Keyboard Shortcuts
Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts CTRL+TAB (Move forward
through the tabs)
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB (Move
backward through the tabs)
TAB (Move forward
through the options)
SHIFT+TAB (Move
backward through the options)
ALT+Underlined letter
(Perform the corresponding command or select the corresponding option)
ENTER (Perform the
command for the active option or button)
SPACEBAR (Select or
clear the check box if the active option is a check box)
Arrow keys (Select a
button if the active option is a group of option buttons)
F1 key (Display Help)
F4 key (Display the
items in the active list)
BACKSPACE (Open a
folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Opendialog box)
Microsoft Natural Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Logo (Display
or hide the Start menu)
Windows Logo+BREAK
(Display the System Properties dialog box)
Windows Logo+D
(Display the desktop)
Windows Logo+M
(Minimize all of the windows)
Windows Logo+SHIFT+M
(Restore the minimized windows)
Windows Logo+E (Open
My Computer)
Windows Logo+F (Search
for a file or a folder)
CTRL+Windows Logo+F
(Search for computers)
Windows Logo+F1
(Display Windows Help)
Windows Logo+ L (Lock
the keyboard)
Windows Logo+R (Open the Run dialog box)
Windows Logo+U (Open
Utility Manager)
Accessibility Keyboard Shortcuts Right SHIFT for eight
seconds (Switch FilterKeys either on or off)
Left ALT+left
SHIFT+PRINT SCREEN (Switch High Contrast either on or off)
Left ALT+left SHIFT+NUM
LOCK (Switch the MouseKeys either on or off)
SHIFT five times
(Switch the StickyKeys either on or off)
NUM LOCK for five
seconds (Switch the ToggleKeys either on or off)
Windows Logo +U (Open
Utility Manager)
Windows Explorer Keyboard Shortcuts END (Display the
bottom of the active window)
HOME (Display the top
of the active window)
NUM LOCK+Asterisk sign
(*) (Display all of the subfolders that are under the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Plus sign (+)
(Display the contents of the selected folder)
NUM LOCK+Minus sign
(-) (Collapse the selected folder)
LEFT ARROW (Collapse
the current selection if it is expanded, or select the parent folder)
RIGHT ARROW (Display
the current selection if it is collapsed, or select the first subfolder)
Shortcut Keys for Character MapAfter you double-click a character on the grid
of characters, you can move through the grid by using the keyboard shortcuts: RIGHT ARROW (Move to
the right or to the beginning of the next line)
LEFT ARROW (Move to
the left or to the end of the previous line)
UP ARROW (Move up one
row)
DOWN ARROW (Move down
one row)
PAGE UP (Move up one
screen at a time)
PAGE DOWN (Move down
one screen at a time)
HOME (Move to the
beginning of the line)
END (Move to the end
of the line)
CTRL+HOME (Move to the
first character)
CTRL+END (Move to the
last character)
SPACEBAR (Switch
between Enlarged and Normal mode when a character is selected)
Microsoft Management Console (MMC) Main Window
Keyboard Shortcuts CTRL+O (Open a saved
console)
CTRL+N (Open a new
console)
CTRL+S (Save the open
console)
CTRL+M (Add or remove
a console item)
CTRL+W (Open a new
window)
F5 key (Update the
content of all console windows)
ALT+SPACEBAR (Display
the MMC window menu)
ALT+F4 (Close the
console)
ALT+A (Display the
Action menu)
ALT+V (Display the
View menu)
ALT+F (Display the
File menu)
ALT+O (Display the
Favorites menu)
MMC Console Window Keyboard Shortcuts CTRL+P (Print the
current page or active pane)
ALT+Minus sign (-)
(Display the window menu for the active console window)
SHIFT+F10 (Display the
Action shortcut menu for the selected item)
F1 key (Open the Help
topic, if any, for the selected item)
F5 key (Update the
content of all console windows)
CTRL+F10 (Maximize the
active console window)
CTRL+F5 (Restore the
active console window)
ALT+ENTER (Display
the Properties dialog box, if any, for the selected item)
F2 key (Rename the
selected item)
CTRL+F4 (Close the
active console window. When a console has only one console window, this
shortcut closes the console)
Remote Desktop Connection Navigation CTRL+ALT+END (Open the
Microsoft Windows NT Security dialog box)
ALT+PAGE UP (Switch
between programs from left to right)
ALT+PAGE DOWN (Switch
between programs from right to left)
ALT+INSERT (Cycle
through the programs in most recently used order)
ALT+HOME (Display the
Start menu)
CTRL+ALT+BREAK (Switch
the client computer between a window and a full screen)
ALT+DELETE (Display the
Windows menu)
CTRL+ALT+Minus sign
(-) (Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server
clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PRINT SCREEN on a
local computer.)
CTRL+ALT+Plus sign (+)
(Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server
clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing ALT+PRINT SCREEN on a
local computer.)
Microsoft Internet Explorer Navigation CTRL+B (Open the Organize Favorites dialog box)
CTRL+E (Open the
Search bar)
CTRL+F (Start the Find
utility)
CTRL+H (Open the
History bar)
CTRL+I (Open the
Favorites bar)
CTRL+L (Open the Open dialog box)
CTRL+N (Start another
instance of the browser with the same Web address)
CTRL+O (Open the Open dialog box, the
same as CTRL+L)
CTRL+P (Open the Print dialog box)
CTRL+R (Update the
current Web page)
CTRL+W (Close the current window)