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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+C

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Copy

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+X

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Cut

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+V

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Paste

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+Z

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Undo

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

DELETE

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Delete

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

SHIFT+DELETE

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Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL while dragging an item

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Copy the selected item

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item

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Create a shortcut to the selected item

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

F2 key

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Rename the selected item

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+DOWN ARROW

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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+UP ARROW

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Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys

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Highlight a block of text

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

SHIFT with any of the arrow keys

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Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop or select text in a document

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+A

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Select all

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

F3 key

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Search for a file or a folder

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

ALT+ENTER

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View the properties for the selected item

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

ALT+F4

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Close the active item or quit the active program

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

ALT+ENTER

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Display the properties of the selected object

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

ALT+SPACEBAR

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Open the shortcut menu for the active window

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

CTRL+F4

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Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

ALT+TAB

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Switch between the open items

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What do these Windows keystrokes do?

ALT+ESC

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Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened

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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? F6 key
Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? F4 key
Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? SHIFT+F10
Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ALT+SPACEBAR
Display the System menu for the active window
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+ESC
Display the Start menu
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name
Display the corresponding menu Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Perform the corresponding command
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? F10 key
Activate the menu bar in the active program
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? RIGHT ARROW
Open the next menu to the right or open a submenu
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? LEFT ARROW
Open the next menu to the left or close a submenu
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? F5 key
Update the active window
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? BACKSPACE
View the folder onelevel up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ESC
Cancel the current task
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROMinto the CD-ROM drive
Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+TAB
Move forward through the tabs
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Move backward through the tabs
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? TAB
Move forward through the options
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? SHIFT+TAB
Move backward through the options
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ALT+Underlined letter
Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ENTER
Perform the command for the active option or button
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? SPACEBAR
Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Arrow keys
Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? F1 key
Display Help
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? F4 key
Display the items in the active list
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? BACKSPACE
Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo
Display or hide the Start menu
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+BREAK
Display the System Properties dialog box
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+D
Display the desktop
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+M
Minimize all of the windows
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+SHIFT+M
Restorethe minimized windows
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+E
Open My Computer
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+F
Search for a file or a folder
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+Windows Logo+F
Search for computers
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+F1
Display Windows Help
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+ L
Lock the keyboard
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+R
Open the Run dialog box
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo+U
Open Utility Manager
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Right SHIFT for eight seconds
Switch FilterKeys either on or off
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
Switch High Contrast either on or off
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK
Switch the MouseKeys either on or off
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? SHIFT five times
Switch the StickyKeys either on or off
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? NUM LOCK for five seconds
Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? Windows Logo +U
Open Utility Manager
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? END
Display the bottom of the active window
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? HOME
Display the top of the active window
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign
* Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? NUM LOCK+Plus sign
+ Display the contents of the selected folder
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? SHIFT+F10
Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? F1 key
Open the Help topic if any
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? F5 key
Update the content of all console windows
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+F10
Maximize the active console window
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+F5
Restore the active console window
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ALT+ENTER
Display the Properties dialog box if any
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? F2 key
Rename the selected item
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+F4
Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window this shortcut closes the console
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+ALT+END
Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ALT+PAGE UP
Switch between programs from left to right
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ALT+PAGE DOWN
Switch between programs from right to left
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ALT+INSERT
Cycle through the programs in most recently used order
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ALT+HOME
Display the Start menu
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+ALT+BREAK
Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? ALT+DELETE
Display the Windows menu
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+ALT+Minus sign
- Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+ALT+Plus sign
+ Place asnapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboardand provide the same functionality aspressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+B
Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+E
Open the Search bar
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+F
Start the Find utility
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+H
Open the History bar
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+I
Open the Favorites bar
