Windows shortcuts
Desktop Shortcut keys
- To get to your Windows desktop when you have several different windows open
- Win key + M. Win key + Shift + M gets them all back again.
- Win key + D toggles between open applications and the desktop.
- To close all windows and applications quickly press Alt + F4.
Win Key (Wk) Shortcuts
- Wk Show Start Menu
- Wk + D Desktop (toggle)
- Wk + E Windows Explorer
- Wk + F Find
- Wk + R Run
- Wk + Pause System Properties
- Wk + Tab Steps through the programmes on the taskbar
- Wk + F1 Windows Help
- Wk + M Minimizes all open windows (+ shift M undoes the minimizing)
- Wk + BREAK System properties
- Wk + L Lock Keyboard
- Wk + U Utility Manager
- Wk + SHIFT + M Restore minimised Windows
- Wk + CTRL + F Search for computers
- WK + BREAK Display system properties dialogue box
Expand All Folders in Windows Explorer
- If you want to expand all the folders and subfolders for a particular drive, click on that drive and press
the ' * ' key on the numeric keyboard - Expand individual highlighted folders press '+'
Microsoft Access keyboard shortcuts
- Enter the Value that Appears in the Same Field in the Previous Record Keyboard Shortcut: Ctrl+' (apostrophe)
- To undo typing CTRL + Z or ALT + BACKSPACE
- To Undo changes Hit ESC once for current field, ESC twice for current record
- To insert the current date CTRL + SEMICOLON (;)
- To insert the current time CTRL + COLON (:)
- To insert the default value for a field CTRL +ALT + SPACEBAR
- To insert the value from the same CTRL + APOSTROPHE (') field in the previous record
- To add a new record CTRL + PLUS SIGN (+)
- To delete the current record CTRL + MINUS SIGN (-)
- To recalculate the fields in the window F9
Paint Shop Pro shortcuts
- CTRL+Z Undo
- CTRL+N Create a new image
- CTRL+Shift+T Displays all toolbars
- CTRL+A Select All
- CTRL+D Deselects the current selection
- CTRL+S Save
- F12 Save As
- CTRL+C Copy
- CTRL+X Cut
- CTRL+V Paste as a New Image
- CTRL+L Paste as a New Layer
- CTRL+E Paste as a New Selection
- Shift+S Resize an image
- CTRL+R Rotate an image
- CTRL+B Browse your images (display images in a folder) Very handy!! Click the image to the right to see a larger view of the Browse screen and directions on how to use the feature.
Microsoft Excel
- HOME Beginning of row
- CTRL + END Bottom of worksheet
- CTRL + PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN Different sheet
- END + RETURN End of row
- CTRL + SPACEBAR Entire column
- SHIFT + SPACEBAR Entire row
- CTRL + A Entire worksheet
- F8 Extend selection
- CTRL + F6 Go to next workbook
- CTRL + SHIFT + F6 Go to previous workbook
- PAGE UP / PAGE DOWN Previous / next screen
- CTRL + HOME Top of worksheet
- ALT+= Autosum
- CTRL + B Bold
- CTRL + I Italic
- CTRL + U Underline
- CTRL + SHIFT+& Border cells (outline)
- SHIFT + File Menu Close all workbooks
- CTRL + F4 Close workbook
- CTRL + SHIFT + S Currency number format
- CTRL +X Cut
- CTRL + ; Date
- CTRL + SHIFT + : Time
- CTRL + - Delete cells
- F2 Edit cell
- CTRL + D Fill down
- CTRL + R Fill right
- F1 Help
- CTRL + 9 Hide rows
- CTRL + 0 Hide columns
- CTRL + SHIFT + + Insert cells
- F11 Insert chart
- ALT + SHIFT + F1 New worksheet
- CTRL + O / CTRL + F12 Open workbook
- CTRL + P / CTRL + SHIFT + F12 Print workbook
- CTRL + FV Print preview
- CTRL + SHIFT + _ Remove borders
- F4 Repeat last action
- CTRL + S / SHIFT + F12
- CTRL + ALT + TAB Tab in cell
- CTRL + Z Undo
- CTRL + SHIFT + ( Unhide rows
- CTRL + SHIFT + ) Unhide columns
Microsoft Word
- CTRL+SHIFT+A All caps
- CTRL+B Bold
- CTRL+I Italic
- CTRL+U Underline
- CTRL+E Centre
- SHIFT+F3 Change case of letters
- CTRL+SHIFT+F Change font
- CTRL+W Close document
- CTRL+C Copy
- CTRL+V Paste
- CTRL+X Cut
- CTRL+2 Double line spacing
- CTRL+SHIFT+D Double underline
- CTRL+END End of document
- CTRL+HOME Start of document
- CTRL+F Find
- CTRL+D Format font
- SHIFT+F5 Go back to last position
- CTRL+G /F5 Go to
- CTRL+F6 Go to next document
- CTRL+M Indent
- ALT+SHIFT+D Insert date field
- CTRL+J Justify
- CTRL+L Left justify
- SHIFT+RETURN Line break
- CTRL+N New document
- CTRL+SHIFT+8 Show/Hide
- CTRL+SHIFT+N Normal style
- ALT+CTRL+N Normal view
- CTRL+O Open document
- CTRL+RETURN Page break
- ALT+CTRL+P Page layout view
- CTRL+P Print document
- CTRL+F2 Print preview
- CTRL+SHIFT+M Remove indent
- CTRL+R Right justify
- F12 Save as
- CTRL+S/SHIFT+F12 Save document
- CTRL+A Select document
- ALT+5 Select table
- CTRL+1 Single line spacing
- CTRL+SHIFT+K Small caps
- F7 Spelling and thesaurus check
- SHIFT+F7 Thesaurus