Basic Commands:
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| Alt + F | File menu options in current program. |
| Alt + E | Edit options in current program |
| F1 | Universal Help in almost ever Windows program. |
| Ctrl + A | Select all text. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selected item. |
| Shift + Del | Cut selected item. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected item. |
| Ctrl + Ins | Copy selected item |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Shift + Ins | Paste |
| Home | Goes to beginning of current line. |
| Ctrl + Home | Goes to beginning of document. |
| End | Goes to end of current line. |
| Ctrl + End | Goes to end of document. |
| Shift + Home | Highlights from current position to beginning of line. |
| Shift + End | Highlights from current position to end of line. |
| Ctrl + Left arrow | Moves one word to the left at a time. |
| Ctrl + Right arrow | Moves one word to the right at a time. |
Windows Operating System Commands
| Description | |
| Alt + Tab | Switch between open applications. |
| Alt + Shift + Tab | Switch backwards between open applications. |
| Alt + Print Screen | Create a screen shot only for the program you are currently in. |
| Ctrl + Esc | Bring Up start menu. |
| Alt + Esc | Switch Between open applications on taskbar. |
| F2 | Renames selected Icon. |
| F3 | Starts find from desktop. |
| F4 | Opens the drive selection when browsing. |
| F5 | Refresh Contents. |
| Alt + F4 | Closes Current open program. |
| Ctrl + F4 | Closes Window in Program. |
| Ctrl + (the '+' key on the keypad) | Automatically adjust the widths of all the columns in Windows explorer |
| Alt + Enter | Opens properties window of Selected icon or program. |
| Shift + F10 | Simulates right click on selected item. |
| Shift + Del | Delete programs/files without throwing into the recycle bin. |
| Holding Shift | Boot safe mode or by pass system files. |
| Holding Shift | When putting in an audio CD, will prevent CD Player from playing. |
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| WINKEY + D | Brings the desktop to the top of all other windows. |
| WINKEY + M | Minimizes all windows. |
| WINKEY + SHIFT + M | Undo the minimize done by WINKEY + M and WINKEY + D. |
| WINKEY + E | Open Microsoft Explorer. |
| WINKEY + Tab | Cycle through open programs through the taskbar. |
| WINKEY + F | Display the Windows Search / Find feature. |
| WINKEY + CTRL + F | Display the search for computers window. |
| WINKEY + F1 | Display the Microsoft Windows help. |
| WINKEY + R | Open the run window. |
| WINKEY + Pause / Break key | Open the system properties window. |
| WINKEY + U | Open Utility Manager. |
| WINKEY + L | Lock the computer (Windows XP and above only). |
EXCEL SHORTCUT KEYS
See our Microsoft Excel page for additional help and information.
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| F2 | Edit the selected cell. |
| F5 | Goto a specific cell. For example, C6. |
| F7 | Spell check selected text and/or document. |
| F11 | Create chart. |
| Ctrl + Shift + ; | Enter the current time. |
| Ctrl + ; | Enter the current date. |
| Alt + Shift + F1 | Insert New Worksheet. |
| Shift + F3 | Open the Excel formula window. |
| Shift + F5 | Bring up search box. |
| Ctrl + A | Select all contents of the worksheet. |
| Ctrl + B | Bold highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + I | Italic highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + K | Insert link. |
| Ctrl + U | Underline highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + 5 | Strikethrough highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + P | Bring up the print dialog box to begin printing. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo last action. |
| Ctrl + F9 | Minimize current window. |
| Ctrl + F10 | Maximize currently selected window. |
| Ctrl + F6 | Switch between open workbooks / windows. |
| Ctrl + Page up | Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document. |
| Ctrl + Page down | Move between Excel work sheets in the same Excel document. |
| Ctrl + Tab | Move between Two or more open Excel files. |
| Alt + = | Create a formula to sum all of the above cells |
| Ctrl + ' | Insert the value of the above cell into cell currently selected. |
| Ctrl + Shift + ! | Format number in comma format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + $ | Format number in currency format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + # | Format number in date format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + % | Format number in percentage format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + ^ | Format number in scientific format. |
| Ctrl + Shift + @ | Format number in time format. |
| Ctrl + Arrow key | Move to next section of text. |
| Ctrl + Space | Select entire column. |
| Shift + Space | Select entire row. |
WORD SHORTCUT KEYS
See our Microsoft Word page for additional help and information.
