start
window or on the desktop Ctrl + minus (-)
screen
Commonly used to spell Change the size of desktop icons or
check and grammar check a Ctrl + mouse zoom in or out of a large number of
F7 document in Microsoft programs scroll wheel items, like apps pinned to the Start
such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, screen
etc.
Ctrl + Right Move the cursor to the beginning of
Function key used to enter the arrow the next word
F8 Windows startup menu, commonly
used to access Windows Safe Mode. Move the cursor to the beginning of
Ctrl + Left arrow
the previous word
Reduce laptop screen brightness (on
F9 Ctrl + Down Move the cursor to the beginning of
some)
arrow the next paragraph
Activate the Menu bar in the active
F10 Move the cursor to the beginning of
app Ctrl + Up arrow
the previous paragraph
Enter and exit fullscreen mode in
F11 Use the arrow keys to switch
Internet browsers. Ctrl + Alt + Tab
between all open apps
Open the Save as window
F12 Ctrl + arrow key
in Microsoft Word. Select multiple individual items in a
(to move to an
Close the active item, or exit the window or on the desktop
Alt + F4 item) + Spacebar
active app
Ctrl + Shift with
Cycle through items in the order in Select a block of text
Alt + Esc an arrow key
which they were opened
Ctrl + Esc Open Start
Alt + underlined
Perform the command for that letter Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open Task Manager
letter
Display properties for the selected Switch the keyboard layout when
Alt + Enter Ctrl + Shift multiple keyboard layouts are
item
available
Open the shortcut menu for the
Alt + Spacebar Turn the Chinese input method
active window Ctrl + Spacebar
editor (IME) on or off
Alt + Left arrow Back
Display the shortcut menu for the
Alt + Right arrow Forward Shift + F10
selected item
Alt + Page Up Move up one screen Select more than one item in a
Shift with any
Alt + Page Down Move down one screen window or on the desktop, or select
arrow key
text within a document
Switch between open apps (except
Alt + Tab Delete the selected item without
desktop apps) Shift + Delete
moving it to the Recycle Bin first
Close the active document (in apps
that are full-screen and allow you to Open the next menu to the right, or
Ctrl + F4 Right arrow
have multiple documents open open a submenu
simultaneously) Open the next menu to the left, or
Left arrow
Select all items in a document or close a submenu
Ctrl + A
window Esc Stop or leave the current task
KEY FUNCTION
ESCAPE (ESC) To interrupt or cancel the current process or running program
FUNCTION Causes a specific operation to be carried out
BACKSPACE To move the cursor toward the beginning of data
PRINTSCREEN To capture screen shots
SCROLL LOCK controls the way the cursor control keys work
PAUSE / BREAK allows users temporarily to halt the actions of the program being run
NUM LOCK enables and disables the numeric pad
CAPS LOCK toggle key that enables or disables all the letters from being typed in uppercase
HOME used to return the user to the beginning of the line or the beginning of a document
PAGE UP Moves up the viewed document by one page
PAGE DOWN Moves down the viewed document by one page
SHIFT allows a user to type a single capital letter or an uppercase key
CONTROL (CTRL) used to refer to a keyboard shortcut
WINDOWS allows a user to perform commonly performed tasks using the Windows OS
ALPHABETIC used to type the letters of the alphabet
ENTER used to return a cursor to the next line or to execute a command or operation
INSERT toggle key that changes how text is inserted
ARROW(CURSOR) used to move the cursor in the arrows corresponding direction
DELETE deletes text to the right of the cursor
NUMERIC KEY PAD contain numeric keys that can be toggled with items for editing text when NUM LOCK key is pressed