General:

Get Help

F1

Open the Start menu

WINDOWS KEY or CTRL+ESC

Open Windows Explorer

WINDOWS KEY+E

Open Run Dialog

WINDOWS KEY+R

Find File or Folder from Desktop

F3

Minimize All Applications

WINDOWS KEY+M

Switch between open applications

ALT+TAB

Quit the active application

ALT+F4

For Windows and Menus:

Open the application control menu

ALT+SPACE BAR

Move to the Menubar in application

ALT

Choose a Menu item

ENTER

Move between menus

ALT, ARROW KEYS

Cancel or close a menu

ESC

Cancel or close a cascading menu

AlT

Open a child window control menu

ALT+DASH

Close a child window

CTRL+F4

Open the applications menu

APPLICATIONS KEY or SHIFT+F1 0

For Dialogs:

Move through dialog controls

TAB

Move backward through dialog controls

SHIFT+TAB

Move to another page

Ctrl+TAB

Reverse direction through pages

Ctrl+SHIFT+TAB

Select or deselect in List view

SPACEBAR or Ctrl+SPACEBAR

Toggle a check box on/off

SPACEBAR

For Reading Text:

Move One Character Left

LEFT ARROW

Move One Character Right

RIGHT ARROW

Move One Word Left

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Move One Word Right

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Move to Beginning of Line

HOME

Move to End of Line

END

Move One Paragraph Up

CTRL+UP ARROW

Move One Paragraph Down

CTRL+DOWN ARROW

Scroll up one screen

PAGE UP

Scroll down one screen

PAGE DOWN

Move to beginning

CTRL+HOME

Move to end

CTRL+EN D

For Editing Text:

Copy

CTRL+C

Cut

CTRL+X

Paste

CTRL+V

Undo

CTRL+Z

Delete current character

DELETE

Delete prior character

BACKSPACE

Select One Character Left

SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Select One Character Right

SHIFT+RIGHTARROW

Select One Word Left

CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT ARROW

Select One Word Right

CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW

Select to Beginning of Line

SHIFT+HOME

Select to End of Line

SHIFT+END

Select to beginning

CTRL+SHIFT+HOME

Select to end

CTRL+SHIFT+EN D

Select ALL

CTRL+A

For Windows Explorer:

Delete files

DELETE

Rename a file or folder

F2

Open Properties for Selected File or Folder

ALT+ENTER

Refresh a window

F5

Switch between windows

F6 or TAB

Go up one Level

BACKSPACE