Question | Answer |
QWERTY | the first six letters in the top keyboard row |
Esc. | equivalent of the cancel button |
F1 | brings up the help menu; if there is no open application it will open windows help |
F2 | renames the selected item or object |
F3 | displays the FIND: ALL FILES dialog box |
F4 | selects the GO TO A DIFFERENT FOLDER box and moves down the entries in the box |
F5 | refreshes the current window |
F6 | moves among panes in Windows Explorer |
F7 | return to keyboard |
F8 | return to keyboard |
F9 | return to keyboard |
F10 | activates menu bar option |
F11 | allows you to toggle between full screen viewing mode and normal viewing mode |
F12 | return to keyboard |
Print Screen/SysRq | pressing the print key screen causes the computer to send whatever images and text are currently on the display screen to the printer |
Tab | this key can be used to move forward through options in a dialog box |
Caps Lock | locks the keyboard in CAPITALS |
Shift | allows section of capital letters when depressing the alphabet characters above other non-alpha keys |
Ctrl | allows multiple sections |
Ctrl A | select ALL items |
Ctrl B | add or remove Bold formatting |
Ctrl C | Copy, places the selected copy on the clipboard |
Ctrl C+C | opens the clipboard |
Ctrl F | opens the Find What dialog box |
Ctrl H | also known as replace: it brings up the find and replace box |
Ctrl I | add or remove Italic formatting |
Ctrl N | opens a new window |
Ctrl O | brings up a browse dialog and allows you to select a file to open |
Ctrl P | Print |
Ctrl S | Save |
Ctrl U | add or remove underline formatting |
Ctrl V | paste |
Ctrl W | will close the document that is currently open |
Ctrl X | will cut or remove the selected or copied item |
Ctrl Y | redoes the last command |
Ctrl Z | undo last command |
Ctrl Esc. | open the start menu |
Ctrl = | spell checker |
Ctrl Shift | creates a shortcut |
Ctrl Tab | allows movement from one open window to the next |
Ctrl F4 | closes a window of an application without closing the application |
Ctrl F5 | will refresh the webpage |
Windows | displays the Start Menu |
Windows D | minimizes all windows and shows the desktop |
Windows D | opens all windows and takes you right back to where you were |
Windows E | opens a new explorer window |
Windows F | Find all dialog box |
Windows L | Locks your windows computer |
Windows M | Minimizes all open windows |
Windows Shift M | restores all previously open windows to how they were before you minimized them |
Windows R | Displays the Run command |
Windows F1 | Displays the Windows Help option |
Windows Pause/Break | Systems Properties |
Windows Tab | cycle through the buttons on the task bar |
Alt | Located on either side of the space bar |
Alt F4 | closes the currently active window |
Alt Underlined letter in menu | to carry out the corresponding menu |
Alt Left/Right arrows | moves back or forth through pages visited in a window |
Alt Space Bar | displays the current windows system menu |
Alt Enter | displays selected items properties |
Alt PrtScn | captures the top window of the active application |
Alt Space Bar C | closes a window |
Alt - | displays the current windows systems menu |
Alt Tab | displays a list of open application windows |
Alt Ctrl | displays shortcut window |
Space Bar | inserts space between words |
Enter | creates a new paragraph |
Shift Enter | creates a new Line Break |
Shift Arrow | highlights |
Backspace | deletes characters |
Insert | return to keyboard |
Home | goes to the first line of a document |
Page up | moves up one full screen |
delete | deletes character to the right of the insertions point |
End | depress and hold the Ctrl as you select End to go to the last line of a document |
Page Down | moves one full screen down |
Up arrow | goes to the line above |
Right arrow | goes to the right |
Down arrow | goes to the line below |
Left arrow | goes to the left |
Num Lock | unlocks the numeric keyboard on the left or right of the keyboard |
* | expands everything under the current selection |
- | collapses the current selection |
+ | expands the current selection |