Window Shortcuts

Keyboard shortcut Action

●​ Windows key Open or close Start Menu.
●​ Windows key + A Open Action center.
●​ Windows key + C Open Cortana in listening mode.
●​ Windows key + D Display and hide the desktop.
●​ Windows key + E Open File Explorer.
●​ Windows key + G Open Game bar when a game is open.
●​ Windows key + H Open the Share charm.
●​ Windows key + I Open Settings.
●​ Windows key + K Open the Connect quick action.
●​ Windows key + L Lock your PC or switch accounts.
●​ Windows key + M Minimize all windows.
●​ Windows key + R Open Run dialog box.
●​ Windows key + S Open Search.
●​ Windows key + U Open Ease of Access Center.
●​ Windows key + X Open Quick Link menu.
●​ Windows key + Number Open the app pinned to the taskbar in
the position indicated by the
●​ number.
●​ Windows key + Left arrow key Snap app windows left.
●​ Windows key + Right arrow key Snap app windows right.
●​ Windows key + Up arrow key Maximize app windows.
●​ Windows key + Down arrow key Minimize app windows.
●​ Windows key + Comma Temporarily peek at the desktop.
●​ Windows key + Ctrl +D Add a virtual desktop.
●​ Windows key + Ctrl + Left or Right
●​ arrow Switch between virtual desktops.
●​ Windows key + Ctrl + F4 Close current virtual desktop.
●​ Windows key + Enter Open Narrator.
●​ Windows key + Home Minimize all but the active desktop
window (restores all windows on
●​ second stroke).
●​ 1Keyboard Shortcuts
●​ Keyboard shortcut Action
●​ Windows key + PrtScn Capture a screenshot and save in
Screenshots folder.
●​ Windows key + Shift + Up arrow Stretch the desktop window to
the top and bottom of the screen.
●​ Windows key + Tab Open Task view.
●​ Windows key + "+" key Zoom in using the magnifier.
●​ Windows key + "-" key Zoom out using the magnifier.
●​ Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open Task Manager.
●​ Alt + Tab Switch between open apps.
●​ Alt + Left arrow key Go back.
●​ Alt + Right arrow key Go foward.
●​ Alt + Page Up Move up one screen.
●​ Alt + Page down Move down one screen.
●​ Ctrl + Alt +Tab View open apps
●​ Ctrl + C Copy selected items to clipboard.
●​ Ctrl + X Cut selected items.
●​ Ctrl + V Paste content from clipboard.
●​ Ctrl + A Select all content.
●​ Ctrl + Z Undo an action.
●​ Ctrl + Y Redo an action.
●​ Ctrl + D Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin.
●​ Ctrl + Esc Open the Start Menu.
●​ Ctrl + Shift Switch the keyboard layout.
●​ Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open Task Manager.
●​ Ctrl + F4 Close the active window.
●​ 2Keyboard Shortcuts
●​ Microsoft Word
●​ Shortcut Description
●​ Ctrl+0 Toggles 6pts of spacing before a paragraph.
●​ Ctrl+A Select all contents of the page.
●​ Ctrl+B Bold highlighted selection.
●​ Ctrl+C Copy selected text.
●​ Ctrl+D Open the font preferences window.
●​ Ctrl+E Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen.
●​ Ctrl+F Open find box.
●​ Ctrl+I Italic highlighted selection.
●​ Ctrl+J Aligns the selected text or line to justify the screen.
●​ Ctrl+K Insert a hyperlink.
●​ Ctrl+L Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen.
●​ Ctrl+M Indent the paragraph.
●​ Ctrl+N Opens new, blank document window.
●​ Ctrl+O Opens the dialog box or page for selecting a file to open.
●​ Ctrl+P Open the print window.
●​ Ctrl+R Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen.
●​ Ctrl+S Save the open document. Just like Shift+F12.
●​ Alt, F, A Save the document under a different file name.
●​ Ctrl+T Create a hanging indent.
●​ Ctrl+U Underline the selected text.
●​ Ctrl+V Paste.
●​ Ctrl+W Close the currently open document.
●​ Ctrl+X Cut selected text.
●​ Ctrl+Y Redo the last action performed.
●​ Ctrl+Z Undo last action.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+L Quickly create a bullet point.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+F Change the font.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+> Increase selected font +1pts up to 12pt and then
increase font +2pts.
●​ Ctrl+] Increase selected font +1pts.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+< Decrease selected font -1pts if 12pt or lower; if
above 12, decreases font by +2pt.
●​ Ctrl+[ Decrease selected font -1pts.
●​ Ctrl+/+c Insert a cent sign (¢).
●​ Ctrl+'+<char> Insert a character with an accent (grave) mark,
where <char> is the character you want.
