KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS

 1.)  Windows Hotkeys

• Ctrl + Escape or Win: Display start menu.
• Shift + F10 or AppsKey: Display context menu.
• Win + E: Open Windows Explorer.
• Win + R: Open Run dialog.
• Win + M: Minimize all windows.
• Win + Shift + M: Undo minimize all windows.
• Win + D: Toggle minimize all windows. or toggle desktop view, using Show_Desktop.scf, while MinimizeAllWindows doesn't minimize dialog boxes (including Properties windows).'.
• Windows Hotkeys: Activate system tray. Arrow keys select, Enter double-clicks, and AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
• Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
• Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.
• Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
• Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
• Win + F1: Open Windows help.
• Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
• Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
• Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
• Alt + Tab: Display CoolSwitch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
• Alt + Shift + Tab: Display CoolSwitch; go in reverse.
• Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
• Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
• Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
• Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
• Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry (Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)
• Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
• Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
• Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
• Alt + Printscreen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
• Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OSes other than XP.
• Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
• Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.

2.)  Generic

• Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.
• Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.
• Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.
• Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.
• Ctrl + S: Save.
• Ctrl + O: Open...
• Ctrl + P: Print.
• Ctrl + Z: Undo.
• Ctrl + A: Select all.
• Ctrl + F: Find...
• Ctrl+W : to close the current window
• Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.
• F1: Open help.
• F11: Toggle full screen mode.
• Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.
• Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.
• Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.  

3.)  Generic Navigation

• Tab: Forward one item.
• Shift + Tab: Backward one item.
• Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.
• Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.
• Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.
• Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.
• Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name.
• Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.
• Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.
• Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph. This and all subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in RichEdit controls.
• Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.
• Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.
• Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.
• Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.
• Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.
• Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.
• Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.
• Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph.
• Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph.
• Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.
• End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.

4.)  Generic File Browser

• Arrow Keys: Navigate.
• Shift + Arrow Keys: Select multiple items.
• Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change focus without changing selection. "Focus" is the object that will run on Enter. Space toggles selection of the focused item.
• (Letter): Select first found item that begins with (Letter).
• BackSpace: Go up one level to the parent directory.
• Alt + Left: Go back one folder.
• Alt + Right: Go forward one folder.
• Enter: Activate (Double-click) selected item(s).
• Alt + Enter: View properties for selected item.
• F2: Rename selected item(s).
• Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a Details view, resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one.
• Delete: Delete selected item(s).
• Shift + Delete: Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin.
• Ctrl while dragging item(s): Copy.
• Ctrl + Shift while dragging item(s): Create shortcut(s).

In tree pane, if any:

• Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder.
• Right: Expand the current selection if collapsed, or select the first subfolder.
• NumpadAsterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.
• NumpadPlus: Expand currently selected directory.
• NumpadMinus: Collapse currently selected directory.

5.)  Accessibility

·         Right Shift for eight seconds: Toggle FilterKeys on and off. FilterKeys must be enabled.

·         Left Alt + Left Shift + PrintScreen: Toggle High Contrast on and off. High Contrast must be enabled.

·         Left Alt + Left Shift + NumLock: Toggle MouseKeys on and off. MouseKeys must be enabled.

·         NumLock for five seconds: Toggle ToggleKeys on and off. ToggleKeys must be enabled.

·         Shift five times: Toggle StickyKeys on and off. StickyKeys must be enabled.

6.)  Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType Software Installed

• Win + L: Log off Windows.
• Win + P: Open Print Manager.
• Win + C: Open control panel.
• Win + V: Open clipboard.
• Win + K: Open keyboard properties.
• Win + I: Open mouse properties.
• Win + A: Open Accessibility properties.
• Win + Space: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys.
• Win + S: Toggle CapsLock on and off.

7.)  Remote Desktop Connection Navigation

·         Ctrl + Alt + End: Open the NT Security dialog.

·         Alt + PageUp: Switch between programs.

·         Alt + PageDown: Switch between programs in reverse.

·         Alt + Insert: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order.

·         Alt + Home: Display start menu.

·         Ctrl + Alt + Break: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen.

·         Alt + Delete: Display the Windows menu.

·         Ctrl + Alt + NumpadMinus: Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing Alt + PrintScreen on a local computer.

