Web Browser Specific Keys

[renjac]

F1
Most people know about this key, but they don't use it when they need it most!
Hit Function key F1 to get help in almost any windows program.
It's amazing what you can learn when you use the F1 key.



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Ctrl-W
to close the current window
works in MSFT Explorer, but use "Esc" in Outlook



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Alt-F4
This immediately quits the current program.
It's a whole lot faster than clicking on that little box in the upper right!




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Esc
to Escape from the current document or window
without updating or changing anything.



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Alt-Tab
to "flip channels" between the programs currently running on your computer. for example to flip between your browser (Explorer) and your email (Outlook).

Many people start one program at a time, do what they need with it, and then close the program out completely before starting another one. This is the way computers used to work back in the dark ages, but not now. Computer software is designed now to be able to keep many different programs open at the same time, so that they are always ready to work for you immediately and not have to be restarted each time. You switch between these programs with the Alt-Tab key. Try it! Use it a lot and people will be amazed that you know how to do this!



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Alt-Esc
Does the same thing as Alt-Tab (above) but it does it immediately,
without showing an icon to represent the choices.
Faster.
Alt-Tab and Alt-Esc each have their own personality,
but they do essentially the same thing.
Try them both, and you will eventually settle on one.

Web Browser Specific Keys
Ctrl-Enter
When you want to type in a new website address, there's a shortcut that can save a lot of keystrokes.
Let's say you want to go to "http://www.CNN.com"...
Just type in the primary part of the address (CNN), then hit Ctrl-Enter.
The browser will add "http://www." to the front of what you typed, and ".com" to the end.



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Backspace
to go Back to the previous page displayed on your browser. Almost nobody knows to do this.



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Alt-rightarrow and Alt-leftarrow
to go Forward (Alt-rightarrow) or Back (Atl-leftarrow) one page in your browser.
Note: the Alt-rightarrow and Alt-leftarrow can be used as a toggle to go between pages.



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F11
Hit Function key F11 to go Full Screen. Try it now.
Do it again to go back to your small world.
Which is better? Of course! The big world. We are Americans!
Remember, a bigger, brighter world, with fewer distractions
(more productivity) is just a keystroke away...

An easy way to remember this is that "F11" looks like "Full" (as in Full Screen).


Ctrl-F
to Find what you want in a long or complex document
you will then be asked to type the words you're looking for.
This saves lots of time.



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Ctrl-P
to Print what you're looking at.

[renjac]

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Highlighting Text
To highlight text, many people click the mouse at the front
of the text to be highlighted, and drag the mouse to the end.
A much quicker shortcut to highlighting text:

A double click anywhere on the word will highlight the entire word.
A triple click anywhere on the line or paragraph will highlight the entire line or paragraph.



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Ctrl-C or Ctrl-drag
to Copy the text and/or pictures which are currently "highlighted"
and place these contents into the "clipboard"
for the purpose of Pasting (Ctrl-V below) the contents elsewhere.
you highlighted the information by dragging your cursor over it.

The other way to do this is Ctrl-drag. Try this: Highlight the area
to be copied, then hold down Ctrl key and drag the highlighted area
to where you want the copied material to be inserted.
You can astound your friends with this one... almost nobody knows this~



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Ctrl-X
to Cut out the highlighted text completely from the current document
and put the highlighted text into the clipboard,
Think of the X as a scissors, which Cuts out the stuff you highlighted.



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Ctrl-V
to Paste the contents of the "clipboard" into the current place where the cursor is indicating.
Think of the V as the funnel, emptying the contents of the clipboard
at the place indicated with your cursor, or replacing the highlighted text.



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[renjac]

Ctrl-Z
to Undo the previous operation,
such as when you deleted some text in your word processor, spreadsheet or email program,
and now you want to get it back, just Ctrl-Z.
This Undo works on many levels deep, to Undo several previous operations.
This could easily become your favorite key!



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Ctrl-Y
to Re-do the previous operation.
In some programs, it will delete everything to the right of the cursor!
And, in still other programs, it will delete the entire line. Try it to see what works!



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Ctrl-S
to Save the document or screen you are working on.
In one of my programs, the Save command is buried many levels deep in the menu structure,
so a lot of time can be saved with Ctrl-S.



