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Computer Help 101 |
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![]() The Wizard's Hot Keys/Shortcuts (Basic Ones)
The following is a Basic list of Windows hot/shortcut keys. "Mousing around" is a tremendous time waster. Windows was designed with the ability to use the keyboard instead of the mouse for MOST things. Using the keyboard will save you a tremendous amount of time, once you learn the keys, and substitute them for the mouse. Print this page out, (Ctl+p) and tack it on the wall in front of you. Abbreviations used: App=Application; Sh=Shift Key; W=Windows Key; Sp=Space bar F1 to F12 = function keys, Ctl = Ctrl Key, Alt = Alt Key. Notation: Example: Alt+sp,x means hold down the alt key, then while holding it down press the space bar. Then release both and hit the x key. W,s,c means hit the windows key, then hit the s key, then hit the c key (gets you into the control panel). Windows: The windows key (looks like a little flying window = Same as clicking on 'Start' in the taskbar at the bottom of your screen. Left Arrow = When you have something highlighted/selected and you just want to change part of it hit this to UNhighlight and to move back to the part you want to change. Alt,(underlined letter) = Choose the tool bar menu that starts with the 'underlined letter'. Example: Alt,e opens the Edit menu. Right Click = On different areas, opens a menu with various choices. VERY POWERFUL TOOL. Menu Key = This is a key that looks like a little menu with (same as an arrow. This is the same as Right Click. It brings up the same menu. It Right click) depends on where your cursor is as to what menu comes up. Use the Esc key if you change your mind and don't want to pick one of the menu items. Alt+F4 = Close a window, or an application, brings up the shutdown screen if on desktop. Alt+Tab = Cycle through open applications. Hold the Alt key down with your left thumb, then press tab repeatedly with your left index finger to scroll through apps. When you get to the app you want, release the Alt key. Try it now. Use Alt+Sh+Tab to go backwards. One of the most useful hot key combinations. Enter = Same as clicking on a button, or other stuff, if that button, etc. is highlighted (has a little dotted line on the perimeter), or if the button looks 'raised'. Great time saver! Delete = The delete key. Will delete things that are highlighted (text, files, e-mails, etc.) Any letter = When a menu has dropped down, hitting the letter that is underlined in each menu item, is the same as clicking on that menu item. F3 = When in a folder window, it opens the search bar at the left. Windows Key: W = Start (Same as clicking on start) W+m = Minimize all apps. VERY useful for instantly getting to your desktop! W+d = Minimize all apps. Hit W+d again, and all of them maximize back! (Thanks to CrazyTrain!) W+f = Find files/programs on your computer (...really great tool) W+e = Explore your entire computer in detail! Most Applications (not all of them). Lots of apps have their own shortcut keys.... use them. Arrow keys and the PgUp, and PgDn, keys = Use these when scrolling through text or a window. Tab = To go the next button on a window (very useful). Also, go to the next field when filling out a form. Sh+Tab = Go backwards through buttons and fields. End, or Ctl+End = Go to end of document/window, or end of a line. Home = Go to the beginning of the document/window, or beginning of a line. Ctl+F4 = On an application that opens other windows, it will close that window but leave the main application running.
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