Shortcuts for Windows XP 
and
Applications
Common
XP Desktop
Internet Explorer
Microsoft Word and Excel
Google
Man Running
 
Common to many Applications
<CTL><ALT><DEL> Shutdown options
<ALT><TAB> Move between applications
<Ctrl><f> Opens Find dialog box
<Ctrl><c> Copies selected text/image
<Ctrl><v> Pastes selected text/image
<Ctrl><s> Opens Save dialog
<Ctrl><p> Opens Print dialog
<ALT><F, E,V,H....> Opens File, Edit, Insert,...
<Ctrl><o> Opens a New document
<Ctrl><z> Undo last operation
<Ctrl><y> Undo last Undo
<Ctrl><a> Select whole document
<Ctrl><x> Copy selected to clipboard and deletes original
<Ctrl><i> Turn Italics on or off
<Ctrl><b> Turn Bold on or off
<Ctrl><u> Turn Underline on or off
<Ctrl><f> Opens Search/Find
<Ctrl><Home> Moves cursor to beginning
<Ctrl><End> Moves cursor to end
<Ctrl><r> refreshes current list, web page...
Windows XP Desktop
<Windows> or <Ctrl><Esc> Open or Close Start menu
<ALT> then <TAB> Move between applications
<Windows><e> Opens Windows Explorer
In Explorer <Backspace> In Windows Explorer goes to path root
In Explorer <Ctrl><f> In Windows Explore opens Search
<Ctrl><f> Opens Search
<F2> Rename a selected file/folder
<Windows><f> Opens Search dialog
<Ctrl><Windows><f> Opens network Search
<Windows><d> Minimize/Restore windows
<Windows><r> Opens Run dialog
<Alt><Spacebar> Opens current windows menu
Internet Explorer and Netscape (sometimes)
<Alt><d> Cursor to address box (Exp)
<Ctrl><Enter> Places www before and .com after the typed in name
<Ctrl><r> refreshes current web page
<Esc> Stops web page download 
<Ctrl><e> Show/Hide search bar
<Ctrl><f> Opens Search
<Ctrl><h> Show/Hide history
<Ctrl><i> Show/Hide favorites
<Ctrl><n> Open New window
<Alt><Home> Goes to home page
<Ctrl><O> Opens dialog box to type in a URL
Microsoft Word and Excel
<Ctrl><Shift><Spacebar> Create nonbreaking space
<Ctrl><Hyphen> Create nonbreaking hyphen
<Ctrl><b> Bold
<Ctrl><i> Italic
<Ctrl><u> Underline
<Ctrl><h> Opens Find and Replace
<Ctrl><n> Opens New doc
<Ctrl><h> hides 
<Ctrl><8> Show/hide format
<F7> Opens spell and grammer dialog
For additional shortcuts:
    Word Shortcuts General Shortcuts
 
<Ctrl><Shift>+> Increase font size font
<Ctrl><Shift>+< Decrease font size font
<Ctrl><Shift><q> Remove paragraph formatting
<Ctrl><Spacebar> Remove character formatting
<Ctrl><c> Copys selected text
<Ctrl><x> Copys then deletes selected text
<Ctrl><v> Pastes previously copied text
<Ctrl><z> Undo last action
<Ctrl><y> Redo last action
<Ctrl><a> Selects whole document
<Ctrl><Enter> Inserts page break
<Alt><Enter> Inserts line break in Excel text