KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

                                  GENERAL KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

• CTRL+C ---- Copy
• CTRL+X ---- Cut
• CTRL+V ---- Paste
• CTRL+Z ---- Undo
• DELETE ---- Delete
• SHIFT+DELETE ---- Delete the selected items permanently without          placing the items in the Recycle Bin.
• CTRL when you are dragging the items ----Copy the selected item
• CTRL+SHIFT when you are dragging the items----Create a shortcut to the selected item.
• F2 key ---- Rename the selected item.

• CTRL+RIGHT ARROW ---- Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.
• CTRL+LEFT ARROW ---- Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
• CTRL+DOWN ARROW ---- Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph.
• CTRL+UP ARROW ---- Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
• CTRL+SHIFT with any one of the arrow keys --- Highlighted the block of text.
• SHIFT with any one of the arrow keys ---- Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document .

• CTRL+A ---- Select all  the items in a current applications/documents.

• F3 key ---- Search for a file or a folder.

• ALT+ENTER ---- View the properties for the selected items.

• ALT+F4 ---- Close the active item, or quit the active program.
• ALT+ENTER ---- Display the properties of the selected object.
• ALT+SPACEBAR ---- Open the shortcut menu for the active window.

• CTRL+F4 ---- Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously.
• ALT+TAB ---- Switch between the open items.
• ALT+ESC ---- Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened.
• F6 key ---- Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop.
• F4 key ---- Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

          • SHIFT+F10 ---- Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.
          • ALT+SPACEBAR ---- Display the System menu for the active window.
          • CTRL+ESC ---- Display the Start menu.
          • ALT+Underlined letter  ---- Display the corresponding   menu.
      • Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Perform the   corresponding command.                                                                           
          • F10 key ---- Activate the menu bar in the active program.
          • RIGHT ARROW ---- Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu
          • LEFT ARROW ---- Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.
          • F5 key ---- Update the active window.
        • BACKSPACE ----View the folder one level up in My Computer/Windows Explorer.
          • ESC ---- Cancel the current task.
        • SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing.
          • CTRL+SHIFT+ESC ---- Open Task Manager.

Dialog box keyboard shortcuts :

If you press SHIFT+F8 in extended selection list boxes, you enable extended selection mode. In this mode, you can use an arrow key to move a cursor without changing the selection. You can press CTRL+SPACEBAR or SHIFT+SPACEBAR to adjust the selection. To cancel extended selection mode, press SHIFT+F8 again. Extended selection mode cancels itself when you move the focus to another control.
• CTRL+TAB ---- Move forward through the tabs.
• CTRL+SHIFT+TAB ---- Move backward through the tabs.
• TAB ---- Move forward through the options.
• SHIFT+TAB ---- Move backward through the options.
• ALT+Underlined letter ---- Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option.
• ENTER ---- Perform the command for the active option or button.
• SPACEBAR ---- Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box.
• Arrow keys ---- Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons.
• F1 key ---- Display Help.
• F4 key ---- Display the items in the active list.
• BACKSPACE ---- Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box.

Microsoft natural keyboard shortcuts:

• Windows Logo ---- Display or hide the Start menu
• Windows Logo+BREAK ---- Display the System Properties dialog box.
• Windows Logo+D ---- Display the desktop.
• Windows Logo+M ---- Minimize all of the windows.
• Windows Logo+SHIFT+M ---- Restore the minimized windows.
• Windows Logo+E ---- Open My Computer.
• Windows Logo+F ---- Search for a file or a folder.
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F ---- Search for computers.
• Windows Logo+F1 ---- Display Windows Help.
• Windows Logo+ L ---- Lock the keyboard.
• Windows Logo+R  ---- Open the Run dialog box.
• Windows Logo+U ---- Open Utility Manager.