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| Ctrl + A | Select all contents of the page. |
| Ctrl + B | Bold highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected text. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selected text. |
| Ctrl + P | Open the print window. |
| Ctrl + F | Open find box. |
| Ctrl + I | Italic highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + K | Insert link. |
| Ctrl + U | Underline highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + V | Paste. |
| Ctrl + Y | Redo the last action performed. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undo last action. |
| Ctrl + L |
Aligns the line or selected text to the left of the screen. |
| Ctrl + E | Aligns the line or selected text to the center of the screen. |
| Ctrl + R | Aligns the line or selected text to the right of the screen. |
| Ctrl + M | Indent the paragraph. |
| Ctrl + Shift + F | Change the font. |
| Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase selected font +1. |
| Ctrl + ] | Increase selected font +1. |
| Ctrl + Shift + < | Decrease selected font -1. |
| Ctrl + [ | Decrease selected font -1. |
| Ctrl + Shift + * | View or hide non printing characters. |
| Ctrl + <left arrow> | Moves one word to the left. |
| Ctrl + <right arrow> | Moves one word to the right. |
| Ctrl + <up arrow> | Moves to the beginning of the line or paragraph. |
| Ctrl + <down arrow> | Moves to the end of the paragraph. |
| Ctrl + Del | Deletes word to right of cursor. |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Deletes word to left of cursor. |
| Ctrl + End | Moves the cursor to the end of the document. |
| Ctrl + Home | Moves the cursor to the beginning of the document. |
| Ctrl + Spacebar | Reset highlighted text to the default font. |
| Ctrl + 1 | Single-space lines. |
| Ctrl + 2 | Double-space lines. |
| Ctrl + 5 | 1.5-line spacing. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 1 | Changes text to heading 1. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 2 | Changes text to heading 2. |
| Ctrl + Alt + 3 | Changes text to heading 3. |
| Ctrl + F1 | Open the Task Pane. |
| F1 | Open Help. |
| Shift + F3 | Change the case of the selected text. |
| Shift + Insert | Paste. |
| F4 | Repeat the last action performed (Word 2000+) |
| F5 | Open goto window. |
| F7 | Spell check selected text and/or document. |
| Shift + F7 | Activate the thesaurus. |
| F12 | Save as. |
| Shift + F12 | Save. |
| Alt + Shift + D | Insert the current date. |
| Alt + Shift + T | Insert the current time. |
| Mouse Shortcuts | Description |
| Click, hold, and drag | Selects text from where you click and hold to the point you drag and let go. |
| Double-click | If double-click a word, selects the complete word. |
| Double-click | Double-clicking on the left, center, or right of a blank line will make the alignment of the text left, center, or right aligned. |
| Double-click | Double-clicking anywhere after text on a line will set a tab stop. |
| Triple-click | Selects the line or paragraph of the text the mouse triple-clicked. |
| Ctrl + Mouse wheel | Zooms in and out of document. |
INTERNET EXPLORER SHORTCUT KEYS
See our Microsoft Internet Explorer page for additional help and information.
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Back a page. |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Forward a page. |
| F5 | Refresh current page / frame. |
| F11 | Display the current website in full screen mode. Pressing F11 again will exit this mode. |
| Esc | Stop page or download from loading. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Quickly complete an address. For example, type computerhope in the address bar and press CTRL + ENTER to get http://www.computerhope.com. |
| Ctrl + N | Open New browser window. |
| Ctrl + P | Print current page / frame. |
| Spacebar | Moves down a page at a time. |
| Shift + Spacebar | Moves up a page at a time. |
FRONTPAGE SHORTCUT KEYS
See our Microsoft FrontPage page for additional help and information.
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected text. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selected text. |
| Ctrl + P | Paste selected text. |
| Ctrl + K | Create a hyperlink. |
| Ctrl + B | Bold highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + I | Italic highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + U | Underline highlighted selection. |
| Ctrl + L | Left align the text. |
| Ctrl + R | Right align the text. |
| Ctrl + E | Center the text. |
| Ctrl + / | Display HTML tags. |
| Ctrl + S | Save document. |
| Ctrl + Tab | Switch between open web pages. |
| Ctrl + Ins | Enter Line break. |
| Ctrl + Enter | Move cursor above or below a table. |
| Ctrl + Shift + B | Preview in web browser window. |
| Ctrl + Shift + < | Decrease font size. |
| Ctrl + Shift + > | Increase font size. |
| Ctrl + Del | Deletes word to right of cursor. |
| Ctrl + Backspace | Deletes word to left of cursor. |
OUTLOOK SHORTCUT KEYS
| Shortcut Keys | Description |
| Alt + S | Send the e-mail |
| Ctrl + C | Copy selected text. |
| Ctrl + X | Cut selected text. |
| Ctrl + P | Paste selected text. |
| Ctrl + K | Complete the name and/or e-mail being typed in the e-mail address bar. |
| Ctrl + B | Bold highlighted selection |
| Ctrl + I | Italic highlighted selection |
| Ctrl + U | Underline highlighted selection |
| Ctrl + R | Reply to an e-mail. |
| Ctrl + F | Forward an e-mail. |
| Ctrl + N | Create a new e-mail. |
| Ctrl + Shift + A | Create a new appointment to your calendar. |
| Ctrl + Shift + O | Open the Outbox. |
| Ctrl + Shift + I | Open the Inbox. |
| Ctrl + Shift + K | Add a new task. |
| Ctrl + Shirt + C | Create a new contact. |
| Ctrl + Shift + J | Create a new journal entry. |