Keyboard Shorcuts
(Microsoft Windows)
1. CTRL+C (Copy)
2. CTRL+X (Cut)
... 3. CTRL+V (Paste)
4. CTRL+Z (Undo)
5. DELETE (Delete)
6. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete
the selected item
permanently without
placing the item in the
Recycle Bin)
7. CTRL while dragging an
item (Copy the selected
item)
8. CTRL+SHIFT while
dragging an item (Create a
shortcut to the selected
item)
9. F2 key (Rename the
selected item)
10. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
(Move the insertion point
to the beginning of the
next word)
11. CTRL+LEFT ARROW
(Move the insertion point
to the beginning of the
previous word)
12. CTRL+DOWN ARROW
(Move the insertion point
to the beginning of the
next paragraph)
13. CTRL+UP ARROW (Move
the insertion point to the
beginning of the previous
paragraph)
14. CTRL+SHIFT with any of
the arrow keys (Highlight a
block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow
keys (Select more than one
item in a window or on the
desktop, or select text in a
document)
15. CTRL+A (Select all)
16. F3 key (Search for a
file or a folder)
17. ALT+ENTER (View the
properties for the selected
item)
18. ALT+F4 (Close the
active item, or quit the
active program)
19. ALT+ENTER (Display the
properties of the selected
object)
20. ALT+SPACEBAR (Open
the shortcut menu for the
active window)
21. CTRL+F4 (Close the
active document in
programs that enable you
to have multiple
documents
opensimultaneou sly)
22. ALT+TAB (Switch
between the open items)
23. ALT+ESC (Cycle through
items in the order that
they had been opened)
24. F6 key (Cycle through
the screen elements in a
window or on the desktop)
25. F4 key (Display the
Address bar list in My
Computer or Windows
Explorer)
26. SHIFT+F10 (Display the
shortcut menu for the
selected item)
27. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display
the System menu for the
active window)
28. CTRL+ESC (Display the
Start menu)
29. 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)
30. F10 key (Activate the
menu bar in the active
program)
31. RIGHT ARROW (Open
the next menu to the right,
or open a submenu)
32. LEFT ARROW (Open the
next menu to the left, or
close a submenu)
33. F5 key (Update the
active window)
34. BACKSPACE (View the
folder onelevel up in My
Computer or Windows
Explorer)
35. ESC (Cancel the current
task)
36. SHIFT when you insert
a CD-ROMinto the CD-ROM
drive (Prevent the CD-ROM
from automatically playing)
Dialog Box - Keyboard
Shortcuts
1. CTRL+TAB (Move forward
through the tabs)
2. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move
backward through the tabs)
3. TAB (Move forward
through the options)
4. SHIFT+TAB (Move
backward through the
options)
5. ALT+Underlined letter
(Perform the corresponding
command or select the
corresponding option)
6. ENTER (Perform the
command for the active
option or button)
7. SPACEBAR (Select or
clear the check box if the
active option is a check
box)
8. Arrow keys (Select a
button if the active option
is a group of option
buttons)
9. F1 key (Display Help)
10. F4 key (Display the
items in the active list)
11. BACKSPACE (Open a
folder one level up if a
folder is selected in the
Save As or Open dialog
box)
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Shortcuts
1. Windows Logo (Display
or hide the Start menu)
2. Windows Logo+BREAK
(Display the System
Properties dialog box)
3. Windows Logo+D
(Display the desktop)
4. Windows Logo+M
(Minimize all of the
windows)
5. Windows Logo+SHIFT+M
(Restorethe minimized
windows)
6. Windows Logo+E (Open
My Computer)
7. Windows Logo+F (Search
for a file or a folder)
8. CTRL+Windows Logo+F
(Search for computers)
9. Windows Logo+F1
(Display Windows Help)
10. Windows Logo+ L (Lock
the keyboard)
11. Windows Logo+R (Open
the Run dialog box)
12. Windows Logo+U (Open
Utility Manager)
13. Accessibility Keyboard
Shortcuts
14. Right SHIFT for eight
seconds (Switch FilterKeys
either on or off)
15. Left ALT+left SHIFT
+PRINT SCREEN (Switch
High Contrast either on or
off)
16. Left ALT+left SHIFT
+NUM LOCK (Switch the
MouseKeys either on or off)
17. SHIFT five times (Switch