●​ For example, if you wanted an accented è you would use
Ctrl+'+eas your shortcut key. To
●​ reverse the accent mark use the opposite accent mark, often on
the tilde key.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+* View or hide non printing characters.
●​ Ctrl+<left arrow> Moves one word to the left.
●​ Ctrl+<right arrow> Moves one word to the right.
●​ Ctrl+<up arrow> Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph.
●​ Ctrl+<down arrow> Moves to the end of the paragraph.
●​ Ctrl+Del Deletes word to right of cursor.
●​ Ctrl+Backspace Deletes word to left of cursor.
●​ Ctrl+End Moves the cursor to the end of the document.

●​ Shortcut Description
●​ Ctrl+Home Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document.
●​ Ctrl+Spacebar Reset highlighted text to the default font.
●​ Ctrl+1 Single-space lines.
●​ Ctrl+2 Double-space lines.
●​ Ctrl+5 1.5-line spacing.
●​ Ctrl+Alt+1 Changes text to heading 1.
●​ Ctrl+Alt+2 Changes text to heading 2.
●​ Ctrl+Alt+3 Changes text to heading 3.
●​ Alt+Ctrl+F2 Open new document.
●​ Ctrl+F1 Open the Task Pane.
●​ Ctrl+F2 Display the print preview.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+> Increases the selected text size by one font size.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+< Decreases the selected text size by one font size.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+F6 Switches to another open Microsoft Word
document.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+F12 Prints the document.
●​ F1 Open Help.
●​ F4 Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+).
●​ F5 Open the Find, Replace, and Go To window in Microsoft
Word.
●​ F7 Spellcheck and grammar check selected text or document.
●​ F12 Save As.
●​ Shift+F3 Change the text in Microsoft Word from uppercase to
lowercase or a capital letter at the
●​ beginning of every word.
●​ Shift+F7 Runs a Thesaurus check on the selected word.
●​ Shift+F12 Save the open document. Just like Ctrl+S.
●​ Shift+Enter Create a soft break instead of a new paragraph.
●​ Shift+Insert Paste.
●​ Shift+Alt+D Insert the current date.
●​ Shift+Alt+T Insert the current time.
●​ 4Keyboard Shortcuts
●​ Microsoft Excel
●​ Shortcut Description
●​ Tab Move to the next cell, to the right of the currently selected
cell.
●​ Ctrl+A Select all contents of a worksheet.
●​ Ctrl+B Bold all cells in the highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+C Copy all cells in the highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+D Fill down. Fills the cell beneath with the contents of the
selected cell. To fill more than one
●​ cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Down to select
multiple cells. Then
●​ press Ctrl+D to fill them with the contents of the original cell.
●​ Ctrl+F Search current sheet.
●​ Ctrl+G Go to a certain area.
●​ Ctrl+H Find and replace.
●​ Ctrl+I Puts italics on all cells in the highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+K Inserts a hyperlink.
●​ Ctrl+N Creates a new workbook.
●​ Ctrl+O Opens a workbook.
●​ Ctrl+P Print the current sheet.
●​ Ctrl+R Fill right. Fills the cell to the right with the contents of the
selected cell. To fill more than
●​ one cell, select the source cell and press Ctrl+Shift+Right to
select multiple cells. Then
●​ press Ctrl+R to fill them with the contents of the original cell.
●​ Ctrl+S Saves the open worksheet.
●​ Ctrl+U Underlines all cells in the highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+V Pastes everything copied onto the clipboard.
●​ Ctrl+W Closes the current workbook.
●​ Ctrl+X Cuts all cells in the highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+Y Repeats the last entry.
●​ Ctrl+Z Undo the last action.
●​ Ctrl+1 Changes the format of the selected cells.
●​ Ctrl+2 Bolds all cells in the highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+3 Puts italics all cells in the highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+4 Underlines all cells in highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+5 Puts a strikethrough all cells in the highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+6 Shows or hides objects.
●​ Ctrl+7 Shows or hides the toolbar.
●​ Ctrl+8 Toggles the outline symbols.
●​ Ctrl+9 Hides rows.
●​ Ctrl+0 Hides columns.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+: Enters the current time.
●​ Ctrl+; Enters the current date.
●​ Ctrl+` Changes between displaying cell values or formulas in the
worksheet.
●​ Ctrl+' Copies a formula from the cell above.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+" Copies value from cell above.
●​ Ctrl+- Deletes the selected column or row.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+= Inserts a new column or row.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+~ Switches between showing Excel formulas or their
values in cells.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+@ Applies time formatting.
