Gavilan College, Gilroy, California

Jane Maringer-Cantu's
FALL 2008

CSIS 572 Assignments CSIS 572
Windows XP
Shortcuts to Success
CSIS 572 Home Page

Use Your Keyboard For Faster Windows Control

Press

To
CTRL + ESC Dispay the Start menu.
CTRL + C Copy the selection to the clipboard.
CTRL+ X Cut or delete the selection and move it to the clipboard.
CTRL + V Paste the clipboard's contents into the current program.
CTRL+ Z or ALT + Backspace Undo or Undo the last thing you did.
CTRL + Y Undo the last undo.
CTRL + S Save the current document.
CTRL + O Open a new document.
CTRL+ A Select all.
CTRL + P Open the Print dialog box.
CTRL + I Turn italics on or off.
CTRL + B Turn bold on or off.
CTRL + U Turn underline on or off.
CTRL + F Launch a program's search or find tool.
CTRL + Home Move the cursor to beginning of document.
CTRL + End Move the cursor to end of document.
CTRL + L Align Left.
CTRL + E Align Center.
CTRL + R Align Right.
CTRL + J Align Justify.
CTRL + 1 Single Line Space.
CTRL + 2 Double Line Space.
CTRL + 5 1 and 1/2 Line Space.
DELETE Delete.
SHIFT + DELETE Delete and bypass the Recycle Bin.
ESC Cancel the current task.
ALT Highlights the menu bar.
ALT + F4 Close the active item, or quit the active program.
ALT + SPACEBAR Display the System menu for the active window.
ALT + TAB Switch between open windows or items.
ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name Display the corresponding menu.
Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu Carry out the corresponding command.
Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts

Press

To
CTRL + TAB Move forward through tabs.
CTRL + SHIFT + TAB

Move backward through tabs.

TAB Move forward through options.
SHIFT + TAB Move backward through options.
ALT + Underline letter Carry out the corresponding command or select the corresponding option.
ENTER Carry out 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 Display Help.

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Last updated October 12, 2008
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Jane Maringer-Cantu at 
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