Wednesday, August 18, 2010

Keyboard Shortcuts to Remember

When getting into repairing or using computers, learning keyboard shortcuts is a must for everyone to save time everyday! Check out these cool links about keyboard shortcuts.  Coming soon Pc Repair Course !

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

http://www.tomsguide.com/us/pictures-story/189-shortcuts-keyboard-tips.html

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