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Funnily enough, now that Microsoft have hidden or moved all my commonly used menus in Windows Vista I find myself relying on these short cuts a great deal more than I used to. I'm sure that trying to convey these to you in a list format probably isn't going to make this one of the most exciting Click articles that I've ever written but I do know that it's one of the most useful. The shortcut keys require you to press two keys at the same time. These keys are usually some combination of the ALT, CTRL, Windows, Shift and Tab keys, which are all located on the left hand side of a standard keyboard. I have split the following list into sections for ease of use, but they should be the same on all recent versions of Windows. General Alt+Enter View properties for the selected item Alt+Esc : Cycle through windows in the order they were opened Alt+F4 Close the active window Alt+Spacebar : Open the shortcut menu for the active window Alt+Tab Switch between open windows Shift+Insert : Hold this down whilst inserting a CD and it WON'T autoboot End : Display the bottom of the active window or move to the end of the line if you are typing Home Display the top of the active window Windows key Displays the start menu Windows key+D Minimizes all windows Windows key + E : Opens a new Explorer window Windows key + F Displays the find all files box Windows key + L : Locks your computer Windows key + R : Displays the Run command box Explorer Shift+Delete : Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the recycle bin Left arrow : Collapse the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder Right arrow : Expand the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first sub folder Clipboard Ctrl+C : Copy an item to the clipboard Ctrl+X Cut an item to the clipboard Ctrl+V : Paste an item from the clipboard Internet Browsing F11 : Full screen mode Ctrl+Mouse wheel forward : Zoom in Ctrl+Mouse wheel backward : Zoom out Ctrl+0 : Reset zoom level Alt+Home : Go to homepage Ctrl+T Open a new tab Ctrl+Tab Switch between tabs Ctrl+W Close tab Alt+D : Go straight to the address bar Alt+Left : Go back to the previously viewed page Alt+Right : Navigate forward through viewed pages Navigating to menu options within programs is also easy when using keyboard short-cuts. To select the edit menu press 'Alt+E' together, for the file menu press 'Alt+F' and so on then once the menu option has been opened you can navigate around them using the cursor keys then select an option with the enter key. If you try using a few of these shortcut keys next time your on a computer you will soon find that they become second nature.
Article Source: http://www.bharatbhasha.net Article Url: http://www.bharatbhasha.net/internet-and-computers.php/271822 Article Added on Friday, November 12, 2010 LD
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