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Ways to Use Your Computer Without a Mouse wikiHow
How to Use Your Computer Without a
Mouse
Three Methods: Windows Mac OS X Web Browsers Questions and Answers
If you don’t like using a mouse or feel like it’s slowing you down, there are
hundreds of keyboard shortcuts you can use instead. Here are some keyboard
workarounds to use on the web, in Windows, and in Mac OS X.
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Method
1 Windows
1 If your operating system has Mouse Keys, Go to Start > Control Panel > Ease of
Access to activate it. This will allow you to use the arrow keys to control your cursor
in lieu of the mouse.
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2 Use these Windows system key combinations.
F1 Help
Window Button Open Start menu
Alt + Tab ↹ Switch between open programs
Alt + F4 Quit program
⇧ Shift + Delete Delete item permanently
⊞ Win + L Lock the computer (without using Ctrl + Alt + Del )
3 Use these key combinations while writing on Windows.
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + B Bold
Ctrl + U Underline
Ctrl + I Italic
Ctrl + Strikethrough
CTRL + = Subscript
Ctrl + ↑ ↓ ← → Skip Words
4 Use these general keyboardonly commands.
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F1 Starts Windows Help
F10 Activates menu bar options
⇧ Shift + F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as
rightclicking an object
Ctrl + Esc Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
Ctrl + Esc or Esc Selects the Start button (press Tab ↹ to select the taskbar,
or press ⇧ Shift + F10 for a context menu)
Ctrl + ⇧ Shift + Esc Opens Windows Task Manager
Alt + ↓ Opens a dropdown list box
Alt + Tab ↹ Switch to another running program (hold down the Alt key and then
press the Tab ↹ key to view the taskswitching window)
⇧ Shift Press and hold down the ⇧ Shift key while you insert a CDROM to
bypass the automaticrun feature
Alt + SPACE Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu,
you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
Alt + Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System
menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize,
minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
Ctrl + Tab ↹ Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface
(MDI) program
Alt +underlined letter in menu Opens the menu
Alt + F4 Closes the current window
Ctrl + F4 Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
Alt + F6 Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example,
when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, Alt + F6 switches between the
Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)
5 Use these shortcuts for shell objects and desktop shortcuts. For a selected
object:
F2 Rename object
F3 Find all files
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + V Paste
⇧ Shift + Del Delete selection immediately, without moving the item to the
Recycle Bin
Alt + ↵ Enter Open the properties for the selected object
6 Use these general folder/shortcut controls.
F4 Selects the Go To A Different Folder box and moves down the entries in the
box (if the toolbar is active in Windows Explorer)
F5 Refreshes the current window.
F6 Moves among panes in Windows Explorer
Ctrl + G Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
Ctrl + Z Undo the last command
Ctrl + A Select all the items in the current window
← Backspace Switch to the parent folder
⇧ Shift +click+Close button For folders, close the current folder plus all parent
folders
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7 Use these key combinations to control properties.
8 Use these shortcuts for accessibility.
9 Use these dialog box keyboard commands.
Tab ↹ Move to the next control in the dialog box
⇧ Shift + Tab ↹ Move to the previous control in the dialog box
SPACEBAR If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current
control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an
option, this selects the option.
↵ Enter Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
Esc Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
Alt +underlined letter in dialog box item Move to the corresponding item
10 Use these shortcuts if you have a Microsoft Natural Keyboard.
⊞ Win Start menu
⊞ Win + R Run dialog box
⊞ Win + M Minimize all
⇧ Shift + ⊞ Win + M Undo minimize all
⊞ Win + F1 Help
⊞ Win + E Windows Explorer
⊞ Win + F Find files or folders
⊞ Win + D Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
Ctrl + ⊞ Win + F Find computer
Ctrl + ⊞ Win + Tab ↹ Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to
the system tray (use → or ← to move focus to items on the Quick Launch
toolbar and the system tray)
⊞ Win + Tab ↹ Cycle through taskbar buttons
⊞ Win + Pause System Properties dialog box
≣ Menu Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item
11 Use these shortcuts if you have a Microsoft Natural Keyboard with
IntelliType software installed.
