Monday, November 26, 2007

Handy Keyboard Shortcuts:

Everyone knows that Alt+Ctrl+Del interrupt the operating system, but most people don't know that many of the handy commands.
• Alt+F4 closes the current window.
• Ctrl+Esc will pop up the Start menu,
• Alt+Esc will bring the next window to the foreground,
• Alt+Tab or Alt+Shift+Tab will let you cycle through all available windows and jump to the one you select.
On keyboards that have the little "Windows" key down near the space bar, you probably know that you can press that key to open the Start menu. You can also use that key with other keys like you use the shift key. For example:
• Windows Logo: Start menu

• Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box

• Windows Logo+M: Minimize all

• SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all

• Windows Logo+F1: Help

• Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer

• Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders

• Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop

• CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer

• CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)

• Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons

• Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box

• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

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