Windows Keyboard Shortcuts

The following may help you navigate your computer and the Internet more easily. These are just a few of many Windows keyboard shortcuts.

• Alt+F4 closes the current program
• Ctrl+F4 closes a window within a program
• Alt+Tab lets you switch between programs on the taskbar with your keyboard. Hit it once to get a screen showing the icons on your start menu and hit it again to move to the next icon.
• Ctrl+Esc opens the start menu (most recent keyboards have a button with a Windows icon on it that does this)
• Simply hitting the "Alt" button will let you take you to menus at the top of the screen. Use the arrow keys to navigate those menus.
• Highlighting text and hitting Ctrl+X will cut text. Highlighting text and hitting Ctrl+C will copy text. Ctrl+P will paste it where your mouse cursor is.