General keyboard-onlycommands

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)
CTRL+SHIFT+ESC: Opens
Windows Task Manager
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 (from
the System menu, you can
restore, move, resize, minimize,
maximize, or close the
window)
ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays
the Multiple Document
Interface (MDI) child window's
System menu (from the MDI
child window's System menu,
you can restore, move, resize,
minimize, maximize, or close
the child window)
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 (for example, when
the Notepad Find dialog box is
displayed, ALT+F6 switches
between the Find dialog box
and the main Notepad
window)