SHORT CUT

KEYS
 Microsoft Windows shortcut keys list

F4 Open the drive selection when browsing

F5 Refresh contents
Alt + Close current open program
F4
Ctrl + Close window in program
F4
Ctrl + Automatically adjust widths of all columns in Windows
Plus
Key
Alt + Open properties window of selected icon or program.
Enter
Shift + Simulate right-click on selected item.
F10
Shift + Delete programs/files permanently
Del
 Microsoft Windows shortcut keys list
Alt + Tab Switch between open applications
Alt + Shift + Switch backward between open applications
Tab
Alt + Print Create screenshot for the current program
Screen
Ctrl + Alt + Reboot/Windows task manager.
Del
Ctrl + Esc Bring up the start menu
Alt + Esc Switch between applications on the taskbar
F2 Rename selected icon.

F3 Start find from the desktop

 Word shortcut keys

Ctrl + A Select all contents of the page

Ctrl + B Bold highlighted selection
Ctrl + C Copy selected text
Ctrl + X Cut selected text
Ctrl + N Open new/blank document
Ctrl + O Open options
Ctrl + P Open the print window
Ctrl + F Open find box.
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Word shortcut keys

Ctrl + I Italicise highlighted selection

Ctrl + K Insert link
Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection.
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + Y Redo the last action performed
Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
Ctrl + H Find and replace options
Ctrl + J Justify paragraph alignment
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Word shortcut keys

F7 Spell check selected text and/or document.

F12 Save as.

Ctrl + S Save.
Shift + F12 Save
Alt + Shift + Insert the current date
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Alt + Shift + T Insert the current time
Ctrl + W Close document
 Word shortcut keys

Ctrl + L Align selected text or line to the left

Ctrl + Q Align selected paragraph to the left
Ctrl + E Align selected text or line to the center
Ctrl + R Align selected text or line to the right.
Ctrl + M Indent the paragraph
Ctrl + T Hanging indent
Ctrl + D Font options
Ctrl + Shift + Change the font
F
 Excel shortcut keys

F1

F2 Edit the selected cell

F5 Go to a specific cell
F7 Spell check selected text and/or document
F11 Create chart

Ctrl + Shift Enter the current time

+;
Ctrl + ; Enter the current date
Alt + Shift + Insert new worksheet
F1
 Excel shortcut keys

Shift + F3 Open the Excel formula window

Shift + F5 Bring up the search box
Ctrl + A Select all contents of a worksheet
Ctrl + D Fill
Ctrl + K Insert link
Ctrl + F Open find and replace options
Ctrl + G Open go-to options.
Ctrl + H Open find and replace options
 Excel shortcut keys

Ctrl + U Underline highlighted selection

Ctrl + Y Underline selected text
Ctrl + 5 Strikethrough highlighted selection.

Ctrl + O Open options

Ctrl + N Open new document
Ctrl + P Open print dialog box.

Ctrl + S Save.
Ctrl + Z Undo last action.
 Excel shortcut keys

Ctrl + F9 Minimize current window

Ctrl + F10 Maximize currently selected window
Ctrl + F6 Switch between open workbooks/windows
Ctrl + Page Move between Excel worksheets in the same
up & Page
Down document
Ctrl + Tab Move between two or more open Excel files
Alt + = Create the formula to sum all of the above cells
Ctrl + Insert the value of above cell into the current cell
Ctrl + Shift Format number in comma format.
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 Excel shortcut keys

Ctrl + Shift + Format number in currency format.

$

Ctrl + Shift + Format number in date format

#
Ctrl + Shift + Format number in percentage format
%
Ctrl + Shift + Format number in scientific format
^
Ctrl + Shift + Format number in time format.
@
Ctrl + (Right Move to next section of text.
arrow)

Ctrl + Space Select entire column

Shift + Space Select entire row.
 WINKEY shortcuts:

WINKEY + D Bring desktop to the top of other windows

WINKEY + M Minimize all windows

WINKEY + the minimize done by WINKEY + M and
SHIFT + M
WINKEY + D.
WINKEY + E Open Microsoft Explorer
WINKEY + Cycle through open programs on the taskbar
Tab
WINKEY + F Display the Windows Search/Find feature

WINKEY + Display the search for computers window.

