Your favourite shortcut keys!

seamus

OK, I don't think this has done before (at least not specifically for Windows), but we should stick up those shortcut keys we find ourselves using constantly, and/or that we simply can't live without.

I always find that I learn a whole raft of new keys when people post up theirs;

Office Shortcuts
Ctrl + Z: Undo
Ctrl + Y: Redo
Ctrl + C: Copy
Ctrl + V: Paste
Ctrl + X: Cut

Windows/General Shortcuts
Ctrl + N: New Window/Document/Email/Contact/Etc
Ctrl + W: Close Tab/Document/Email/etc
Ctrl + Q: Quit
Alt + Space: Window Menu
Alt + Space, C: Close Window
Alt + Space, X: Maximise Window
F2: Rename
F5: Refresh
Shift + Delete: Delete Permanently (i.e. bypass recycle bin). Also works in Outlook.
Windows Key + Minimise All/Maximise All
Window Key + L: Lock Computer
Alt + Tab: Switch Window
Ctrl + Tab: Switch Tab/Document
Shift + Tab: Tab backwords/Delete Tab (useful when filling in forms and coding in IDEs)

Browsers
F5: Refresh
F6: Highlight address bar
Ctrl + T: New Tab
/ (forward slash): Find (FF only)
Ctrl + G: Find Next (FF Only)


I've probably forgotten loads.

Ginger

WinKey + L = Lock
WinKey + E = Explorer
WinKey + R = Run
Winkey + F = Find

Ctrl + Shift + Esc = Taskmanager

Outlook

Alt + S = Send
Ctrl + R = Reply

Loads others that i use in Visual Studio and the likes

Ruu_Old

Nice list seamus, good idea.

Windows Key+E-for opening Windows Explorer.

bman

Alt + F4 is the most useful for me.

dohouch

Real snazzy one:
If you want to run a DOS like app say "ipconfig" then
Windows Key+R in the run box put "cmd /k ipconfig /all" all entered without the quotation marks. and you have ipconfig up on the screen.

seamus

Nice on dohouch, very handy little switch that

HashSlinging

is there a short cut to open the control panel.

Tar.Aldarion

Control + Alt + Delete.

dohouch

Now one for all the vandals out there, who like to create chaos in the office or in the local PC World, etc

Left Shift+Left Alt+Prt Scr== try it on your own PC first, No damage or locking

dohouch

Now one for all the vandals out there, who like to create chaos in the office or in the local PC World, etc

Left Shift+Left Alt+Prt Scr== try it on your own PC first, No damage or locking

No one mentioned :Windows Key+Pause/Break= Systen properties

dohouch

I have a few of these runing: Open properties of a shortcut icon, i.e. any program icon on desktop or start menu, third box down Shortcut Key. press "alt gr" and then any key you like. On my box I have "alt gr+T=opens Notepad, alt gr +O =Opera, alt gr+n=nPOP. Especially handy for Notepad.

Unfortuately it doesn't seem possible for "My Documents"

Tar.Aldarion

Create a shortcut to my documents, third box down Shortcut Key. Type a letter.
Ctrl+alt+that letter will open my documents.

dohouch

'nother giggle: open new Word doc, ( I have Word 2000) and type =rand() and press enter. Usefull if you want some sample text to experiment with, or to impress someone how fast you can type, as long as they are not watching you.

Useful tip: Control Pannel>Accessibility Options>Keyboard Tab, there check the box "Toggle Keys" and you will get an audible warning anytime you hit "Caps Lock"

jester77

For the right-handed people out there...
ctrl+ins = copy
shift+ins = paste
shift+del = delete

Capt'n Midnight

Alt-Enter makes DOS full screen

brav

http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/KeyboardSearch_XP.aspx

has a list of all the shortcuts

r3nu4l

For scientists and other people who use the mu (µ) symbol a lot.

Alt + 0181

Comes in very handy writing reports and protocols, (µl, µM etc.)

Cabaal

Windows + R
its your only man

sioda

Windows and M for minimise all must use it 50 times a day

Ctrl + Shift + Escape use that a lot at work to kill hangs good ol task manager

RosieJoe

Work PC has Intel Extreme Graphics on it. If you press Ctrl + Alt + arrow keys it will turn the screen for you

SeanW

My fav must be Alt+F4.

For managing and finding files on my PC, I use File Manager (lifted from a Windows NT machine) and it lets me use the keyboard and/or mouse for everything as much as I want.

maceocc2

ctrl + D or is it windows + D,

cant remember and cant test it coz im on a Unix machine right now anyway,
minimise everypage and show desktop, handy one i find

SeanW

Windows + D