⊞ Win + L Log off Windows
⊞ Win + P Starts Print Manager
⊞ Win + C Opens Control Panel
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⊞ Win + V Starts Clipboard
⊞ Win + K Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
⊞ Win + I Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
⊞ Win + A Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
⊞ Win + SPACEBAR Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
⊞ Win + S Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off
Method
2 Mac OS X
1 If you have Universal Access, use these keyboard shortcuts to manipulate your
cursor in lieu of using your mouse. To set this up, go to your Universal Access
preferences and activate Mouse Keys.
8 Move Up
2 Move Down
4 Move Left
6 Move Right
1 Move Diagonally Bottom Left
3 Move Diagonally Bottom Right
7 Move Diagonally Top Left
9 Move Diagonally Top Right
5 Press Mouse Button
0 Hold Mouse Button
. (period on number pad) Release Hold Mouse Button
2 Use these keyboard shortcuts to initiate processes during Startup.
⌥ Option Display all bootable volumes (Startup Manager)
⇧ Shift Perform Safe Boot (start up in Safe Mode)
C Start from a bootable disc (DVD, CD)
T Start in FireWire target disk mode
N Start from NetBoot server
X Force Mac OS X startup (if non+Mac OS X startup volumes are present)
⌘ Command + V Start in Verbose Mode
⌘ Command + S Start in Single User Mode
3 Use these “finder” keyboard shortcuts.
⌘ Command + A Select all items in the front Finder window (or desktop if no
window is open)
⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + A Deselect all items
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + A Open the Applications folder
⌘ Command + C Copy selected item/text to the Clipboard
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + C Open the Computer window
⌘ Command + D Duplicate selected item
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + D Open desktop folder
⌘ Command + E Eject
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⌘ Command + F Find any matching Spotlight attribute
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + F Find Spotlight file name matches
⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + F Navigate to the search field in an already|open
Spotlight window
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + G Go to Folder
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + H Open the Home folder of the currently loggedin user
account
⌘ Command + I Get Info
⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + I Show Inspector
Ctrl + ⌘ Command + I Get Summary Info
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + I Open iDisk
⌘ Command + J Show View Options
⌘ Command + K Connect to Server
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + K Open Network window
⌘ Command + L Make alias of the selected item
⌘ Command + M Minimize window
⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + M Minimize all windows
⌘ Command + N New Finder window
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + N New folder
⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + N New Smart Folder
⌘ Command + O Open selected item
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + Q Log Out
⌥ Option + ⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + Q Log Out immediately
⌘ Command + R Show original (of alias)
⌘ Command + T Add to Sidebar
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + T Add to Favorites
⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + T Hide Toolbar / Show Toolbar in Finder windows
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + U Open Utilities folder
⌘ Command + V Paste
⌘ Command + W Close window
⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + W Close all windows
⌘ Command + X Cut
⌥ Option + ⌘ Command + Y Slideshow (Mac OS X 10.5 or later)
⌘ Command + Z Undo / Redo
⌘ Command + 1 View as Icon
⌘ Command + 2 View as List
⌘ Command + 3 View as Columns
⌘ Command + 4 View as Cover Flow (Mac OS X 10.5 or later)
⌘ Command + , (Command and the comma key) Open Finder preferences
⌘ Command + ` (the Grave accent key++above Tab key on a US English keyboard
layout) Cycle through open Finder windows
⌘ Command + ⇧ Shift + ? Open Mac Help
⌥ Option + ⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + Esc (hold for three seconds) Mac OS X v10.5,
v10.6 or later only Force Quit front+most application
⌘ Command + [ Back
⌘ Command + ] Forward
⌘ Command + ↑ Up Arrow Open enclosed folder
Ctrl + ⌘ Command + ↑ Up Arrow Open enclosed folder in a new window
⌘ Command + ↓ Down Arrow Open highlighted item
⌘ Command + Tab ↹ Switch application++cycle forward
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + Tab ↹ Switch application++cycle backward
⌘ Command + Delete Move to Trash
⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + Delete Empty Trash
⌥ Option + ⇧ Shift + ⌘ Command + Delete Empty Trash without confirmation
dialog
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4 Use these keyboard shortcuts for Application and other commands.
