Opens the Start Menu.
Select first program in System Tray - use arrow keys to advance.

Toggle minimize/show all windows.

Opens My Computer in Windows Explorer.

Opens the Find dialog box.

Opens Search for Network Computers dialog box.

Opens Windows Help.

Lock computer.

Minimize all windows.

Opens System Properties.

Opens the Run dialog box.

Restore minimized windows.

Cycle through programs in the taskbar

Cycle through programs in the taskbar in reverse order.

Opens Utility Mgr.
F1

F2

F3

F4

F5

F6 or Tab or Shift Tab

Tab (or Shift Tab)

Shift F10

Num Key -

Num Key *

Num Key +

Alt or F10

<up/down arrow>

<left/right arrow>

Alt <left/right arrow>

Alt <underlined character>

Alt Enter

Alt Esc

Alt F4

Alt Prt Scr/SysRq

Alt Space

Alt Space C

Alt Tab

Alt Shift Tab

Shift Delete

Shift Inserting CD

Insert

Delete

Esc

Ctrl Alt Del

Ctrl drag icon / file

Ctrl Shift drag icon / file

Ctrl Shift Esc

Ctrl A

Ctrl B

Ctrl C

Ctrl D

Ctrl I

Ctrl O

Ctrl U

Ctrl V

Ctrl X

Ctrl Y

Ctrl Z

Ctrl <left/right arrow>

Ctrl <up/down arrow>

Ctrl Shift <left/right arrow>

Shift <arrow key>

Ctrl End

End

Ctrl Home

Home
B

D

E

F

Ctrl F

F1

L

M

Pause/Break

R

Shift M

Tab

Shift Tab

U

Invokes Help

Rename selected item

Search for a file or folder

Expand Address Bar in Windows Explorer (insert cell in Excel; copy and paste all text in
Word)
Refresh Windows Explorer

With windows minimized, move through Windows elements

Cycle through form elements in web browser; move right (or left) to next cell in Excel

Opens right-click menu

Collapse selected folder in Windows Explorer

Expand selected folder all levels in Windows Explorer

Expand selected folder one level in Windows Explorer

Moves focus to program menu bar

Move through menu items once focus set (Alt or F10)

Moves across menu items once focus set (Alt or F10)

Back/Forward browser page

Select Menu item

Opens properties of selected icon; Deletes cell/shift cells up in Excel

Cycles through programs in launch order

Within windows: opens Shutdown dialog; In a program: closes program

Captures screenshot of active program to Clipboard

Opens icon menu (upper-left) in program Title bar

Closes active program

Cycle through / switch open programs

Cycle through in reverse order

Delete instead of sending to the Recycle Bin

Disables Autorun

Toggle insert to add or to overwrite

Send files to Recycle Bin

Cancels dialog box / closes expanded menu

Windows Security dialog box or Opens Windows Task Manager (depends on security
settings)
Creates a copy

Creates a shortcut

Open Windows Task Manager

Select all

Bold selected text / set to Bold

Copy to the Clipboard

Unselect all

Italicize selected text / set to Italic

Opens Open dialog box

Underline selected text / set to Underline

Paste from the Clipboard

Cut to the Clipboard

Redo

Undo

Move cursor to beginning/end of word

Move cursor to beginning/end of paragraph

From cursor, select word

From cursor, select text

Go to the end of a document or last cell

Go to the end of a line

Go to the beginning of a document

Go to the beginning of a line (in Word, Wordpad, Notepad, etc.) / first cell in a row
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