List of Windows XP Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a list of my favorite shortcuts- it is by no means complete. Some? All? prob work in other OS, but I don't know, so I'm posting them here because they all DO work in XP. Anyone have any favorites they would like to add?

control a select all
control c copy
control v paste
control s save
control z undo
control p print
control x cut
control n new window
control o open
control F find
control h replace
control g go to

WinKey
Windows: Display the Start menu
Windows + D: Minimize or restore all windows
Windows + E: Display Windows Explorer
Windows + F: Display Search for files
Windows + Ctrl + F: Display Search for computer
Windows + F1: Display Help and Support Center
Windows + R: Display Run dialog box
Windows + break: Display System Properties box
Windows + shift + M: Undo minimize all windows
Windows + L: Lock the workstation
Windows + U: Open Utility Manager

Happy Thanksgiving to all!

Johanna

 

Nice list.

And FWIW, the ctrl-c and ctrl-v will often work in places you can't do a normal copy/paste.

 

Interesting subject those keyboard shortcuts. I've been in a chat room where computers were the subject and I was accused of being a wizard. Never in my wildest dreams did I imagine that reading the paperback which comes with a Windows disk qualifies anyone as a wizard.

 

Ironically, most of the KB shortcuts are right there on the drop down menus on the toolbar. People will say "I didn't know you could do that!" and it pops up every time they use the function!

One of my kids was interested that "Tab" would indent text. He thought Tab was for advancing to the next field when filling out a form. (This child, of course, has never used a real typewriter) I informed him that the first computers didn't even have a mouse. "How did you point and click?" Well, we advanced with the arrow (or up and down) buttons and pressed "Enter ", I replied. "Oh, just like in BIOS!" he said. This child does not remember a world w/o Windows or a mouse, and can type well, but would probably have trouble with the "carriage return" (Remember that? "Enter" was "Return ")

Johanna
going off to count my gray hairs...

 

Johanna wrote:

• "One of my kids was interested that "Tab" would indent text. He thought Tab was for advancing to the next field when filling out a form. "

Perhaps it would make more sense to him if he knew that "Tab" is short for "Tabulator ".

Johanna also wrote:

• "Remember that? 'Enter' was 'Return'. "

Well, of course! Just look at the shape of the arrow on the Enter key (not the one on the numeric keypad). In fact, on my Amiga keyboard, it wasn't labled at all ... it just had a huge "down and back" arrow.


Here are a few more shortcuts, with comments, in no particular order ...

You mentioned Ctrl + z being "undo" ... Ctrl + y is frequently "redo ".

Ctrl + d minimizes all open windows; more accurately, it takes you to the Desktop. Pressing Ctrl + d again returns you to the last previously visible open window.

Alt + Esc cycles through the open windows (or, if you prefer, through the buttons on the taskbar).

Like the Windows key, Ctrl + Esc opens the Start menu. Additionally, if a window is open full screen, either option displays the taskbar as well as the Start menu. This is especially handy on IBM laptops, which are notorious for not having a Windows key.

In Windows Explorer, Alt + f w f (in sequence) creates a new folder.

 

thanks Johanna,
there are some that I did'nt know and will make use of.
catchya Ron

 

I just realized that I erred on something and, since I'm past the editing period and can't sneak in the correction, here 'tis ...

I said that Ctrl + d takes you to the Desktop and brings you back to the last previously visible open window, but it's Win key + d.

Sorry 'bout that.