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Command+O Display a dialog for choosing a document to open in the frontmost
application
Command+P Display the Print dialog
Shift+Command+P Display a dialog for specifying printing parameters (Page
Setup)
Command+Q Quit the frontmost application
Command+S Save the active document
Shift+Command+S Display the Save As dialog
Command+T Display the Fonts window
Option+Command+T Show or hide a toolbar
Command+U Underline the selected text or turn underlining on or off
Command+V Paste the Clipboard contents at the insertion point
Option+Command+V Apply the style of one object to the selected object (Paste
Style)
Option+Shift+Command+V Apply the style of the surrounding text to the inserted
object (Paste and Match Style)
Control+Command+V Apply formatting settings to the selected object (Paste
Ruler Command)
Command+W Close the front window
Shift+Command+W Close a file and its associated windows
Option+Command+W Close all windows in the application without quitting it
Command+X Remove the selection and store in the Clipboard
Command+Z Undo previous command (some applications allow for multiple
Undo)
Shift+Command+Z Redo previous command (some applications allow for
multiple Redo)
Control+Right Arrow Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a
table
Control+Left Arrow Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a
table
Control+Down Arrow Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as
a table
Control+Up Arrow Move focus to another value or cell within a view, such as a
table
Command+Right Arrow Move the text insertion point to the end of the current
line
Command+Left Arrow Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the
current line
Command+Down Arrow Move the text insertion point to the end of the document
Command+Up Arrow Move the text insertion point to the beginning of the
document
Shift+Command+Right Arrow Select text between the insertion point and the end
of the current line (*)
Shift+Command+Left Arrow Select text between the insertion point and the
beginning of the current line (*)
Shift+Right Arrow Extend text selection one character to the right (*)
Shift+Left Arrow Extend text selection one character to the left (*)
Shift+Command+Up Arrow Select text between the insertion point and the
beginning of the document (*)
Shift+Command+Down Arrow Select text between the insertion point and the
end of the document (*)
Shift+Up Arrow Extend text selection to the line above, to the nearest character
boundary at the same horizontal location (*)
Shift+Down Arrow Extend text selection to the line below, to the nearest
character boundary at the same horizontal location (*)
Shift+Option+Right Arrow Extend text selection to the end of the current word,
then to the end of the following word if pressed again (*)
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Shift+Option+Left Arrow Extend text selection to the beginning of the current
word, then to the beginning of the following word if pressed again (*)
Shift+Option+Down Arrow Extend text selection to the end of the current
paragraph, then to the end of the following paragraph if pressed again (*)
Shift+Option+Up Arrow Extend text selection to the beginning of the current
paragraph, then to the beginning of the following paragraph if pressed again (*)
Control+Space Toggle between the current and previous input sources
Option+Control+Space Toggle through all enabled input sources
Option+Command+esc Force Quit
Method
3 Web Browsers
1 Use browser shortcuts.
Control+I Open Favorites
Control+H Open History
Control+N Open a new window
Control+O Open another document or webpage
Press Alt + letter underlined on toolbar Open toolbar option (ex. Alt+T opens
Tools, Alt+H opens Help)
Control+E Go to search box
Alt+F – Find on page
Control+T Open new tab
Control+1,2,3,… Switch to 1st, 2nd, 3rd, etc. tab
Alt+D Select the text in the address bar
Control+Enter Add www. and .com to the text in the address bar (Internet
Explorer)
F4 – Open list of websites you've typed (Internet Explorer)
Tab Move forward through items on a webpage
Shift+Tab Move backward through items on a webpage
Alt+Home Go to your homepage on Internet Explorer
Shift+F10 Open a shortcut menu for an Internet link
Control+Tab Move forward between tabs
Control+Shift+Tab Move backward between tabs
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Tips
The Mac shortcuts are for OS X, but many will work on other Mac operating
systems.
These browser shortcuts do not work for all browsers. See your browser's help
information for more information.
The Windows shortcuts are for 7 and Vista, but most will work on other
Windows operating systems.
If you have a Mac, note that the command key is directly to the right or left of
the spacebar and looks like a shamrock.
Sources and Citations
https://support.microsoft.com/enus/kb/126449
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT1343
Article Info
Categories: Input Devices
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Italiano: Usare il Computer Senza Mouse, Deutsch: Computer ohne Maus
bedienen, Español: usar tu computadora sin ratón, Português: Usar Seu Computador Sem
Mouse, Français: se servir de son ordinateur sans l’aide de sa souris, 中文: 不用鼠标来操作电
脑, Русский: пользоваться компьютером без мыши
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