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I like to use keyboard shortcuts, especially if someone is watching me, because they make me look like a pro. With just a
few key strokes I can leave a mouser spinning his wheel! Whatever your motivation, here's a big list of keyboard
shortcuts:
GENERAL SHORTCUTS
ALT-TAB - Hold down the ALT key and hit tab to cycle through open windows.
CTRL - X - Cut
CTRL - C - Copy
CTRL - V - Paste
F1 - Help menu
CTRL - Z - Undo
If an item is selected:
In Windows Explorer:
RIGHT ARROW - Expand the current selection if it is collapsed -Or- Select the first subfolder
In My Computer:
A faster way to type in addresses with IE is to just type in the name of the site:
worldstart and hit CTRL + Enter. The "http://www./ " and ".com" will be added for you!
Netscape ONLY
The Windows key can be used in conjunction with other keys to act as a keyboard shortcut for faster access to menu
commands. Now, while the Alt key tends to open program menus (ex: Alt+F opens the File menu and Alt+E opens the
Edit menu) and the Ctrl key performs actual operations (ex: Ctrl+C will copy and Ctrl+V will paste), the Windows key
will open various Windows tools...
You can also open programs or folders on your desktop by pressing the Windows key + the first letter of the
program/folder/shortcut + Enter . Sounds kinda tedious, but if you're in a bind with your mouse, it can come in quite
handy.
ARROW TRICKS
Here's a cool little arrow trick to try with word processing programs. Next time you're using your arrow keys to go from
one area of a sentence to another (left and right arrows), hold down your CTRL key. Instead of moving one space at a
time, you'll go one word at a time.
If you're using the up and down arrows to go from line to line, holding down the CTRL key will make your cursor jump
from paragraph to paragraph (well, from carriage return to carriage return anyway).
One last thing, if you hold down the SHIFT key while you do this (i.e. hold down SHIFT + CTRL at the same time), you
select text as you arrow along.
I've tested this in MS Word and Wordpad, but it *should* work no matter what word processing program you use.
Do you ever find yourself scrolling through a huge folder ? Well, if you need to get to the beginning or the end quickly,
just press Ctrl+Home . If you want to get to the end, click Ctrl+End.
This little trick works on more than just folders. If you use the Home key in a word processor, it goes to the beginning of
the line you're currently working on. If you hit the END key, it should head to the end of the current line. If
you pair Home & End up with the Ctrl key in a word processor, you will be whisked away to the beginning or end of the
document. Again, this should work, but it depends on your word processor.
Useful Shortcut:
F1: Help
CTRL + ESC: Open Start menu
ALT + TAB: Switch between open programs
ALT + F4: Quit program
SHIFT + DELETE: Delete item permanently
CTRL + C: Copy
CTRL + X: Cut
CTRL + V: Paste
CTRL + Z: Undo
CTRL + B: Bold
CTRL + U: Underline
CTRL + I: Italic
Shell Objects and General Folder/Windows Explorer Shortcuts For a selected object:
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
Properties Control:
Accessibility Shortcuts: