Windows 8/8.

1 - Some useful keyboard shortcuts

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Windows 8/8.1 - Some useful keyboard shortcuts

.This tutorial is for terminals equipped a keyboard and mouse (Desktop or laptops):

Windows key: Displays the Home screen

Windows + D: Display the desktop.
Windows + C: Displays the Charms bars (sharing, search, and settings)
Windows + E: Open the file explorer.
Windows + F: Files (research).
Windows + H: Share from the desktop.
Windows + I: Display settings.
Windows + K: Devices.
Windows + L: Lock the Windows session.
Windows + M: Minimizes (in the taskbar) all windows on the desktop
Windows + P: displays the multi-screen option (extend, duplicate, use secondary screen only).
Windows + Q: displays the Search tab.
Windows + R: Display Run tab.
Windows + U: Ease of use options.
Windows + W: Opens the search settings option.
Windows + X: Displays the start menu options
Windows + Z: displays the App bar for your active apps.
Windows key + Space: toggles the language and keyboard layout between multiple languages ??(when
configured).
Windows + Enter: Launches Narrator.
Windows + Tab: switch from one application to another.
CTRL + SHIFT + ESC: open the task manager.
Windows + Down arrow: Close a modern app.
Windows + start typing: Search your PC.
Windows + spacebar: Switch input language and keyboard layout.
Windows + X + down arrow: open mobility center.

Note that: Windows 8 is more intuitive:

When you use the Windows + PrtSc/SysRq key combination to make a screen capture, the image file is directly
saved in the Pictures folder.

The file is automatically saved in PNG format and under the name: "Screen Capture".