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by Perryman on January 9th, 2007

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What is your favorite, most useful Windows keyboard shortcut?

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  • by Anonymoose on January 9th, 2007

    Anonymoose

    Highlight your wording then hit shift F3. It will change it all to caps. Hit it again it will change it all to lower case.

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  • by Im Alec has abandoned this account on January 9th, 2007

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    ctrl-Z - whoops.
    ctrl-XCV - cut and paste
    F2 because Rename is usually so pesky to find
    F5 Refresh is often useful

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  • by nevets - badgicide on January 9th, 2007

    nevets - badgicide

    Windows Key + E = Windows Explorer
    Windows Key + R = Run
    Windows Key + D = Minimise All

    I find those useful, and I find they are not commonly known.

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  • by JAMMco... its complicated... on February 16th, 2007

    JAMMco... its complicated...

    Windows + E = Windows Explorer
    Windows + M = Minimize all screens and show desktop
    Ctrl + C = Copy
    Ctrl + V = Paste
    Alt + Tab = cycle through Open Windows
    Shift + Delete = Permenant Delete bypassing the Recycle Bin.
    Ctrl + A = To highlight all content.

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  • by Volt on January 9th, 2007

    Volt

    Ctrl+Alt+Delete to bring up the task manager.

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  • by donovan reynolds. on January 9th, 2007

    donovan reynolds.

    F12- music.

    Ctrl C + Ctrl V = Copy & Paste.

    Oh and can't forget Ctrl Z for when I am too lazy to just hit backspace.

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  • by benjamin123 on January 9th, 2007

    benjamin123

    ctl + backspace (deletes previous word)
    ctl + del (deletes next word)
    ctl + arrow (move curser 1 word at a time instead of one letter)

    In almost every typing client (word, web forms, chat clients, etc.) you can use the ctl key in combintation with the above keys to move whole words at a time instead of single letters. Saves me tons of time, especially when i'm programming.

    oh yeah.. and highlight the word and hit shift-F7 in MS word. Brings up the thesaurus.

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  • by labeeb xaman on January 9th, 2007

    labeeb xaman

    enter to run programme/open folder...just kidding

    f2 = rename (I was about to hit f2 instead of typing it lol)
    ctrl+c, v,
    alt+left arrow in IE for previous page or back

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  • by Hp-Freeze on January 9th, 2007

    Hp-Freeze

    I generally have a lot of windows open and stuff going on so:

    Alt-Tab (While holding the Alt key press tab to scroll through windows/programs)

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  • by Firebrand on January 9th, 2007

    Firebrand

    F8

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  • by staffie on January 9th, 2007

    staffie

    ctrl alt and delete

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  • by Mouldy on February 16th, 2007

    Mouldy

    cntl + z -since i make a lot of mistakes.

    cntl + c and cntl + p - for copy and paste

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  • by T. K. SMOOTH on February 16th, 2007

    T. K. SMOOTH

    CTRL-ALT-DELETE

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  • by tigueron on January 9th, 2007

    tigueron

    alt+f4
    ctrl+w
    ctrl+c / ctrl+v
    ctrl+z

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  • by Anonymous on April 14th, 2007

    Anonymous

    - Alt+F4
    - Windows logo key+E
    - Alt+Ctrl+Delete
    -Tab+Ctrl+Alt- lets you close any program you want

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  • by juicedisthegame on May 5th, 2007

    juicedisthegame

    f-12, music
    alt+tab, cos my mouse seems to run out of batteries alot
    clt,c,v,x, cut copy paste

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  • by Financial Analyst on July 21st, 2007

    Financial Analyst

    I use Excel Shortcuts a lot in Finance, and have found this great one page PDF.

    http://www.navigatorpf.com/Downloads/Downloads/Excel_Shortcuts_/

    I think my favourite is "Ctrl Shift [", trace all Precedents.

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  • by Simply msFortunate on January 9th, 2007

    Simply msFortunate

    The new Vista shortcut replacement for alt+tab. It's the Windows key+tab and it lays out all of your windows (including desktop) for you to see. Then it cycles through them as you hold down Windows+tab. If you want to scroll backwards, Windows+shift.

    The visual effect is pretty neat.

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  • by FMsaziri on April 14th, 2007

    FMsaziri

    Alt+D to hide porn in a heartbeat.

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