Help Shortcut Keys
F1 | Display Help for currently active application |
Tab | Jump clockwise |
Shift-Tab | Jump counter-clockwise |
Enter | Jump to help or pop-up explanation on selected hot spot |
Ctrl-Ins | Copy all or selected portion of Help topic to the Clipboard |
Shift-Ins | Paste contents of Clipboard into annotation box |
F1 | Bring up a Help screen |
Ctrl-Esc | Switch to Task List |
Alt-Esc | Switch to the next application |
Alt-Tab | Switch to next running application in forward order |
Alt-Shift-Tab | Switch to next running application in reverse order |
Alt-Esc | Cancel the Alt-Tab switching process |
PrtScr | Place image of the entire screen on the Clipboard |
Alt-PrtScr | Place an image of the active window on the Clipboard |
Alt-Hyphen | Open a document window Control box |
Alt-F4 | Quit a running application or close a window |
Ctrl-F4 | Close the active group window or document window |
Alt-Enter | Switch a non-Windows application between windowed and full-screen mode. |
Text Editing Keys
Del | Delete a character to the right of the I-beam |
Backspace | Delete a character to the left of the I-beam |
Shift-Del or Ctrl-X | Cut all selected text and put it on the Clipboard |
Ctrl-Ins or Ctrl-C | Copy all selected text on the Clipboard |
Shift-Ins or Ctrl-V | Paste text on the Clipboard into the active window |
Ctrl-Z | Undo the last editing action |
Alt-Backspace | Undo the last editing action |
Program Manager Shortcut Keys
Ctrl-F6 or Ctrl-Tab | Move between group windows or group icons |
Enter | Start the highlighted application |
Shift-F4 | Tile the open group windows |
Shift-F5 | Cascade open group windows |
Ctrl-F4 | Close the active group window |
Alt-F4 | Quit Windows |
Clipboard Shortcut Keys
Ctrl-X or Shift-Del | Cut selected item to the Clipboard |
Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Ins | Copy selected item to the Clipboard |
Ctrl-V or Shift-Ins | Paste item form Clipboard to target document |
Del | In Clipboard viewer, delete whatever is on the Clipboard |
Shift-PrtScr | Copy entire screen image to the Clipboard |
Alt-PrtScr | Copy the active window's image to the Clipboard |
Text Editing
Ctrl-X or Shift-Del | Cut selection to the Clipboard |
Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Ins | Copy selection to the Clipboard |
Ctrl-V or Shift-Ins | Paste from the Clipboard |
Ctrl-Enter | Insert manual page break |
Ctrl-Z | Undo last typing or editing |
Alt-F6 | Jump between document and Find or Replace dialog box |