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+L
Open the Open dialog box
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+N
Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+O
Open the Open dialog boxthe same as CTRL+L
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+P
Open the Print dialog box
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+R
Update the current Web page
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# What do these Windows keystrokes do? CTRL+W
Close the current window
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Copy
CTRL+C
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Cut
CTRL+X
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Paste
CTRL+V
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Undo
CTRL+Z
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Delete
DELETE
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin
SHIFT+DELETE
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Copy the selected item
CTRL while dragging an item
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Create a shortcut to the selected item
CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Rename the selected item
F2 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph
CTRL+DOWN ARROW
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph
CTRL+UP ARROW
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Highlight a block of text
CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop or select text in a document
SHIFT with any of the arrow keys
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Select all
CTRL+A
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Search for a file or a folder
F3 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: View the properties for the selected item
ALT+ENTER
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Close the active item or quit the active program
ALT+F4
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the properties of the selected object
ALT+ENTER
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the shortcut menu for the active window
ALT+SPACEBAR
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously
CTRL+F4
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Switch between the open items
ALT+TAB
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened
ALT+ESC
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop
F6 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer
F4 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
SHIFT+F10
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the System menu for the active window
ALT+SPACEBAR
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the Start menu
CTRL+ESC
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the corresponding menu Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Perform the corresponding command
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Activate the menu bar in the active program
F10 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the next menu to the right or open a submenu
RIGHT ARROW
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the next menu to the left or close a submenu
LEFT ARROW
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Update the active window
F5 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: View the folder onelevel up in My Computer or Windows Explorer
BACKSPACE
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Cancel the current task
ESC
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing
SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROMinto the CD-ROM drive
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Move forward through the tabs
CTRL+TAB
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Move backward through the tabs
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Move forward through the options
TAB
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Move backward through the options
SHIFT+TAB
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option
ALT+Underlined letter
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Perform the command for the active option or button
ENTER
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box
SPACEBAR
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons
Arrow keys
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display Help
F1 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the items in the active list
F4 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box
BACKSPACE
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display or hide the Start menu
Windows Logo
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the System Properties dialog box
Windows Logo+BREAK
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the desktop
Windows Logo+D
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Minimize all of the windows
Windows Logo+M
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Restorethe minimized windows
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open My Computer
Windows Logo+E
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Search for a file or a folder
Windows Logo+F
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Search for computers
CTRL+Windows Logo+F
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display Windows Help
Windows Logo+F1
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Lock the keyboard
Windows Logo+ L
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the Run dialog box
Windows Logo+R
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open Utility Manager
Windows Logo+U
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Switch FilterKeys either on or off
Right SHIFT for eight seconds
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Switch High Contrast either on or off
Left ALT+left SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Switch the MouseKeys either on or off
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM LOCK
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Switch the StickyKeys either on or off
SHIFT five times
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off
NUM LOCK for five seconds
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open Utility Manager
Windows Logo +U
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the bottom of the active window
END
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the top of the active window
HOME
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: * Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: + Display the contents of the selected folder
NUM LOCK+Plus sign
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the Action shortcut menu for the selected item
SHIFT+F10
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the Help topic if any
F1 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Update the content of all console windows
F5 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Maximize the active console window
CTRL+F10
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Restore the active console window
CTRL+F5
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the Properties dialog box if any
ALT+ENTER
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Rename the selected item
F2 key
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Close the active console window. When a console has only one console window this shortcut closes the console
CTRL+F4
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box
CTRL+ALT+END
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Switch between programs from left to right
ALT+PAGE UP
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Switch between programs from right to left
ALT+PAGE DOWN
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order
ALT+INSERT
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the Start menu
ALT+HOME
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen
CTRL+ALT+BREAK
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Display the Windows menu
ALT+DELETE
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: - Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: + Place asnapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboardand provide the same functionality aspressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a local computer.
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the Organize Favorites dialog box
CTRL+B
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the Search bar
CTRL+E
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Start the Find utility
CTRL+F
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the History bar
CTRL+H
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the Favorites bar
CTRL+I
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the Open dialog box
CTRL+L
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Start another instance of the browser with the same Web address
CTRL+N
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the Open dialog boxthe same as CTRL+L
CTRL+O
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Open the Print dialog box
CTRL+P
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Update the current Web page
CTRL+R
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# What are the Windows keystrokes to: Close the current window
CTRL+W

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