the StickyKeys either on or
off)
18. NUM LOCK for five
seconds (Switch the
ToggleKeys either on or off)
19. Windows Logo +U
(Open Utility Manager)
20. Windows Explorer
Keyboard Shortcuts
21. END (Display the
bottom of the active
window)
22. HOME (Display the top
of the active window)
23. NUM LOCK+Asterisk
sign (*) (Display all of the
subfolders that are under
the selected folder)
24. NUM LOCK+Plus sign
(+) (Display the contents of
the selected folder)
25. NUM LOCK+Minus sign
(-) (Collapse the selected
folder)
26. LEFT ARROW (Collapse
the current selection if it is
expanded, or select the
parent folder)
27. RIGHT ARROW (Display
the current selection if it is
collapsed, or select the first
subfolder)
Shortcut Keys for Character
Map
After you double-click a
character on the grid of
characters, you can move
through the grid by using
the keyboard shortcuts:
1. RIGHT ARROW (Move to
the rightor to the beginning
of the next line)
2. LEFT ARROW (Move to
the left orto the end of the
previous line)
3. UP ARROW (Move up
one row)
4. DOWN ARROW (Move
down one row)
5. PAGE UP (Move up one
screen at a time)
6. PAGE DOWN (Move down
one screen at a time)
7. HOME (Move to the
beginning of the line)
8. END (Move to the end of
the line)
9. CTRL+HOME (Move to
the first character)
10. CTRL+END (Move to the
last character)
11. SPACEBAR (Switch
between Enlarged and
Normal mode when a
character is selected)
Microsoft Management
Console (MMC)
Main Window Keyboard
Shortcuts
1. CTRL+O (Open a saved
console)
2. CTRL+N (Open a new
console)
3. CTRL+S (Save the open
console)
4. CTRL+M (Add or remove
a console item)
5. CTRL+W (Open a new
window)
6. F5 key (Update the
content of all console
windows)
7. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display
the MMC window menu)
8. ALT+F4 (Close the
console)
9. ALT+A (Display the
Action menu)
10. ALT+V (Display the
View menu)
11. ALT+F (Display the File
menu)
12. ALT+O (Display the
Favorites menu)
MMC Console Window
Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+P (Print the
current page or active
pane)
2. ALT+Minus sign (-)
(Display the window menu
for the active console
window)
3. SHIFT+F10 (Display the
Action shortcut menu for
the selected item)
4. F1 key (Open the Help
topic, if any, for the
selected item)
5. F5 key (Update the
content of all console
windows)
6. CTRL+F10 (Maximize the
active console window)
7. CTRL+F5 (Restore the
active console window)
8. ALT+ENTER (Display the
Properties dialog box, if
any, for theselected item)
9. F2 key (Rename the
selected item)
10. CTRL+F4 (Close the
active console window.
When a console has only
one console window, this
shortcut closes the console)
Remote Desktop
Connection Navigation
1. CTRL+ALT+END (Open
the Microsoft Windows NT
Security dialog box)
2. ALT+PAGE UP (Switch
between programs from left
to right)
3. ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch
between programs from
right to left)
4. ALT+INSERT (Cycle
through the programs in
most recently used order)
5. ALT+HOME (Display the
Start menu)
6. CTRL+ALT+BREAK
(Switch the client computer
between a window and a
full screen)
7. ALT+DELETE (Display the
Windows menu)
8. CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-)
(Place a snapshot of the
active window in the client
on the Terminal server
clipboard and provide the
same functionality as
pressing PRINT SCREEN on
a local computer.)
9. CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+)
(Place asnapshot of the
entire client window area
on the Terminal server
clipboardand provide the
same functionality
aspressing ALT+PRINT
SCREEN on a local
computer.)
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+B (Open the
Organize Favorites dialog
box)
2. CTRL+E (Open the
Search bar)
3. CTRL+F (Start the Find
utility)
4. CTRL+H (Open the
History bar)
5. CTRL+I (Open the
Favorites bar)
6. CTRL+L (Open the Open
dialog box)
7. CTRL+N (Start another
instance of the browser
with the same Web
address)
8. CTRL+O (Open the Open
dialog box,the same as
CTRL+L)
9. CTRL+P (Open the Print
dialog box)
10. CTRL+R (Update the
current Web page.
