Tuesday, July 14, 2009

Work Faster with New Hotkey Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 7

Shortcut

Description

Win + UP Arrow

Maximize the current window

Win + Down Arrow

Restore down or minimize current windows

Win + Left Arrow

Dock the current window to the left half of the screen

Win + Right Arrrow

Dock the current window to the right half of the screen

Win + [number]

Activate and run the program pinned on Windows 7 Taskbar, running program won’t be affected

Win + Home

Minimize all but the current window

Win + Space

Makes all windows transparent so you can see through to the desktop

Win + Pause/Break

Open System Properties

Win + Tab

Flip Aero 3D [press Tab to cycle between Windows]

Win + B

Move focus to notification tray (the right-most portion of the taskbar)

Win + D

Show/Hide desktop

Win + E

Windows Explorer is launched

Win + F

Search

Win + G

Bring all gadgets on top and foreground

Win + L

Lock Computer

Win + M

Minimize all windows

Win + P

Open the projection menu (generally used for laptops connected to projectors)

Win + R

Run Command is launched.

Win + S

OneNote Screen Clipping Tool

Win + T

Show preview thumbnail of running applications in Windows Taskbar one by one without mouse over

Win + X

Mobility Center

Win + #

Quicklaunch

Win + =

Magnifier

Win + [+/-]

Enables the magnifier and zooms in/out

Win + Shift + Up Arrow

Maximize vertical size

Win + Shift + Down Arrow

Restore vertical size

Win + Shift + Left Arrow

Jump to left monitor

Win + Shift + Right Arrow

Jump to right monitor

Win + Shift + M

Undo all window minimization

Win + Shift + T

Cycles backwards

Win + Ctrl + F

Opens the Active Directory Find Computers dialog

Ctrl + Right Arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word

Ctrl + Left Arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word

Ctrl + Up Arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph

Ctrl + Down Arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph

Ctrl + Click

A pinned taskbar icon to cycle through the program’s open windows (e.g. IE)

Ctrl + Win + Tab

Persistent flip 3D

Ctrl + Shift with an arrow key

Select a block of text

Ctrl with any arrow key + Spacebar

Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop

Ctrl + Shift + Esc

Open Task Manager directly

Ctrl + Shift + N

Create new folder

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