Windows Explorer keyboard shortcuts

Press this key
To do this 
Ctrl + N
Open a new window
Ctrl + W
Close the current window
Ctrl + Shift + N
Create a new folder 
End
Display the bottom of the active window 
Home
Display the top of the active window
F11
Maximize or minimize the active window
Ctrl + Period (.)
Rotate a picture clockwise
Ctrl + Comma (,)
Rotate a picture counter-clockwise 
Num Lock + Asterisk (*) on numeric keypad
Display all subfolders under the selected folder
Num Lock + Plus Sign (+) on numeric keypad
Display the contents of the selected folder
Num Lock + Minus Sign (-) on numeric keypad
Collapse the selected folder
Left Arrow
Collapse the current selection (if it's expanded), or select the parent folder 
Alt + Enter
Open the Properties dialog box for the selected item
Alt + P
Display the preview pane
Alt + Left Arrow
View the previous folder
Backspace
View the previous folder
Right Arrow
Display the current selection (if it's collapsed), or select the first subfolder 
Alt + Right Arrow
View the next folder 
Alt + Up Arrow
View the parent folder 
Ctrl + Shift + E
Display all folders above the selected folder
Ctrl + Mouse scroll wheel
Change the size and appearance of file and folder icons 
Alt + D
Select the address bar
 Ctrl + E Select the search box
 Ctrl + F Select the search box



Taskbar keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with items on the desktop taskbar.

Press this key
To do this
Shift + click a taskbar button
Open a program or quickly open another instance of a program
Ctrl + Shift + click a taskbar button
Open a program as an administrator
Shift + right-click a taskbar button
Show the window menu for the program
Shift + right-click a grouped taskbar button
Show the window menu for the group
Ctrl + click a grouped taskbar button
Cycle through the windows of the group



Remote Desktop Connection on the desktop keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Remote Desktop Connection.

Press this key
To do this
Alt + Page Up
Move between apps from left to right
Alt + Page Down
Move between apps from right to left
Alt + Insert
Cycle through programs in the order that they were started in.
Alt + Home
Display the Start menu.
Ctrl + Alt + Break
Switch between a window and full screen 
Ctrl + Alt + End
Display the Windows Security dialog box
Alt + Delete
Display the system menu.
Ctrl + Alt + Minus Sign (-) on the numeric keypad
Place a copy of the active window, within the client, on the Terminal server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing Alt+PrtScn on a local computer).
Ctrl + Alt + Plus Sign (+) on the numeric keypad
Place a copy of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing PrtScn on a local computer).
Ctrl + Alt + Right Arrow
“Tab” out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host program (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) program.
Ctrl + Alt + Left Arrow
“Tab” out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host program (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) program.




Paint keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Paint.

Press this key
To do this
Ctrl + N
Create a new picture
Ctrl + O
Open an existing picture
Ctrl + S
Save changes to a picture
F12
Save the picture as a new file
Ctrl + P
Print a picture
Alt + F4
Close a picture and its Paint window
Ctrl + Z
Undo a change
Ctrl + Y
Redo a change
Ctrl + A
Select the entire picture
Ctrl + X
Cut a selection
Ctrl + C
Copy a selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl + V
Paste a selection from the Clipboard
Right Arrow
Move the selection or active shape right by one pixel
Left Arrow
Move the selection or active shape left by one pixel
Down Arrow
Move the selection or active shape down by one pixel
Up Arrow
Move the selection or active shape up by one pixel
Esc
Cancel a selection
Delete
Delete a selection
Ctrl + B
Bold selected text
Ctrl + +
Increase the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel
Ctrl + -
Decrease the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel
Ctrl + U
Underline selected text
Ctrl + E
Open the Properties dialog box
Ctrl + W
Open the Resize and Skew dialog box
Ctrl + Page Up
Zoom in
Ctrl + Page Down
Zoom out
F11
View a picture in full-screen mode
Ctrl + R
Show or hide the ruler
Ctrl + G
Show or hide gridlines
 F10 or Alt Display keytips
 Shift + F10 Show the current shortcut menu
 F1 Open Paint Help



WordPad keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with WordPad.

Press this key
To do this
Ctrl + N
Create a new document
Ctrl + O
Open an existing document
Ctrl + S
Save changes to a document
F12
Save the document as a new file
Ctrl + P
Print a document
Alt + F4
Close WordPad
Ctrl + Z
Undo a change
Ctrl + Y
Redo a change
Ctrl + A
Select the entire document
Ctrl + X
Cut a selection
Ctrl + C
Copy a selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl + V
Paste a selection from the Clipboard
Ctrl + B
Make selected text bold
Ctrl + I
Italicize selected text
Ctrl + U
Underline selected text
Ctrl + =
Make selected text subscript
Ctrl + Shift + =
Make selected text superscript
Ctrl + L
Align text left
Ctrl + E
Align text center
Ctrl + R
Align text right
Ctrl + J
Justify text
Ctrl + 1
Set single line spacing
Ctrl + 2
Set double line spacing
Ctrl + 5
Set line spacing to 1.5
Ctrl + Shift + >
Increase the font size
Ctrl + Shift + <
Decrease the font size
Ctrl + Shift + A
Change characters to all capitals
Ctrl + Shift + L
Change the bullet style
Ctrl + D
Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing
Ctrl + F
Find text in a document
F3
Find the next instance of the text in the Find dialog box
Ctrl + H
Replace text in a document
 Ctrl + Left Arrow Move the cursor one word to the left
 Ctrl + Right Arrow Move the cursor one word to the right
 Ctrl + Up Arrow Move the cursor to the line above
 Ctrl + Down Arrow Move the cursor to the line below
 Ctrl + Home Move to the beginning of the document
 Ctrl + End Move to the end of the document
 Ctrl + Page Up Move up one page
 Ctrl + Page Down Move down one page
 Ctrl + Delete Delete the next word
 F10 Display keytips
 Shift + F10 Show the current shortcut menu
 F1 Open WordPad Help



Calculator keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Calculator.

