Simple Windows Shortcuts to Save You Time

Wether you are a average pc user or a power user,rememering those long lists of shortcuts built into your windows operating system can be a hassle.However, these shortcuts can be very handy when it comes to saving you some extra time.
I had some time to spare and thought I should help my fellow readers out with some quick shortcuts that you might of forgotten or simply unaware of.Hopefully these shortcuts will come in handy when you upgrade to windows vista.This way you are bound to save alot of time with these shortcuts.
»Windows system key combinations
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F1: Help
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CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
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ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
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ALT+F4: Quit program
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SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
»Windows program key combinations
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CTRL+C: Copy
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CTRL+X: Cut
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CTRL+V: Paste
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CTRL+Z: Undo
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CTRL+B: Bold
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CTRL+U: Underline
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CTRL+I: Italic
»Mouse click/keyboard modifier combinations for shell objects
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SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
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SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
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ALT+double click: Displays properties
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SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
»General keyboard-only commands
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F1: Starts Windows Help
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F10: Activates menu bar options
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SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
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CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
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CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
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ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
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ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
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SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
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ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window’s System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
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ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window’s System menu (from the MDI child window’s System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
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CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
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ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
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ALT+F4: Closes the current window
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CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
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ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)