CTRL + F

WINKEY + F1 Display the Microsoft Windows help

 WINKEY shortcuts:

WINKEY + R Open the run window.

WINKEY + Open the system properties window

Pause /Break
WINKEY + U Open utility manager
WINKEY + L Lock the computer (Windows XP & later).
 WINKEY shortcuts:

WINKEY + R Open the run window.

WINKEY + Open the system properties window

Pause /Break
WINKEY + U Open utility manager
WINKEY + L Lock the computer (Windows XP & later).
 Functions shortcuts:

F1: – Almost every program uses this key to open its Help
and Support window
– F1 with windows key shows up Windows Help and
Support screen
– Can be used to enter CMOS setup

F2 – Yes, I know, almost everyone has used this to rename

files or folders or icons quickly
– Can be used to enter CMOS setup
– Alt + Ctrl + F2 opens document window in Microsoft
Office

– Ctrl + F2 displays print preview window in Microsoft

Office
– Alt + F2 opens ‘Save As’ window in Microsoft Excel
– Shift + F2 can be used to add comment box in
Microsoft Excel
 Functions shortcuts:

F3: – Press F3 to open search window to find files and folders

– In MSDOS or windows command prompt, F3 repeats
the last command
– On most browsers, F3 is used to open find bar
– In Microsoft Word, Shift + F3 changes the text from
upper case to lower case or all capital letters

F4 – Most common, Alt + F4 to close current program

window. If no program window is open, it
launches Shutdown dialog box
– Ctrl + F4 closes active window within current active
window in Microsoft Windows
– Opens address bar in Windows Explorer and Internet
Explorer
– Press F4 to repeat the last action performed in
Microsoft Word
 Functions shortcuts:

F5: –Almost in all modern internet browsers,

pressing F5 refreshes or reloads the web page
– Starts slide show in Power Point
– Opens Find and Replace window in
Microsoft Word, GoTo window in Excel

F6 – Almost in all modern browsers, pressing F6

moves the cursor to the address bar
– Ctrl + F6 toggles between various Microsoft
Word documents
 Functions shortcuts:

F7: – Press F3 to open search window to find files and folders

– In MSDOS or windows command prompt, F3 repeats the last
command
– On most browsers, F3 is used to open find bar
– In Microsoft Word, Shift + F3 changes the text from upper case
to lower case or all capital letters

F8 – Most common, Alt + F4 to close current program window. If no

program window is open, it launches Shutdown dialog box
– Ctrl + F4 closes active window within current active window in
Microsoft Windows
– Opens address bar in Windows Explorer and Internet Explorer
– Press F4 to repeat the last action performed in Microsoft Word
 Functions shortcuts:

F9: – In many application, it is used to send

email like Microsoft Outlook, Siebel CRM
– Ctrl + F9 and Alt + F9 are used to build
mail merge document in Microsoft Word
– If you are a programmer, you may
have used F9 to compile and execute code
in combination with Ctrl or Alt key

F10 – In many programs, Shift + F10 opens

up the menu window, equivalent to right-
click
– Shows menu bar in Mozilla Firefox,
internet browser or highlights the same
in many programs
– Sometimes it is used to enter CMOS
setup
 Functions shortcuts:

F11: – Is used to enter and exit from full screen mode

in all modern internet browsers
– In Microsoft Excel, Shift + F11 adds a new
sheet, Ctrl + F11 adds a new macro to the
workbook
– Pressing Alt + F11 in MS Office program,
invokes Microsoft Visual Basic window for that
document

F12 – Opens ‘Save As’ window in MS Office program

– Shift + Ctrl + F12 open Print window in MS
Office
– Ctrl + F12 opens a document in MS Office
– Opens and closes developer tools in most of the
internet browsers