●​ 5Keyboard Shortcuts
●​ Shortcut Description
●​ Ctrl+Shift+! Applies comma formatting.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+$ Applies currency formatting.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+# Applies date formatting.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+% Applies percentage formatting.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+^ Applies exponential formatting.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+* Selects the current region around the active cell.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+& Places border around selected cells.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+_ Removes a border.
●​ Ctrl++ Insert.
●​ Ctrl+- Delete.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+( Unhide rows.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+) Unhide columns.
●​ Ctrl+/ Selects the array containing the active cell.
●​ Ctrl+\ Selects the cells that have a static value or don’t match the
formula in the active cell.
●​ Ctrl+[ Selects all cells referenced by formulas in the highlighted
section.
●​ Ctrl+] Selects cells that contain formulas that reference the
active cell.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+{ Selects all cells directly or indirectly referenced by
formulas in the highlighted section.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+} Selects cells which contain formulas that directly or
indirectly reference the active cell.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+| (pipe) Selects the cells within a column that don’t
match the formula or static value in the active
●​ cell.
●​ Ctrl+Enter Fills the selected cells with the current entry.
●​ Ctrl+Spacebar Selects the entire column.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+Spacebar Selects the entire worksheet.
●​ Ctrl+Home Move to cell A1.
●​ Ctrl+End Move to last cell on worksheet.
●​ Ctrl+Tab Move between Two or more open Excel files.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+Tab Activates the previous workbook.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+A Inserts argument names into a formula.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+F Opens the drop-down menu for fonts.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+O Selects all of the cells that contain comments.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+P Opens the drop-down menu for point size.
●​ Shift+Insert Pastes what is stored on the clipboard.
●​ Shift+Page Up In a single column, highlights all cells above that
are selected.
●​ Shift+Page Down In a single column, highlights all cells above
that are selected.
●​ Shift+Home Highlights all text to the left of the cursor.
●​ Shift+End Highlights all text to the right of the cursor.
●​ Shift+Up Arrow Extends the highlighted area up one cell.
●​ Shift+Down Arrow Extends the highlighted area down one cell.
●​ Shift+Left Arrow Extends the highlighted area left one character.
●​ Shift +Right Arrow Extends the highlighted area right one
character.
●​ Alt+Tab Cycles through applications.
●​ Alt+Spacebar Opens the system menu.
●​ Alt+Backspace Undo.
●​ Alt+Enter While typing text in a cell, pressing Alt+Enter will move
to the next line, allowing for
●​ multiple lines of text in one cell.
●​ 6Keyboard Shortcuts
●​ Shortcut Description
●​ Alt+= Creates a formula to sum all of the above cells.
●​ Alt+' Allows formatting on a dialog box.
●​ F1 Opens the help menu.
●​ F2 Edits the selected cell.
●​ F3 After a name has been created, F3 will paste names.
●​ F4 Repeats last action. For example, if you changed the color of
text in another cell, pressing
●​ F4 will change the text in cell to the same color.
●​ F5 Goes to a specific cell. For example, C6.
●​ F6 Move to the next pane.
●​ F7 Spell check selected text or document.
●​ F8 Enters Extend Mode.
●​ F9 Recalculates every workbook.
●​ F10 Activates the menu bar.
●​ F11 Creates a chart from selected data.
●​ F12 Save As option.
●​ Shift+F1 Opens the "What's This?" window.
●​ Shift+F2 Allows the user to edit a cell comment.
●​ Shift+F3 Opens the Excel formula window.
●​ Shift+F5 Brings up a search box.
●​ Shift+F6 Move to previous pane.
●​ Shift+F8 Add to selection.
●​ Shift+F9 Performs calculate function on active sheet.
●​ Ctrl+F3 Open Excel Name Manager.
●​ Ctrl+F4 Closes current Window.
●​ Ctrl+F5 Restores window size.
●​ Ctrl+F6 Next workbook.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+F6 Previous workbook.
●​ Ctrl+F7 Moves the window.
●​ Ctrl+F8 Resizes the window.
●​ Ctrl+F9 Minimize current window.
●​ Ctrl+F10 Maximize currently selected window.
●​ Ctrl+F11 Inserts a macro sheet.
●​ Ctrl+F12 Opens a file.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+F3 Creates names by using those of either row or
column labels.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+F6 Moves to the previous worksheet window.
●​ Ctrl+Shift+F12 Prints the current worksheet.
●​ Alt+F1 Inserts a chart.
●​ Alt+F2 Save As option.
●​ Alt+F4 Exits Excel.
●​ Alt+F8 Opens the macro dialog box.
●​ Alt+F11 Opens the Visual Basic editor.
●​ Alt+Shift+F1 Creates a new worksheet.
●​ Alt+Shift+F2 Saves the current worksheet.