Make better use of your keyboard for greater efficiency
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An article on how to make better use of your keyboard to become more efficient.
Shortcuts
Window management:
- + , (comma): Stealthily display the Desktop.
- + D : Fold down all windows in the taskbar. Redoing the shortcut puts them back.
- Alt + F4 or Ctrl + W : Close the active application.
- + Direction arrows: Use docking.
- Alt + Tab: Navigate between open applications, leave Alt. Use Tab to move forward and Shift + Tab to move backward.
- + Tab : Display current tasks (Task View) and the virtual desktop management interface.
- + Home : Minimise all open windows except the active one. Redoing the shortcut puts them back.
Open certain Windows windows/consoles/menus:
- + A : Open the Notification Center.
- + S : Open the search bar.
- + I : Open Settings.
- + L : Lock the machine or change user.
- + R: Run a command (execute).
- + E: Launch file explorer.
- + P : Choose a presentation display mode (for a projector, for example).
- + X : Open the WinX Menu (right-click on the started menu).
- + Pause : Displays system properties.
Tools:
- + Print screen : Saves a screenshot in the Screenshots folder in the Images directory.
- + Shift + S : Screenshot with the toolbar (snipping tool).
- + + : Zoom (uses the magnifying glass).
- + - : Zoom (uses magnifying glass).
Actions:
- Ctrl + Z : Cancel the last action (also called Ctrl Zut!).
- Ctrl + C: Copy the selected item.
- Ctrl + V: Paste the select element.
- Ctrl + X: Cut the select element.
- Ctrl + Wheel forward/back: Zoom in or out.
- Ctrl + S (in software): Save.
- Ctrl + N : Opens the same application.
- Ctrl + A : Selects all items.
- Ctrl + F: Start a search.
- Delete (del) : To delete what is selected.
- (Start) : To go to the start of the item you’re in (start of line, first object in file explorer…).
- Ctrl + (Start) : Go to the start of the document.
- End : To go to the end of the element you’re in (end of line, last object in file explorer…).
- Ctrl + End : Go to the end of the document.
- Ctrl : Leave the key selected and click on the desired elements to select them. Click on the item again to deselect.
- Shift : Select the 1st item in a contiguous list of items, press the Shift key, click on last desired item in the list, release Shift. The list is selected.
- Ctrl + click : In a web browser, clicking on a link with Ctrl held down opens in a new tab.
- F2 : Rename.
- F5: Refresh.
- Alt : Allows you to scroll through menus, or bring up menus:
- If letters are suggested, press the letter to perform the associated action.
- If letters are underlined, press the letter to perform the associated action.
- Tab forwards, Shift + Tab backwards in menus.
- Arrows also allow you to navigate.
- Space checks or unchecks.
- Alt + number: Create specific characters. Press Alt, type the number and release Alt.
- Alt + 128 -> Ç
File explorer (the previous Actions section also applies here):
- Shift + Ctrl + N : Create a folder.
- Backspace:Go back to previous page.
- Enter: Opens the selected file or folder.
- Alt + P: Show the view pane.
- Ctrl: When dragging/dropping press Ctrl to force copying.
- Shift : When dragging/dropping press Shift to force the move.
- Shift + Right-click: On an item (folder, file, shortcut, program…) allows you to obtain additional actions in the menu.
- Shift + Delete : Deletes without going through the recycle bin.
Shortcuts for the taskbar:
Applications pinned to the taskbar can be launched quickly.
Note: Do not count the icon for virtual desktops.
Note 2: The numbers above azertyuiop, not those on the numeric keypad.
The first app pinned has the number 1, the 2nd the number 2 etc. :
+ Number
Be careful if you type:
+ 12
You will launch the first 2 applications.
If the application is already open, you switch to it.
A full list of Windows shortcuts is available at this link:
http://windows.microsoft.com/en-us/windows-10/keyboard-shortcuts
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