I like to use keyboard shortcuts, especially if someone is watching me, because they make me look like a pro. With just a few key strokes I can leave a mouser spinning his wheel! Whatever your motivation, here's a big list of keyboard shortcuts:



GENERAL SHORTCUTS



ALT- F4 - Quit a program / Shut down



ALT-TAB - Hold down the ALT key and hit tab to cycle through open windows.



CTL-ESCAPE - Display the Start menu



SHIFT - TAB - tab backwards through a form



CTRL - X - Cut



CTRL - C - Copy



CTRL - V - Paste



F1 - Help menu



CTRL - Z - Undo



SHIFT & Restart - To restart just windows and not your whole computer, hold down the shift key when you click the OK button on the shutdown screen. Saves lots of time. (not for XP)



CRTL-TAB - Navigate tabs on a tabbed screen



FILE & DESKTOP SHORTCUTS



Hold SHIFT while inserting a CD - Prevents the CD from "autorunning"



If an item is selected:



CTRL while dragging a file - Copies the file



CTRL - SHIFT while dragging a file - Creates a shortcut to the file



SHIFT - DELETE - Deletes an item without sending it to the recycle bin.



ALT-ENTER - Display a file's properties.



F2 - To rename the file