SIMPLE KEYBOARD EQUIVALENTS
| 1. | Bold Text | CTRL + B |
| 2. | Centre Text (to reverse ie. Align Text Left, CTRL + L) |
CTRL + E |
| 3. | Close Application | ALT + F4 |
| 4. | Close Document/Child Window | CTRL + F4, Ctrl +W |
| 5. | Copy Text | CTRL + C |
| 6. | Cut Text | CTRL + X |
| 7. | Delete Word | CTRL + Delete |
| 8. | Find Files, Folders | Win + F |
| 9. | Help | F1 |
| 10. | Italics for Text | CTRL + I |
| 11. | Maximize | ALT + Spacebar, X |
| 12. | Menu Bar | ALT (Underlined letter) eg. File = ALT,F |
| 13. | Minimize Active Window | ALT + Spacebar, N |
| 14. | Minimize All Open Windows | Win + M |
| 15. | Move - between Icons, fields | Tab |
| 16. | Move - between selections | Arrow Keys (á ,â ,à ,ß ) |
| 17. | Move - between Tabs (in a window) | CTRL + TAB |
| 18. | Move to the Desktop | Win + D |
| 19. | Open - Program Menu (eg. Move, min./max.) | ALT + Spacebar + Underlined letter |
| 20. | Open – Doc’t Menu (eg. Move, min./max.) | ALT + Hyphen + Underlined letter |
| 21. | Open File | CTRL + O |
| 22. | Open New File | CTRL + N |
| 23. | Paste Text | CTRL + V |
| 24. | Print Text | CTRL + P |
| 25. | Properties of Selected Item | ALT + Enter |
| 26. | Right Mouse Click | Shift + F10 or Menu Key |
| 27. | Run - opens Run dialog box | Win + R |
| 28. | Save Document or File | CTRL + S |
| 29. | Select (Highlight) All Text | CTRL + A |
| 30. | Select Check Box or Radio button | Spacebar |
| 31. | Select Text by letter, word or line | Shift + Arrow Keys |
| 32. | Select Text by Words | CTRL + Shift + Lt. or Rt. Arrow Keys |
| 33. | Select first item on a Windows list | Home |
| 34. | Select last item on a Windows list | End |
| 35. | Switch between Documents | CTRL + F6 |
| 36. | Switch between Items on Task Bar | ALT + TAB |
| 37. | Switch to next application window | ALT + ESC |
| 38. | System Properties - open | Win + Pause/Break Key |
| 39. | Undo a Windows action | ESC |
| 40. | Undo Typing Actions | CTRL + Z (Redo is CTRL + Y) |
| 41. | Windows Explorer - open | Win + E |
Many Thanks to Steve at the Technology Access Clinic in Hamilton
MGM
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