General keyboard shortcuts

General keyboard shortcuts

• Ctrl+C (Copy)
• Ctrl+X (Delete selected item and save a copy to the clipboard)
• Ctrl+V (Paste)
• Ctrl+Z (Undo)
• Delete (Delete) 
• Shift+Delete (Delete the selected item permanently without moving the item to the Recycle Bin) 
• Ctrl while dragging an item (Copy the selected item)
• Ctrl+Shift while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item)
• F2 key (Rename the selected item)
• Ctrl+Right Arrow (Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word) 
• Ctrl+Left Arrow (Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word) 
• Ctrl+Down Arrow (Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph) 
• Ctrl+Up Arrow (Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph) 
• Ctrl+Shift with any arrow key (Highlight a block of text) 
• Shift with any arrow key (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document) 
• Ctrl+A (Select all) 
• F3 key (Search for a file or a folder)
• Alt+Enter (View the properties for the selected item) 
• Alt+F4 (Close the active item, or exit 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 multiple documents to be open at the same time) 
• Alt+Tab (Switch between the open items) 
• Alt+Esc (Cycle through items in the order in which they were 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 in 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 in a menu name (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 or Windows Explorer) 
• Esc (Cancel the current task)
• Shift when you insert a CD into the CD drive (Prevent the CD from automatically playing)
• Ctrl+Shift+Esc (Open Task Manager)