Basic Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts

Basic, Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts:

Using mouse takes more than using a keyboard shortcut, Try to know some of the basic keyboard shortcuts and this will help you to access your computer in a more efficient way, Following are 40 Basic Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts:

Basic Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts

1. CTRL+C – Copy

2. CTRL+X – Cut

3. CTRL+V – Paste

4. CTRL+Z – Undo

5. DELETE – Delete

6. CTRL+F – Find

7. CTRL+H -Find and Replace

8. CTRL + SHIFT + N – Create a new Folder

9. SHIFT+DELETE – To Remove the selected item permanently.

10. CTRL while dragging an item – Copy the selected item

11. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item – Create a shortcut to the selected item

12. F2 key – Rename the selected item

13. ESC – Cancel the current task.

14. SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive – Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing.

15. CTRL+A – Select all

16. F3 key – Search for a file or a folder

17. ALT+ENTER – View the properties for the selected item

18. ALT+F4 – Close the active item, or quit the active program

19. ALT+ENTER – Display the properties of the selected object

20. ALT+SPACEBAR – Open the shortcut menu for the active window.

21. CTRL+F4 – Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously.

22. ALT+TAB – Switch between the open items.

23. ALT+ESC – Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened.

24. F6 key – Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop.

25. F4 key – Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

26. SHIFT+F10 – Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.

27. ALT+SPACEBAR – Display the System menu for the active window.

28. CTRL+ESC – Display the Start menu.

29. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name ( e.g. : File) – Display the corresponding menu and the Underlined letter in a sub menu name ( e.g. : Save) – Perform the corresponding command.

30. F10 key – Activate the menu bar in the active program.

31. RIGHT ARROW – Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu.

32. LEFT ARROW – Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.

33. F5 key – Update the active window.

34. BACKSPACE or ALT + LEFT ARROW – View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

35. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW – Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.

36. CTRL+LEFT ARROW – Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.

37. CTRL+DOWN ARROW – Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph.

38. CTRL+UP ARROW – Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph.

39. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys – Highlight a block of text

40. ALT+2 – Create New Folder

Basic Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts

Basic, Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts:

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