Minimum Windows 3.1 TechTips
from the Technology Interface

prepared by

Andy Garcia
andygarc@nmsu.edu
Department of Engineering Technology
New Mexico State University


Ctrl-Alt-Del Reboots the computer

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

Keys that apply to many Windows application

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