1/1 Th e mo st u se fu l W in d o w s Ke y b oa rd S h or tcu t s – Ti p s & Tr ic k s Win d o w s Sh ort cu t s

Manage Actions / Programs Office (Word, Excel, Powerpoint, …) & Internet Browser Screenshots
[Windows] Open or close the Start menu [Ctrl] + [Home] Go to the top of a document / page [Alt] + [PrtScn] Screenshot of the active window
[Windows] + [E] Start Windows Explorer to “Computer” [Ctrl] + [End] Go to the bottom of a document / page [PrtScn] Screenshot of the whole monitor
[Windows] + [R] Open run command dialog box … + [Shift] Select from current position to top / Windows Explorer / Desktop
bottom
[Windows] + [Pause] Display the System Properties [Alt] + [Enter] Properties dialog box for the selected item
[Ctrl] + [Z] Undo last change / action
[Windows] + [L] Lock the keyboard / computer [←] / [→] Explorer-Navigations-Pane: collapse /
[Ctrl] + [Y] Redo last change / action expand folder structure
Arrange & Select Windows
[Ctrl] + [S] Save document [Ctrl] + [Shift] + [N] Create New Folder
[Windows] + [D] Display the desktop (and go back to app.)
[F12] Save as new file [Ctrl] + [N] Open new window (identical path)
[Windows] + [M] Minimize all windows (+ [Shift] = restore)
[Ctrl] + [N] Create a new document / window [Alt] + [↑] Go up one level (folder hierarchy)
[Windows] + [←] / [→] Minimize / dock window
[Ctrl] + [T] Create a new tab (Browser) [Enter] Go down one level (folder hierarchy)
[Windows] + [↑] / [↓] Maximize / minimize window
[Ctrl] + [O] Open an existing file [Alt] + [←] / [→] Go Back / Go Forward (= blue arrows)
[Windows] + [1] .. [9] Activates window number 1 … 9 of the
task bar (+ [Shift] = new instance) [Ctrl] + [P] Print current file [Shift] + [right mouse Adds e.g. the item ‘Copy as Path’ to the
button] on selected file context menu
[Windows] + [T] Cycle through programs on the taskbar (+ [Ctrl] + [W] Close current tab / window
[Shift] backward) [Shift] + [right mouse Adds e.g. the item ‘Open Command
[Ctrl] + [F] Select the search box
button] on selected folder Window here’ to the context menu
[Windows] + [B] Activates the taskbar
[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [V] Paste Special (= Paste Options)
[Alt] + [A] + [L] / [I] / [D] Changes the Explorer view to Large Icons
Left mouse button + [Shift] Starts a new instance of the program in / Content / Details
[Ctrl] + [Mouse scroll Change the size and appearance (=
the taskbar
wheel] zoom: increase / decrease view)
+ [Ctrl] … in administrator mode [Alt] + [A] + [O] Explorer Command „Sort by …“
Close Programs / Tabs [Alt] + [A] + [M] Explorer Command „Open with …“
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[Ctrl] + [Tab] Switch (move) forward between tabs / [Shift] + [Delete] Delete item directly (without recycle bin)
[Windows] + [+] Activates the magnifier (= display utility)
index cards (+ [Shift] backwards)
[Windows] + [Esc] De-activates the magnifier Position Cursor / Select Text (Items)
[Ctrl] + [F4] Close active document / tab / subroutine
Access Menu Bar [Ctrl] + [←] / [→] Position cursor at the start of the
[Alt] + [F4] Exit the active program
previous / next word
[Alt] Activates the menu bar
Accessing Microsoft Windows Features [Ctrl] + [↑] / [↓] Position cursor at the start of the
[Alt] + underlined letter Perform the menu item / command previous / next paragraph
[Shift] + [F10] Open shortcut menu (= right mouse click)
Select running Programs / Applications [Esc] Cancel current task [Ctrl] + [Shift] + Arrows … simultaneous selection (highlight)
[Alt] + [Tab] Switch between open tasks / programs (+ [Space Bar] Single left mouse click (check box) [Ctrl] + ([Shift)] + [↑] / [↓] Cursor to first / last filled cell; with [End]
[Shift] backwards) EXCEL only instead of the arrow keys, it works over
[F5] Refresh (Explorer, Browser) several columns
[Alt] + [Esc] See above, but cycles directly through
running programs (+ [Shift] backward) [F2] Rename the selected item Own Shortcuts
Copy & Paste (C&P) [F8] Boot into the Safe Mode

[Ctrl] + [C] Copy a selected item [F10] Activate / Deactivate Menu Bar

[Ctrl] + [X] Cut (Move) a selected Item [F11] Full-Screen mode On / Off

[Ctrl] + [V] Paste a selected item (from the clipboard) [Ctrl] Drag & Drop (D&D): changes to ‚copy‘
(instead of move)
[Ctrl] + [A] Select all (= everything)
[Shift] + [Alt] Change language settings of keyboard,
e.g. from QWERTZ to QWERTY
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