Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts

These Days, Everyone from college student to software engineer uses his/her Desktop, Laptop for various purpose, Clicking and dragging using a mouse or touchpad is much time to consume and also little uneasy. Follow the following Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts and become smarter. You can also create your own Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts.

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1. Shortcut to launch your Taskbarapps:

Launching your Task bar application is little easier and smarter by using the keyboard than Mouse. Just press the Winkey( Windows key) + the position of your required app, Now multitasking is much easier.

2. To open a App with Admin privilege:

To open an instance admin privilege application press Ctrl + Shift + Click, This Admin privilege will ask you whether to open the application or not and this will help you in many Administrator privilege apps.

3. Task manager:

Simply pressing Ctrl + Alt + Del won’t bring’s you Task manager, instead, it will show options like Lock computer, Switch user, log off, change the password and Task manager. Just press Ctrl + Shift + Esc to open Task manager.

Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts:

Basic Windows 7 Keyboard shortcuts

Following are the Basic Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts :

1. CTRL+C – Copy
2. CTRL+X – Cut

3. CTRL+V – Paste

4. CTRL+Z – Undo

5. DELETE – Delete

6. CTRL+F – Find

7. CTRL+H -Find and Replace

8. CTRL + SHIFT + N – Create a new Folder

9. SHIFT+DELETE – To Remove the selected item permanently.

10. CTRL while dragging an item – Copy the selected item

11. CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item – Create a shortcut to the selected item

12. F2 key – Rename the selected item

13. ESC – Cancel the current task.

14. SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive – Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing.

15. CTRL+A – Select all

16. F3 key – Search for a file or a folder

17. ALT+ENTER – View the properties for the selected item

18. ALT+F4 – Close the active item, or quit the active program

19. ALT+ENTER – Display the properties of the selected object

20. ALT+SPACEBAR – Open the shortcut menu for the active window.

21. CTRL+F4 – Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously.
22. ALT+TAB – Switch between the open items.

23. ALT+ESC – Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened.

24. F6 key – Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop.

25. F4 key – Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

26. SHIFT+F10 – Display the shortcut menu for the selected item.

27. ALT+SPACEBAR – Display the System menu for the active window.

28. CTRL+ESC – Display the Start menu.

29. ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name ( e.g. : File) – Display the corresponding menu and the Underlined letter in a sub menu name ( e.g. : Save) – Perform the corresponding command.

30. F10 key – Activate the menu bar in the active program.

31. RIGHT ARROW – Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu.

32. LEFT ARROW – Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu.

33. F5 key – Update the active window.

34. BACKSPACE or ALT + LEFT ARROW – View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer.

35. CTRL+RIGHT ARROW – Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.

36. CTRL+LEFT ARROW – Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.

37. CTRL+DOWN ARROW – Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph.

38. CTRL+UP ARROW – Moves the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph.

39. CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys – Highlight a block of text

40. ALT+2 – Create New Folder

Various shortcuts for applications like Excell, outlook, word and some winkey shortcuts are given below, The picture may be not clear in site view for better reading, Right click on the picture and save the image and then read it.

Use the Shortcuts and Be smarter in your work…!
————– Click —– Save —– Zoom —- Enjoy ————-