(Microsoft Windows)
1. CTRL+C (Copy)
2. CTRL+X (Cut)
... 3. CTRL+V (Paste)
4. CTRL+Z (Undo)
5. DELETE (Delete)
6. SHIFT+DELETE (Delete
the selected item
permanently without
placing the item in the
Recycle Bin)
7. CTRL while dragging an
item (Copy the selected
item)
8. CTRL+SHIFT while
dragging an item (Create a
shortcut to the selected
item)
9. F2 key (Rename the
selected item)
10. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
(Move the insertion point
to the beginning of the
next word)
11. CTRL+LEFT ARROW
(Move the insertion point
to the beginning of the
previous word)
12. CTRL+DOWN ARROW
(Move the insertion point
to the beginning of the
next paragraph)
13. CTRL+UP ARROW (Move
the insertion point to the
beginning of the previous
paragraph)
14. CTRL+SHIFT with any of
the arrow keys (Highlight a
block of text)
SHIFT with any of the arrow
keys (Select more than one
item in a window or on the
desktop, or select text in a
document)
15. CTRL+A (Select all)
16. F3 key (Search for a
file or a folder)
17. ALT+ENTER (View the
properties for the selected
item)
18. ALT+F4 (Close the
active item, or quit the
active program)
19. ALT+ENTER (Display the
properties of the selected
object)
20. ALT+SPACEBAR (Open
the shortcut menu for the
active window)
21. CTRL+F4 (Close the
active document in
programs that enable you
to have multiple
documents
opensimultaneou sly)
22. ALT+TAB (Switch
between the open items)
23. ALT+ESC (Cycle through
items in the order that
they had been opened)
24. F6 key (Cycle through
the screen elements in a
window or on the desktop)
25. F4 key (Display the
Address bar list in My
Computer or Windows
Explorer)
26. SHIFT+F10 (Display the
shortcut menu for the
selected item)
27. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display
the System menu for the
active window)
28. CTRL+ESC (Display the
Start menu)
29. 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)
30. F10 key (Activate the
menu bar in the active
program)
31. RIGHT ARROW (Open
the next menu to the right,
or open a submenu)
32. LEFT ARROW (Open the
next menu to the left, or
close a submenu)
33. F5 key (Update the
active window)
34. BACKSPACE (View the
folder onelevel up in My
Computer or Windows
Explorer)
35. ESC (Cancel the current
task)
36. SHIFT when you insert
a CD-ROMinto the CD-ROM
drive (Prevent the CD-ROM
from automatically playing)
Dialog Box - Keyboard
Shortcuts
1. CTRL+TAB (Move forward
through the tabs)
2. CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move
backward through the tabs)
3. TAB (Move forward
through the options)
4. SHIFT+TAB (Move
backward through the
options)
5. ALT+Underlined letter
(Perform the corresponding
command or select the
corresponding option)
6. ENTER (Perform the
command for the active
option or button)
7. SPACEBAR (Select or
clear the check box if the
active option is a check
box)
8. Arrow keys (Select a
button if the active option
is a group of option
buttons)
9. F1 key (Display Help)
10. F4 key (Display the
items in the active list)
11. BACKSPACE (Open a
folder one level up if a
folder is selected in the
Save As or Open dialog
box)
Microsoft Natural Keyboard
Shortcuts
1. Windows Logo (Display
or hide the Start menu)
2. Windows Logo+BREAK
(Display the System
Properties dialog box)
3. Windows Logo+D
(Display the desktop)
4. Windows Logo+M
(Minimize all of the
windows)
5. Windows Logo+SHIFT+M
(Restorethe minimized
windows)
6. Windows Logo+E (Open
My Computer)
7. Windows Logo+F (Search
for a file or a folder)
8. CTRL+Windows Logo+F
(Search for computers)
9. Windows Logo+F1
(Display Windows Help)
10. Windows Logo+ L (Lock
the keyboard)
11. Windows Logo+R (Open
the Run dialog box)
12. Windows Logo+U (Open
Utility Manager)
13. Accessibility Keyboard
Shortcuts
14. Right SHIFT for eight
seconds (Switch FilterKeys
either on or off)
15. Left ALT+left SHIFT
+PRINT SCREEN (Switch
High Contrast either on or
off)
16. Left ALT+left SHIFT
+NUM LOCK (Switch the
MouseKeys either on or off)
17. SHIFT five times (Switch
