Favorite Keyboard Shortcuts

[CRLocky]

I know I value a few keyboard shortcuts. Some of which I wish I knew of far before I found them.

The three I constantly use:
Ctrl + C = Copy

Ctrl + V = Paste

F2 = Rename File

Once I started building up my .mp3 collection, I found that filenames lacked structure because they were coming from so many different sources (literally the thousands that shared). For a long time did I think I had to
right click > rename file . Until I stumbled upon F2. THANK GOD!

So, I figured it wouldn't hurt to have a thread that shares everyone's keyboard shortcuts.

Maybe one'll be found that you've never used before, and are grateful for, such as I was for finding F2.

Share away.

[thepuzzler]

Windows key and 'E' pressed together to bring up Windows explorer.

Thats probably the most useful shortcut I know of.

[black_magiic]

damn I didnt know that one thanks :D

[Sparky9]

List of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP

[CRLocky]

List of the keyboard shortcuts that are available in Windows XP

Sparky9 likes to use em all....

Guess what I just did with that site?

I copied the shortcuts, pasted them into a word doc, and saved them to my desktop. At which time I realized I forgot to label it, so I then found the file and hit F2 to rename it!!! no lie!

Thanks for the resource.

[thepuzzler]

SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin)

Awesome shortcut, never knew that one.

[bobhss]

Windows + L locks an XP computer. Quicker than the Ctrl-Alt-Delete combo and then clicking on Lock Computer.

Oh, yeah and I like that Window + E. I make my friends use it when I'm helping them.

[Potato]

Alt + Tab = flips through open windows easily
F2
F5 = refresh
Alt + Home = brings me to my homepage [firefox, IE]
Ctrl + Tab = flips through open tabs easily
The Cut, Copy and Paste shortcuts
Ctrl + A = select all
Shift + Tab = brings me back a little box dealie
Ctrl + move the scroll ball dealie on the mouse = change text size in window that you're viewing
Alt + F4 = try it and find out
In Word, I use Ctrl + U when editing my bibliography pages.



On the SNES (while playing Tetris Attack), I press Start, Select, A and B all at the same time to restart the game. :D

[thepuzzler]

Not really a windows shortcut as such, but if you click a link with the middle mouse wheel in firefox it opens it in a new tab. V-e-r-y handy.

[silentscream]

the best shortcut ever is an msword one

highlight some text and press SHIFT + F3 (it does 3 things so keep pressing it)

u will be impressed

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[Auggie2k]

I just used that CTRL + Mouse Scroll and it dimmed down bobhss's signature, but only that?

[cpugeniusmv]

I learned these in elementary school:

Open up a text editor with some text in it.

Shift+L/R Arrow keys: select/unselect single characters.
Shift+U/D Arrow keys: select/unselect neighboring lines.
Ctrl+Shift L/R Arrow keys: select/unselect words.
Ctrl+Home: go to beginning of document.
Ctrl+End: go to end of document.
Home: beginning of line.
End: end of line.
Ctrl+Arrows: skip around words/lines without selecting.
Shift+Home: select all text from beginning of the line to your cursor.
Shift+End: select all text from your cursor to the end of the line.
Ctrl+Shift+Home: select all text from the beginning to the document up to your cursor.
Ctrl+Shift+End: select all text from your cursor to the end of the document.

Most of the other ones I use are documented in Sparky9's link (hmm, including these...they didn't used to be listed).

[mountain_rage]

This would be a good idea for a wallpaper if you could somehow manage to fit it all on the page in a readable format.

[Potato]

Maybe... stick 'em all in a spreadsheet, alphabetize it and use that as a wallpaper?

[MPXX]

WinKey + D ....show desktop

WinKey + M is also similar, minimizes all your windows in a jiffy

WinKey + L logs out of the current account (fast user switch)

and there's a bunch of others that you can try from a -z....