·         Ctrl + Alt + NumpadPlus: Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PrintScreen on a local computer.

8.)  Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts 

·         Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown: Cycle through tabs.

·         Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp: Cycle through tabs in reverse.

·         Ctrl + (1-9): Switch to tab corresponding to number.

·         Ctrl + N: New window.

·         Ctrl + T: New tab.

·         Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6: Switch focus to location bar.

·         Ctrl + Enter: Open location in new tab.

·         Shift + Enter: Open location in new window.

·         Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E: Switch focus to search bar.

·         Ctrl + O: Open a local file.

·         Ctrl + W: Close tab, or window if there's only one tab open.

·         Ctrl + Shift + W: Close window.

·         Ctrl + S: Save page as a local file.

·         Ctrl + P: Print page.

·         Ctrl + F or F3: Open find toolbar.

·         Ctrl + G or F3: Find next...

·         Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3: Find previous...

·         Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I: Open Bookmarks sidebar.

·         Ctrl + H: Open History sidebar.

·         Escape: Stop loading page.

·         Ctrl + R or F5: Reload current page.

·         Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + F5: Reload current page; bypass cache.

·         Ctrl + U: View page source.

·         Ctrl + D: Bookmark current page.

·         Ctrl + NumpadPlus or Ctrl + Equals (+/=): Increase text size.

·         Ctrl + NumpadMinus or Ctrl + Minus: Decrease text size.

·         Ctrl + Numpad0 or Ctrl + 0: Set text size to default.

·         Alt + Left or Backspace: Back.

·         Alt + Right or Shift + Backspace: Forward.

·         Alt + Home: Open home page.

·         Ctrl + M: Open new message in integrated mail client.

·         Ctrl + J: Open Downloads dialog.

·         F6: Switch to next frame. You must have selected something on the page already, e.g. by use of Tab.

·         Shift + F6: Switch to previous frame.

·         Apostrophe ('): Find link as you type.

·         Slash (/): Find text as you type.

9.)  GMail

Note: Must have "keyboard shortcuts" on in settings.

o    C: Compose new message.

o    Shift + C: Open new window to compose new message.

o    Slash (/): Switch focus to search box.

o    K: Switch focus to the next most recent email. Enter or "O" opens focused email.

o    J: Switch focus to the next oldest email.

o    N: Switch focus to the next message in the "conversation." Enter or "O" expands/collapses messages.

o    P: Switch focus to the previous message.

o    U: Takes you back to the inbox and checks for new mail.

o    Y: Various actions depending on current view:

Has no effect in "Sent" and "All Mail" views.

·         Inbox: Archive email or message.

·         Starred: Unstar email or message.

·         Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to "Inbox."

·         Trash: Move back to "Inbox."

·         Any label: Remove the label.

o    X: "Check" an email. Various actions can be performed against all checked emails.

o    S: "Star" an email. Identical to the more familiar term, "flagging."

o    R: Reply to the email.

o    A: Reply to all recipients of the email.

o    F: Forward an email.

o    Shift + R: Reply to the email in a new window.

o    Shift + A: Reply to all recipients of the email in a new window.

o    Shift + F: Forward an email in a new window.

o    Shift + 1 (!): Mark an email as spam and remove it from the inbox.

o    G then I: Switch to "Inbox" view.

o    G then S: Switch to "Starred" view.

o    G then A: Switch to "All Mail" view.

o    G then C: Switch to "Contacts" view.

o    G then S: Switch to "Drafts" view.

10.)  List of F1-F9 Key Commands for the Command Prompt

o    F1 / right arrow: Repeats the letters of the last command line, one by one.

o    F2: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to copy up to" of the last command line

o    F3: Repeats the last command line

o    F4: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to delete up to" of the last command line

o    F5: Goes back one command line

o    F6: Enters the traditional CTRL+Z (^z)

o    F7: Displays a menu with the command line history

o    F8: Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent)

o    F9: Displays a dialog asking user to enter a command number, where 0 is for first command line entered.

o    Alt+Enter: toggle fullScreen mode.

o    up/down: scroll thru/repeat previous entries

o    Esc: delete line
Note: The buffer allows a maximum of 50 command lines. After this number is reached, the first line will be replaced in sequence