List of Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

These shortcuts help you select text to cut, copy, or Paste, if you don't feel like using your mouse. Try the shortcuts on the text you see here.

To extend a selection... Press these keys
One character right... SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
One character left... SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
To end of a word... CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
To beginning of a word... CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
To end of a line... SHIFT+END
To beginning of a line... SHIFT+HOME
One line down... SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
One line up... SHIFT+UP ARROW
To the end of a paragraph... CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
To the beginning of a paragraph... CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW
One screen down... SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
One screen up... SHIFT+PAGE UP
To the end of a window... ALT+CTRL+PAGE DOWN
To the beginning of a document... CTRL+SHIFT+HOME
To include the entire document... CTRL+A

These Windows Keyboard Shortcuts deal with other keys besides the letter keys. Try them out, and see which shortcuts will help you waste less time.

Key Combination...Result

[Alt] and [Esc]...Switch between running applications
[Alt] and [Tab]...Toggle between running applications
[Alt] and letter...Select menu item by underlined letter
[Ctrl] and [Esc]...Open Program Menu
[Ctrl] and [F4]...Close active document or group windows (does not work with some applications)

[Alt] and [F4]...Quit active application or close current window
[Alt] and [-]...Open Control menu for active document
[Alt] and [Spacebar]...Open Control menu for active application
[Ctrl] Lft., Rt. arrow...Move cursor forward or back one word
[Ctrl] Up, Down arrow...Move cursor forward or back one paragraph
[Ctrl] and X...Cut selected text or object(s)
[Ctrl] and C...Copy selected text or object(s)
[Ctrl] and V...Paste copied text or object(s)

[F1]...Open Help for active application

Windows+E...Open Windows Explorer
Windows+F...Open Find
Windows+M...Minimize all open windows
Shift+Windows+M...Undo minimize all open windows
Windows+R...Open Run window
Windows+F1...Open Windows Help
Windows+Tab...Cycle through the Taskbar buttons
Windows+Break...Open the System Properties dialog box

This is a list of the 26 Windows Keyboard Shortcuts associated with each letter of the alphabet.

Shortcut...Function
Ctrl + A...Select All
Ctrl + B...Bold
Ctrl + D...Duplicate
Ctrl + F...Find
Ctrl + G...Go To Page
Ctrl + H...Replace
Ctrl + I...Italic
Ctrl + J...Justify Text
Ctrl + L...Left Align Text
Ctrl + N...Open New document
Ctrl + O...Open
Ctrl + P...Print
Ctrl + Q...Quit
Ctrl + R...Right Align Text
Ctrl + S...Save
Ctrl + U...Underline
Ctrl + V...Paste
Ctrl + W...Close document
Ctrl + X...Cut
Ctrl +Z...Undo