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Ctrl-O
to Open a document or webpage



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PrintScreen and Ctrl-PrintScreen
Ever want to print some error message, or some screen condition, or the way a program looks at a certain time? That's what the "Print Screen" key is for! Originally, on the early PCs, all you had to do was just hit this key and it would print out exactly what your screen looked like at that moment. Things have become a lot more complicated with computers, so now that key doesn't work as it was intended, but it still does a lot. Here's how to use it:

1. Hit the PrintScrn key. This loads the image of the screen into the Clipboard.
2. Open a New Document in your word processor (Word?)
3. Use Ctrl-V to paste the contents of the Clipboard into the document.
4. Use Ctrl-P to print the contents of the Clipboard.

If you want to send the image in the Clipboard in an email, right-click on the image in the Word file, then Copy. Now click in the email where you want the image, and then you can Ctrl-V to paste the image in the email. You'll have to ask Bill Gates why you can't paste the clipboard directly into an email. Try it!

Now try Alt-PrintScreen. It copies ONLY the currently active window to the Clipboard.

Very Handy! ;D

I didnt know some of these lol

[renjac]

SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
• SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
• ALT+double click: Displays properties
• SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin

[renjac]

F1: Starts Windows Help
• F10: Activates menu bar options
• SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
• CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
• CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
• ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
• ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
• SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature

[renjac]

• ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
• ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
• CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
• ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
• ALT+F4: Closes the current window
• CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
• ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)

[renjac]

CTRL+G: Opens the Go To Folder tool (in Windows 95 Windows Explorer only)
• CTRL+Z: Undo the last command
• CTRL+A: Select all the items in the current window
• BACKSPACE: Switch to the parent folder
• SHIFT+click+Close button: For folders, close the current folder plus all parent folders

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Numeric Keypad *: Expands everything under the current selection
• Numeric Keypad +: Expands the current selection
• Numeric Keypad -: Collapses the current selection.
• RIGHT ARROW: Expands the current selection if it is not expanded, otherwise goes to the first child
• LEFT ARROW: Collapses the current selection if it is expanded, otherwise goes to the parent

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Properties control
• CTRL+TAB/CTRL+SHIFT+TAB: Move through the property tabs

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Accessibility shortcuts
• Press SHIFT five times: Toggles StickyKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the right SHIFT key for eight seconds: Toggles FilterKeys on and off
• Press down and hold the NUM LOCK key for five seconds: Toggles ToggleKeys on and off
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK: Toggles MouseKeys on and off
• Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN: Toggles high contrast on and off

[renjac]

Microsoft Natural Keyboard keys
• Windows Logo: Start menu
• Windows Logo+R: Run dialog box
• Windows Logo+M: Minimize all
• SHIFT+Windows Logo+M: Undo minimize all
• Windows Logo+F1: Help
• Windows Logo+E: Windows Explorer
• Windows Logo+F: Find files or folders
• Windows Logo+D: Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop
• CTRL+Windows Logo+F: Find computer
• CTRL+Windows Logo+TAB: Moves focus from Start, to the Quick Launch toolbar, to the system tray (use RIGHT ARROW or LEFT ARROW to move focus to items on the Quick Launch toolbar and the system tray)
• Windows Logo+TAB: Cycle through taskbar buttons
• Windows Logo+Break: System Properties dialog box
• Application key: Displays a shortcut menu for the selected item

[renjac]

Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType software installed
• Windows Logo+L: Log off Windows
• Windows Logo+P: Starts Print Manager
• Windows Logo+C: Opens Control Panel
• Windows Logo+V: Starts Clipboard
• Windows Logo+K: Opens Keyboard Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+I: Opens Mouse Properties dialog box
• Windows Logo+A: Starts Accessibility Options (if installed)
• Windows Logo+SPACEBAR: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys
• Windows Logo+S: Toggles CAPS LOCK on and off

[renjac]

Man these cover everything under the sun lol

Dialog box keyboard commands
• TAB: Move to the next control in the dialog box
• SHIFT+TAB: Move to the previous control in the dialog box
• SPACEBAR: If the current control is a button, this clicks the button. If the current control is a check box, this toggles the check box. If the current control is an option, this selects the option.
• ENTER: Equivalent to clicking the selected button (the button with the outline)
• ESC: Equivalent to clicking the Cancel button
• ALT+underlined letter in dialog box item: Move to the corresponding item