Speed up your computer activities. This article will list you some very useful shortcuy keys.
Windows General:
• Help
[F1] For current program open.
• Windows Help
[Win]+[F1] Windows Help
• Copy
[Ctrl]+[C] To mark an area to copy: Place the cursor at beginning of area to copy. Hold the left mouse button
down and drag the cursor across area to copy. Release the left mouse button when area is highlighted. Then copy
to the clipboard by holding the [Ctrl] key down and touching the letter [C]. Another method is to place the cursor
at the beginning of area to copy. Hold the [Shift] key down and use the [Right Arrow] key to highlight area to
copy. Release both keys. Then [Ctrl]+[C] to copy to the clipboard.
• Cut
[Ctrl]+[X] Will Cut highlighted area and place it on the clipboard. Handy when moving data.
• Paste
[Ctrl]+[V] Pastes clipboard data to the right of your cursor.
• Go to Program
[Alt]+[Tab] Will cycle between Programs that are currently open in Windows.
Hold the [Alt] key down and touch the [Tab] key to change applications.
• Close Current Program
[Alt + F4] Closes current open application in Windows.
• Minimize all windows
[Win]+[D] Minimize all Windows to show Desktop.
• Select All [Ctrl]+[A] Select All text or items in the current window.
• Display Windows Explorer [Win]+[E] (Same as File Manager in older versions of Windows) Display Windows
Explorer (Without expanded directories) Much better than a Right- Click on [Start] and selecting Explore.
• Display Find Files
[Win]+[F] Display Find Files. Faster than [Start] [Find] [Files or Folders]
• File Navigation
[Ctrl]+[Home] In most Windows applications will take you to the Beginning of a file. [Ctrl]+[End] Will take you
to the End of a file.
• Delete Files
[Shift]+[Del] In Windows Explorer and Outlook deletes Files, bypassing the Recycle Bin.
• Previous Control
[Shift]+[Tab] Moves to Previous control in the dialog box. [Tab] alone goes forward.
• File Association
[Shift]+[Right-Click] on a file in Explorer to open with a specific program.
• Refresh [F5] Use to refresh your Explorer file system, browser and html editors.
• Create Shortcut
Pressing [Shift] while holding down the [CTRL] key and dragging to the desktop or to a folder creates an instant
Shortcut. (You can do the same thing by clicking and holding the right mouse button, letting go on the desktop,
and choosing "create shortcuts here.")
• Display Start Menu
[Win] Press the Windows Key to display the Start Menu
• Run/Install Program
[Win]+[R] Same as [Start] –> [Run]
• Hold the [Shift] key down when inserting a CD to avoid Auto-Run to view CD contents.
For Visual Studio .NET:
Mark down a line: Ctrl + K twice
Find the marked line: Ctrl + K and Ctrl + N
I found a website provides a fundmantal shortcut key description:
http://www.seoconsultants.com/windows/tips/keyboard-shortcuts.asp