the StickyKeys either on or
off)
18. NUM LOCK for five
seconds (Switch the
ToggleKeys either on or off)
19. Windows Logo +U
(Open Utility Manager)
20. Windows Explorer
Keyboard Shortcuts
21. END (Display the
bottom of the active
window)
22. HOME (Display the top
of the active window)
23. NUM LOCK+Asterisk
sign (*) (Display all of the
subfolders that are under
the selected folder)
24. NUM LOCK+Plus sign
(+) (Display the contents of
the selected folder)
25. NUM LOCK+Minus sign
(-) (Collapse the selected
folder)
26. LEFT ARROW (Collapse
the current selection if it is
expanded, or select the
parent folder)
27. RIGHT ARROW (Display
the current selection if it is
collapsed, or select the first
subfolder)
Shortcut Keys for Character
Map
After you double-click a
character on the grid of
characters, you can move
through the grid by using
the keyboard shortcuts:
1. RIGHT ARROW (Move to
the rightor to the beginning
of the next line)
2. LEFT ARROW (Move to
the left orto the end of the
previous line)
3. UP ARROW (Move up
one row)
4. DOWN ARROW (Move
down one row)
5. PAGE UP (Move up one
screen at a time)
6. PAGE DOWN (Move down
one screen at a time)
7. HOME (Move to the
beginning of the line)
8. END (Move to the end of
the line)
9. CTRL+HOME (Move to
the first character)
10. CTRL+END (Move to the
last character)
11. SPACEBAR (Switch
between Enlarged and
Normal mode when a
character is selected)
Microsoft Management
Console (MMC)
Main Window Keyboard
Shortcuts
1. CTRL+O (Open a saved
console)
2. CTRL+N (Open a new
console)
3. CTRL+S (Save the open
console)
4. CTRL+M (Add or remove
a console item)
5. CTRL+W (Open a new
window)
6. F5 key (Update the
content of all console
windows)
7. ALT+SPACEBAR (Display
the MMC window menu)
8. ALT+F4 (Close the
console)
9. ALT+A (Display the
Action menu)
10. ALT+V (Display the
View menu)
11. ALT+F (Display the File
menu)
12. ALT+O (Display the
Favorites menu)
MMC Console Window
Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+P (Print the
current page or active
pane)
2. ALT+Minus sign (-)
(Display the window menu
for the active console
window)
3. SHIFT+F10 (Display the
Action shortcut menu for
the selected item)
4. F1 key (Open the Help
topic, if any, for the
selected item)
5. F5 key (Update the
content of all console
windows)
6. CTRL+F10 (Maximize the
active console window)
7. CTRL+F5 (Restore the
active console window)
8. ALT+ENTER (Display the
Properties dialog box, if
any, for theselected item)
9. F2 key (Rename the
selected item)
10. CTRL+F4 (Close the
active console window.
When a console has only
one console window, this
shortcut closes the console)
Remote Desktop
Connection Navigation
1. CTRL+ALT+END (Open
the Microsoft Windows NT
Security dialog box)
2. ALT+PAGE UP (Switch
between programs from left
to right)
3. ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch
between programs from
right to left)
4. ALT+INSERT (Cycle
through the programs in
most recently used order)
5. ALT+HOME (Display the
Start menu)
6. CTRL+ALT+BREAK
(Switch the client computer
between a window and a
full screen)
7. ALT+DELETE (Display the
Windows menu)
8. CTRL+ALT+Minus sign (-)
(Place a snapshot of the
active window in the client
on the Terminal server
clipboard and provide the
same functionality as
pressing PRINT SCREEN on
a local computer.)
9. CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+)
(Place asnapshot of the
entire client window area
on the Terminal server
clipboardand provide the
same functionality
aspressing ALT+PRINT
SCREEN on a local
computer.)
Microsoft Internet Explorer
Keyboard Shortcuts
1. CTRL+B (Open the
Organize Favorites dialog
box)
2. CTRL+E (Open the
Search bar)
3. CTRL+F (Start the Find
utility)
4. CTRL+H (Open the
History bar)
5. CTRL+I (Open the
Favorites bar)
6. CTRL+L (Open the Open
dialog box)
7. CTRL+N (Start another
instance of the browser
with the same Web
address)
8. CTRL+O (Open the Open
dialog box,the same as
CTRL+L)
9. CTRL+P (Open the Print
dialog box)
10. CTRL+R (Update the
current Web page.
