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Common Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP
Some of
these work only in Windows (all version). Others work across the board in all
programs.
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F1 Opens HELP window for whatever is active F2 Rename a SELECTED item F3 Opens FIND F5 Refreshes a window F10 Highlights MENU bar. Touch underlined letters to activate ALT-F4 CLOSES window, same as X STARTS SHUT DOWN if no Programs are active ALT-ENTER Opens PROPERTIES window ALT-ESC Switches windows ALT-TAB Switches windows Print Screen Copies entire window to clipboard ALT-Print Screen Copies active window to cb ALT-Spacebar Opens CONTROL menu ALT-S Opens START menu sometimes ARROW KEYS can scroll, move cursor, change icons depending on what is active BACKSPACE changes folder level in Explorer And My Computer CTRL-ALT-DELETE Opens List of open Programs. Doing it a second time restarts computer |
CTRL-DELETE Deletes from cursor to end of word CTRL-END Moves cursor to end of list or doc CTRL-ESC Opens START Menu anytime CTRL-HOME Moves cursor to beginning of list or doc CTRL-A Selects ALL (except in WordPerfect) CTRL-C Copies selected material to clipboard CTRL-N Start NEW file (in some programs) CTRL-O Start OPEN file (in some programs) CTRL-P PRINTS active document (ditto) CTRL-S SAVES active document (ditto) CTRL-V PASTES clipboard contents to cursor CTRL-X Cuts selected material to clipboard CTRL-Z Reverses last action DELETE Deletes selected material ESC Cancels last action or open menu Page Down Scrolls down on window Page Up Scrolls up one window Shift-Delete bypasses Recycle bin Shift Tab Moves backward in buttons Tab Moves forward in buttons in dialog boxes |
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Comments:
1. Some ALT- commands require holding the ALT key down while touching the second key.
2. Selected (Highlighted) material will be DELETED by touching any key except cursor controls.
3. Clipboard holds only one item. Cutting or copying a new item deletes the previous one.
4. Look for shortcuts listed in menus to right of menu item or underlined letter and the icon that is used in the toolbar.
5. Most double click operations can be replaced by a single click and touch enter.
6. Look for shortcut lists in books and magazines, on the Internet and in Help files. In Windows go to Start, Help, and look for keyboard shortcuts.
Now here is the trick to remember them: When you drop a menu in a program, the keyboard shortcut is listed on the right of each item that has a shortcut. The figure below shows a sample example using this windows in DreamWeaver. The Edit menu is dropped. Notice that the keyboard shortcuts are listed. Cut and Copy are black because I highlighted a word before doing a print screen. Paste is still grayed out (Ghosted) because nothing was selected in Cut or Copy to be pasted. Many of these items a common to all programs. Some are only in DreamWeaver
Now here
is how you use these shortcuts effectively: Suppose you are typing a letter
and want to save it. Just touch Ctrl + S instead of grabbing the mouse.
To cut or copy something,
select (highlight) the item to be copied, use Ctrl + X or + C, move cursor to
new location, use Ctrl + V. Once you get used to this, it speeds up the operation,
especially if doing it repeatedly.
I use the select all, Ctrl + A frequently.
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