General Shortcut Keyboard-only Commands
- F1: Starts Windows Help
- F10: Activates menu bar options
- SHIFT + F10: Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object)
- CTRL + ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
- CTRL + ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
- ALT + DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
- ALT + TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
- SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
- ALT + SPACE: Displays the main window’s System menu
- ALT + – (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window’s System menu
- CTRL + TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
- ALT + underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
- ALT + F4: Closes the current window
- CTRL + F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
- ALT + F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program