Saturday, 9 April 2011

ShortCuts



Shortcuts:
I have listed the most important shortcuts in windows, and I believe it will help you a lot.

Important General keyboard shortcuts
To...
Use this shortcut
Open Help
Press F1.
Close small window or escape
Press ESC
Open New file
Press Ctrl+N
Select all content in a document, window, or text box
Press Ctrl+A.
Go to desktop directly
Press Windows logo key+ D
Go to the end of any application page
Press Ctrl+End key
Go to the top page of any application
Press Ctrl+Home Key
Search for a file or folder
Press F3. In Windows 7, you can also press the Windows logo key to open theStart menu and then type in the Searchbox.

Or click windows logo key+F
Rename a file or folder
Select the file or folder, press F2, and then retype the name.
Find out when the file or folder was created, by whom, and how big it is
Select the file, and then press Alt+Enter.
Display the Start menu
Press Ctrl+Esc. In Windows 7, you can also press the Windows logo key.
Scroll between open windows
Press Alt+Tab, and then hold down Alt while pressing Tab to reach the desired file or program.

or in windows 7 you can press windows logo key+tab (it will show the opening applications with nice view)
Undo an action
Press Ctrl+Z.
Redo an action
Press Ctrl+Y.
Check the spelling of titles or words in any Office application with the Spelling & Grammar checker
Press F7.
Create a shortcut on your desktop to your favorite file or folder
In Windows 7: Right-click the file or folder. On the shortcut menu, clickSend to, and then click Desktop (Create shortcut).
In Windows Vista: Right-click the file or folder. On the shortcut menu, clickCreate Shortcut. Drag the new shortcut to your desktop.
Capture a screen shot
Press Alt+Print Screen, and then press Ctrl+C to copy and Ctrl+V to paste.
or if you have already Onenote and already showed in the bottom of  taskbar, you can click windows logo key+S
Lock the computer, switch users, log off the computer, change a password, start Task Manager

(the bottom line) if you face glitches or pending applications you can manage the pending one's by going to Task Manager.
In Windows 7, press Ctrl+Alt+Delete.
Lock the computer
Press the Windows logo key+L.
Quit program
Press Alt+F4.
Close one of the tabs of any browser
Press Ctrl+F4

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