Press this key
To do this
Alt + 1
Switch to Standard mode
Alt + 2
Switch to Scientific mode
Alt + 3
Switch to Programmer mode
Alt + 4
Switch to Statistics mode
Ctrl + E
Open date calculations
Ctrl + H
Turn calculation history on or off
Ctrl + U
Open unit conversion
Alt + C
Calculate or solve date calculations and worksheets
F1
Open Calculator Help
Ctrl + Q
Press the M- button
Ctrl + P
Press the M+ button
Ctrl + M
Press the MS button
Ctrl + R
Press the MR button
Ctrl + L
Press the MC button
%
Press the button
F9
Press the +/– button
/
Press the button
*
Press the button
+
Press the button
-
Press the – button
R
Press the 1/× button
@
Press the square root button
0–9
Press the number buttons (0–9)
=
Press the = button 
.
Press the . (decimal point) button
Backspace
Press the backspace button
Esc
Press the button
Del
Press the CE button
Ctrl + Shift + D
Clear the calculation history
F2
Edit the calculation history
Up Arrow key
Navigate up in the calculation history
Down Arrow key
Navigate down in the calculation history
Esc
Cancel editing the calculation history
Enter
Recalculate the calculation history after editing
F3
Select Degrees in Scientific mode
F4
Select Radians in Scientific mode
F5
Select Grads in Scientific mode
I
Press the Inv button in Scientific mode
D
Press the Mod button in Scientific mode
Ctrl + S
Press the sinh button in Scientific mode
Ctrl + O
Press the cosh button in Scientific mode
Ctrl + T
Press the tanh button in Scientific mode
(
Press the button in Scientific mode
)
Press the button in Scientific mode
 N Press the ln button in Scientific mode
 ; Press the Int button in Scientific mode
 S Press the sin button in Scientific mode
 O Press the cos button in Scientific mode
 T Press the tan button in Scientific mode
 M Press the dms button in Scientific mode
 P Press the pi button in Scientific mode
 V Press the F-E button in Scientific mode
 X Press the Exp button in Scientific mode
 Q Press the x^2 button in Scientific mode
 Y Press the x^y button in Scientific mode
 # Press the x^3 button in Scientific mode
 L Press the log button in Scientific mode
 ! Press the n! button in Scientific mode
 Ctrl + Y Press the y√x button in Scientific mode
 Ctrl + B Press the 3√x button in Scientific mode
 Ctrl + G Press the 10x button in Scientific mode
 F5 Select Hex in Programmer mode
 F6 Select Dec in Programmer mode
 F7 Select Oct in Programmer mode
 F8 Select Bin in Programmer mode
 F12 Select Qword in Programmer mode
 F2Select Dword in Programmer mode 
 F3 Select Word in Programmer mode
 F4 Select Byte in Programmer mode
 K Press the RoR button in Programmer mode
 J Press the RoL button in Programmer mode
 < Press the Lsh button in Programmer mode
 > Press the Rsh button in Programmer mode
 % Press the Mod button in Programmer mode
 (Press the button in Programmer mode
 Press the button in Programmer mode
 | Press the Or button in Programmer mode
 ^ Press the Xor button in Programmer mode
 ~ Press the Not button in Programmer mode
 & Press the And button in Programmer mode
 A–FPress the Abuttons in Programmer mode
 Spacebar Toggles the bit value in Programmer mode
 A Press the Average button in Statistics mode
 Ctrl + A Press the Average Sq button in Statistics mode
 S  Press the Sum button in Statistics mode
Ctrl+S  Press the Sum Sq button in Statistics mode
 T  Press the S.D. button in Statistics mode
 Ctrl+T  Press the Inv S.D. button in Statistics mode
 D Press the CAD button in Statistics mode



Windows Journal keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Windows Journal.

Press this key
To do this
Ctrl + N
Start a new note 
Ctrl + O
Open a recently used note
Ctrl + S
Save changes to a note 
Ctrl + Shift + V
Move a note to a specific folder
Ctrl + P
Print a note
Alt + F4
Close a note and its Journal window
Ctrl + Z
Undo a change
Ctrl + Y
Redo a change
Ctrl + A
Select all items on a page
Ctrl + X
Cut a selection
Ctrl + C
Copy a selection to the Clipboard
 Ctrl + V Paste a selection from the Clipboard
 Esc Cancel a selection
 Delete Delete a selection
 Ctrl + F Start a basic find
 Ctrl + G Go to a page
 F5 Refresh find results
 F5 Refresh the note list
 F6 Toggle between a note list and a note
 Ctrl + Shift + C Display a shortcut menu for column headings in a note list
F11  View a note in full-screen mode
 F1 Open Journal Help



Windows Help viewer keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with the Help viewer.

Press this key
To do this
Alt + C
Display the Table of Contents
Alt + N
Display the Connection Settings menu
F10
Display the Options menu
Alt + Left Arrow
Move back to the previously viewed topic
Alt + Right Arrow
Move forward to the next (previously viewed) topic
Alt + A
Display the customer support page
Alt + Home
Display the Help and Support home page
Home
Move to the beginning of a topic
End
Move to the end of a topic
Ctrl + F
Search the current topic
Ctrl + P
Print a topic
 F3 Move the cursor to the search box