Windows Key + R : start run prompt (XP)
Windows Key + E : start file explorer (XP)
Windows Key + M : minimize all windows (XP)
Windows Key + Shift + M : restore all windows (XP)
Ctrl + Shift + Esc : start task manager (XP)
Alt+Space : show current application’s window controls (XP)
F2 : in explorer and office applications : change the text of an object
F4 : within Office Applications – Repeat last formatting option
F5 : refresh or reload page (explorer, browsers, etc.. )
F9 : Office applications : refresh selected text links (for TOC)
Tab : Advance to next field or clickable object
Shift+Tab : Advance to previous field or clickable object
Ctrl+Enter : In Excel : insert whitespace in this cell
In Email : send email
F7 : Spellcheck (MS Office, Email clients)
Ctrl+N : start new instance of program, MS Office: new document
Ctrl+S : Save
Ctrl+O : Open
Alt+(underlined character) : enable drop down menu with this character
Alt+F4 : close application in focus
ALt+PrintScrn : Take a screenshot of active application only and put into clipboard ( alt+printscr , win+r , mspaint , ctrl+v, ctrl+s saves your screenshot — start to finish )
Menu button : brings up a menu on the current object you’ve selected — your keyboard doesn’t have it, lots do ( http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Menu_key )
Ctrl+Alt+Del : bring up login screen, can be configured to bring up taskmgr
ctrl+z : Undo
Ctrl+F5 all the time, it refreshes your browser, clearing the cache for that page. Very useful for web development.
On some sites that require your ID and password, hit TAB after typing your ID so that you proceed directly on the password input.
Some of these browser ones may be Firefox-specific.
Ctrl-T New Tab
Ctrl-W Close Tab (and close window in many apps)
Ctrl-Shift-T Open last closed tab
Ctrl-Z Undo
Ctrl-Y Redo
Mousewheel-click Opens link as new tab
Ctrl-S Save
Ctrl-O Open
Ctrl-N New
Ctrl-P Print
Ctrl-F Find
F3 Find Again
Ctrl-Shift-Escape Task Manager. You also can’t accidentally reboot with it like you can with Ctrl-Alt-Delete
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