General keyboard shortcuts
ALT+E - Edit Menu
ALT+ENTER - Display the properties of the selected object
ALT+ENTER - View the properties for the selected item
ALT+ESC - Cycle through items in the order they were opened
ALT+F - File Menu
ALT+F4 - Close the active item/Quit the active program/Bring up power/sleep dialog box
ALT+SPACEBAR - Display the System menu for the active window
ALT+SPACEBAR - Open the shortcut menu for the active window
ALT+TAB - Switch between the open items
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name - Display the corresponding menu
ALT+V - View Menu
BACKSPACE - View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
CTRL while dragging an item - Copy the selected item
CTRL+A - Select all
CTRL+C - Copy
CTRL+DOWN ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
CTRL+ESC - Display the Start menu
CTRL+F - Find text
CTRL+F4 - Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously
CTRL+H - Find and replace text
CTRL+LEFT ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
CTRL+P - Print
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item - Create a shortcut to the selected item
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys - Highlight a block of text
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC - Open Task Manager
CTRL+UP ARROW - Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
CTRL+V - Paste
CTRL+X - Cut
CTRL+Y - Redo undone
CTRL+Z - Undo
DELETE - Delete
ESC - Cancel the current task
F10 key - Activate the menu bar in the active program
F2 key - Rename the selected item
F3 key - Search for a file or a folder
F4 key - Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F5 key - Update the active window
F6 key - Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
LEFT ARROW - Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu
order that they had been opened
RIGHT ARROW - Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive - Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys - Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document
SHIFT+ALT - Toggle among installed keyboard languages
SHIFT+DELETE - Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
SHIFT+END - Highlights from current position to end of line
SHIFT+F10 - Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
SHIFT+HOME - Highlights from current position to beginning of line
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu - Perform the corresponding command
