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Quick and easy Windows keyboard shortcuts

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Tutorials

Thursday October 30, 2008

Using these easy to remember keyboard shortcuts in Windows it's simple to complete common Windows tasks. We'll run through some common shortcuts to save you time and money. Well, maybe not money...

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Common application / Windows shortcuts

- Copy: Ctrl + C.

- Cut: Ctrl + X.

- Paste: Ctrl + V.

- Undo: Ctrl + Z.

- Select all: Ctrl + A.

- Move Insertion Point: Ctrl and Arrow keys.

- Highlight a block of text: Ctrl and Shift with Arrow keys.

- Open the shortcut menu for the active window: Alt and Spacebar.

- Close the active item, or quit the active program: Alt and F4.

- Create a copy of a file in Windows: Ctrl + mouse click and drag.

- Rename a selected file or folder: F2.

- View properties of a selected file of folder: Alt + Enter.

- Delete an item without sending it to the recycle bin: Shift + Delete.

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