Windows General Keyboard Shortcuts


see also: Natural Keyboard Shortcuts

  • F2 - rename item
  • F3 - search within a document
  • F4 - display the address bar
  • F5 - refresh window
  • F6 - cycle through elements in a window
  • F10 - activate the menu bar (shift-F10 to display shortcuts)

  • Alt-F4 - close window
  • Alt-Enter - display properties
  • Alt-Tab - switch between open items
  • Alt-Esc - cycle through items
  • Alt-Spacebar - open the "system" menu (upper-left-hand menu)

  • Ctl-Esc - open the Start menu
  • Ctl-F4 - close a document, leave window open


source: windows help (keyboard shortcuts)
keywords: win 2000 w2k win2k winxp xp win9x win98 win95
date: 01/30/2006