CHAPTER 2: Using Windows

Shortcuts

Help

For more information about Windows keyboard shortcuts, click Start, then click Help and

Support. Type Windows keyboard shortcuts in the Search Help box, then press ENTER.

The following table shows a few shortcuts that you can use in Windows and almost all programs that run in Windows. For more information about shortcuts, see your Windows or program documentation.

To...

Do this...

 

 

Copy a file, folder, text, or

Click the item, then press CTRL + C.

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Paste a file, folder, text, or

Click inside the folder or window where you

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want to paste the object, then press CTRL + V.

 

 

Select multiple items in a

Click the first item, press and hold down the

list or window

CTRL key, then click each of the remaining

 

items.

Select multiple adjacent

Click the first item in the list, press and hold

items in a list or window

down the SHIFT key, then click the last item in

 

the list.

 

 

Permanently delete a file

Click the file or folder, then press

or folder

SHIFT + DELETE. The file or folder is

 

permanently deleted. The file or folder is not

 

stored in the Recycle Bin.

Rename a file or folder

Click the file or folder, press F2, type the new

 

name, then press ENTER.

 

 

Close the active window

Press ALT + F4.

or program

 

Switch to a different file,

Press ALT + TAB.

folder, or running

 

program

 

 

 

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