Some uncommon

shortcuts in Windows

Abhijith Prabha
 About 1.5 billion people around the world uses windows
operating system everyday. And we know certain common
shortcuts used, like ‘ctrl+s’ implies save or ‘shift+delete’
implies permanent delete. This presentation intend to
explore certain uncommon shortcuts available in Windows
OS.
Shortcuts using windows key
• Win+M = minimise all windows.
• Win+shift+M = restore all minimised windows.
• Win+L = lock computer.
• Win+D = display desktop.
• Win+space bar = switch input language.
• Win and ’+’/’-’ = magnify display in/out.
• Win+esc = exit magnification.
To make symbols
• Alt+1 = ☺ smiley face.
• Alt+2 = ☻ inverted smiley face.
• Alt+3 = ♥ heart.
• Alt+4 = ♦ diamond.
• Alt+5 = ♣ club.
• Alt+6 = ♠ spade.
• Alt+7 = • black dot.
• Alt+13 = ♪ eighth note.
• Alt+14 = ♫ beamed eighth note.
• Alt+24 = ↑ upper arrow.
• Alt+25 = ↓ down arrow.
• Alt+18 = ↕ up down arrow.
• Alt+251 = √ square root.
• Alt+8721 = ∑ auto sum.
• Alt+0153 = ™ trade mark.
• Alt+0169 = © copyright.
• Alt+0174 = ® registered trade mark.
• Alt+0176 = ° degree symbol.
• Alt+0177 = ± plus or minus.
• Alt+0190 = ¾ three-fourth.
• Alt+0161 = ¡ upside down exclamation mark.
• Alt+0191 = ¿ upside down question mark.
• Ctrl+esc = start menu.
• F1 = Display Help.
• F2 = Rename the selected item .
• F3 = Search for a file or folder .
• F4 = Display the address bar list in File Explorer .
• F5 = Refresh the active window .
• F6 = Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop .
• F10 = Activate the Menu bar in the active app .
• Ctrl+Right = arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next
word
• Ctrl+Left = arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous
word
• Ctrl+Down = arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next
paragraph
• Ctrl+Up = arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous
paragraph
• Ctrl+Alt+Tab = Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps
• Ctrl+arrow = key (to move to an item)+Spacebar Select multiple
individual items in a window or on the desktop
• Ctrl+Shift = with an arrow key Select a block of text
• Ctrl+Esc = Open the Start screen
• Ctrl+Shift+Esc = Open Task Manager
• Ctrl+Shift = Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard
layouts are available
 Extras about windows
• ‘The Windows XP background may be the most viewed photo in
history’
• Microsoft employees call themselves as ‘softies’.
• ‘Since 2009, Windows 7 and Windows 8 have together sold more
units than there are people in all of Europe.’
• Micosoft holds about 10,000 patents.
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there are lots of more

short cuts are
available in Windows.
But only some
common shortcuts are
include here, which
will be most often
used.