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Microsoft Windows

F1

Help

F6

Moves Among Panes Explorer

F10

Activates Control Menu Options

ALT+F4

Quit Program

ALT+F6

Switch between Multiple Windows in same Program

ALT+TAB

Switch Between Open Program

ALT+DOWN ARROW 

Opens Drop-Down List 

ALT+SPACE

Window's System menu

ALT+ENTER 

Open Property Sheet for Selected Object

CTRL+B

Bold

CTRL+C

Copy

CTRL+I

Italic

CTRL+U

Underline

CTRL+V

Paste

CTRL+X

Cut

CTRL+Z

Undo

CTRL+F4

Closes Current MDI Window

CTRL+ALT+DEL   

The three-finger salute ;-) Shows what's running

CTRL+ESC

Opens Start menu, arrow keys to select

CTRL+TAB

Move through Property Tabs

CTRL+SHFT+TAB

Move Back through Property Tabs

CTRL+WINKEY+TAB 

Moves focus from Start/Quick Launch/System Tray, then use arrows

SHIFT+F10:

Opens Context Menu from Control Menu (same as right-click)

SHFT+DELETE

Delete items Permanently



Microsoft Word
06 July 2001... Thanks for these Kevin (aka jon_jon76522) greatly appreciated :-)

Ctrl + (ArrowLeft/Right)

moves cursor a word at a time

Ctrl + [

Makes selected text one font size smaller

ECtrl + ]

Makes selected text one font size bigger

Ctrl + B

Bold

Ctrl + I

Italicize 

Ctrl + U

Underline 




Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5

F1

Help

F5

Refresh

F6

Move Between Frames

F11

Toggle between Full and Regular View

ALT+HOME

Home page

ALT+>

Next Page 

ALT+<

Previous page

BACKSPACE

Previous page

CTRL+A

Select All

CTRL+B

Open Organize Favorites

CTRL+C

Copy Selected items to Clipboard

CTRL+D

Add Current Page to Favourites

CTRL+E

Open Search bar 

CTRL+F

Find on this Page

CTRL+H

Open History

CTRL+I

Open Favorites

CTRL+N

Open New Window

CTRL+P

Print Current Page/Active Frame

CTRL+R

Refresh

CTRL+S

Save Current Page

CTRL+W 

Close Current Window

CTRL+X

Cut/Remove and Copy to Clipboard

CTRL+V

Insert Clipbaord Content

CTRL+TAB

Move Between Frames

CTRL+CLICK

In History/Favorites open multiple folders

SHFT+click

Open hyperlink in new window

SHFT+CTRL+TAB

Move Back between Frames

UP ARROW 

Scroll to Beginning of Document 

DOWN ARROW 

Scroll to End of Document

PAGE UP

Scroll to Beginning of Document in larger increments

PAGE DOWN 

Scroll to End of a Document in larger increments

HOME

Move to Beginning of Document 

END

Move to End of Document

ENTER

Activate Selected Link

ESC

Stop Downloading Page

  

Print Preview in Browser

ALT+A

Type the Number of the Page you want displayed 

ALT+C

Close Print Preview

ALT+P

Set Printing options, Print Page

ALT+U

Change Paper/Headers/Footers etc

ALT+Z

Display List of Zoom Percentages

ALT+HOME

Display First Page to be Printed

ALT+<

Display the Previous Page to be Printed

ALT+>

Display Next Page to be Printed

ALT+END

Display Last Page to be Printed

ALT+MINUS

Zoom out

ALT+PLUS

Zoom in

  

Adddress Bar

F4

DisplayS List of Addresses you've typed 

ALT+D

Select Text in Address Bar  

CTRL+ENTER

Add "www." and ".com" to text in Address bar 

CTRL+<

Cursor Left to Logical break in address (period/slash)

CTRL+>

Cursor Right to Logical break in address (period/slash) 

UP ARROW

Moves Forward through AutoComplete matches 

DOWN ARROW

Moves Back through the AutoComplete matches



Microsoft Outlook Express

ESC 

Stops Send/Received 

F1

Help

ENTER

Open Selected Message

DEL

Delete Message

ALT+ENTER

View Properties of Message

ALT+>

Next Message

ALT+<

Previous Message

CTRL+A

Select All Messages

CTRL+D

Delete Message

CTRL+F

Forward a Message

CTRL+I

Go to Inbox

CTRL+L

Show/hide Folder list

CTRL+M

Send/Recieve mail

CTRL+N

Open New Message

CTRL+O

Open Selected Message

CTRL+P

Print Selected Message

CTRL+Q 

Mark a Message as Read

CTRL+R

Reply to Message

CTRL+U

Next Unread Message

CTRL+ENTER

Mark Message as Read

CTRL+SHFT+A

Select All Messages

CTRL+>

Next Message in list

CTRL+<

Previous Message in list

   

Composing 

ESC

Close a message

F1

Open Help topics

F3

Find text 

F7

Check spelling

ALT+K

Check names 

ALT+S

Send a message

CTRL+A

Select all

CTRL+C

Copy

CTRL+K

Check names 

CTRL+V

Insert

CTRL+X

Cut

CTRL+ENTER

Send a message

CTRL+SHIFT+F

Find text 

CTRL+SHIFT+S

Insert signature



Dialog Box/Form

TAB 

Move Forward between fields

SHIFT+TAB  

Move to Previous field 

ENTER  

Select

ESC  

Cancel

SPACEBAR

Toggles/Selects button/check/option 


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