General Shortcuts

Start the list with the most common shortcuts that you’ll often use.

1.  .          F1 [Display Help]
2. ·         F2 [Rename the selected item]
3. ·         F3 [Search for a file or folder]
4. ·         F4 [Display the address bar list in File Explorer]
5. ·         F5 [Refresh the active window]
6. ·         F6 [Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop]
7. ·         F10 [Activate the Menu bar in the active app]
8. ·         ALT + F4 [Close the active item, or exit the active app]
9. ·         ALT + ESC [Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened]
10. ·         ALT + Underlined Letter in menus and dialog box options [Perform the command for that letter]
11. ·         ALT + ENTER [Display properties for the selected item]
12. ·         ALT + SPACEBAR [Open the shortcut menu for the active window]
13. ·         ALT + LEFT ARROW [Back]
14. ·         ALT + RIGHT ARROW [Forward]
15. ·         ALT + PAGE UP [Move up one screen]
16. ·         ALT + PAGE DOWN [Move down one screen]
17. ·         ALT + TAB [Switch between open apps (except desktop apps)]
18. ·         CTRL + F4 [Close the active document (in apps that allow you to have multiple documents open simultaneously)]
19. ·         CTRL + A [Select all items in a document or window]
20. ·         CTRL + C or CTRL + INSERT [Copy the selected item]
21. ·         CTRL + D / DELETE [DELETE the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin]
22. ·         CTRL + R or F5 [Refresh the active window]
23. ·         CTRL + V or SHIFT + INSERT [Paste the selected item]
24. ·         CTRL + X [Cut the selected item]
25. ·         CTRL + Y [Redo an action]
26. ·         CTRL + Z [Undo an action]
27. ·         CTRL + + or CTRL + – [Zoom in or out of a large NUMBER of items, like apps pinned to the Start screen]
28. ·         CTRL + mouse scroll wheel [Change the size of desktop icons or zoom in or out of a large NUMBER of items, like apps pinned to the Start screen]
29. ·         CTRL + RIGHT ARROW [Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word]
30. ·         CTRL + LEFT ARROW [Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word]
31. ·         CTRL + DOWN ARROW [Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph]
32. ·         CTRL + UP ARROW [Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph]
33. ·         CTRL + ALT + TAB [Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps]
34. ·         CTRL + ARROW + SPACEBAR [Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop]
35. ·         CTRL + SHIFT + ARROW [Select a block of text]
36. ·         CTRL + ESC [Open the Start screen]
37. ·         CTRL + SHIFT + ESC [Open Task Manager]
38. ·         CTRL + SHIFT [Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available]
39. ·         CTRL + SPACEBAR [Turn the Chinese input method editor (IME) on or off]
40. ·         SHIFT + F10 [Display the shortcut menu for the selected item]
41. ·         SHIFT + ARROW [Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text within a document]
42. ·         SHIFT + DELETE [Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first]
43. ·         RIGHT ARROW [Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu]
44. ·         LEFT ARROW [Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu]
45. ·         ESC [Stop or leave the current task]