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Keyboard Shortcuts for General Windows Commands

These shortcuts cover Windows Vista’s most common general commands for manipulating text, navigating windows, and more. For several more similar shortcuts specific to Windows Explorer (Windows’ software for viewing and managing files, folders, and drives), see Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows Explorer.

 
Shortcut
  
Action
Ctrl+C
  
Copy the selected item
Ctrl+X
  
Cut the selected item
Ctrl+V
  
Paste the selected item
Ctrl+Z
  
Undo an action
Ctrl+Y
  
Redo an action
Ctrl+Right Arrow
  
Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word
Ctrl+Left Arrow
  
Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word
Ctrl+Down Arrow
  
Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph
Ctrl+Up Arrow
  
Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph
Ctrl+Shift with an arrow key
  
Select a block of text
Ctrl+any arrow key+Space Bar
  
Select multiple individual items in a window (or on the desktop)
Ctrl+A
  
Select all items in a window (or in a document)
Ctrl+F4
  
Close the active document (if the program you’re using allows you to have multiple documents open at once)
Ctrl+scroll wheel (on your mouse)
  
Increase or decrease the size of icons on the desktop
Ctrl+Esc
  
Open the Start menu
Ctrl+Shift+Esc
  
Open the Task Manager
Alt+Esc
  
Cycle through open items in the order in which you opened them
Alt+Enter (or Alt+double-click)
  
Display properties for the selected item
Alt+F4
  
Close the active item or exit the active program
Alt+Space Bar
  
Open active window’s shortcut menu
Alt+Tab
  
Switch between open items
Ctrl+Alt+Tab
  
Use the arrow keys to switch between open items
Alt+underlined letter
  
Display the corresponding menu or execute the underlined menu command
F1
  
Display Help
F2
  
Rename the selected item
F3
  
Open the Windows Vista search box
F5
  
Refresh the active window
F6
  
Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F4
  
Display the Address bar list in Windows Explorer
F10
  
Activate the menu bar in the active program
Right Arrow
  
Open the next menu to the right or open a submenu
Left Arrow
  
Open the next menu to the left or close a submenu
Shift+any arrow key
  
Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop or select text within a document
Esc
  
Cancel the current task
Shift when you insert a CD
  
Prevent the CD from playing automatically
Delete
  
Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin
Shift+Delete
  
Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first
 
 
 
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