Shortcuts for Windows XP
and
Applications
Common
XP Desktop
Internet
Explorer
Microsoft
Word and Excel
Google
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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... |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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