I’ve skipped the famous ones and focused on some useful shortcuts.
Try them out if you don’t know them!
Windows
| Shortcut |
Action |
| Windows+Left/Right |
Move window the the half part or the screen. You can therefore split a screen to display two windows next to each other. You could also move a window to another screen in several steps. But the next shortcut is more relevant to do so: |
| Windows+Shit+Left/Right |
Move window from a screen to another |
| Windows+Up |
Expand active window (quite useful with Windows+Left/Right) |
| Windows+Down |
Reduce or minimize active window (depending on current state) |
| Alt+Shift+Tab |
Select window in reverse order. You could easily switch between Alt+Tab and Alt+Shift+Tab without releasing Alt. This is pretty useful if you have a lot of windows opened. |
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System
| Shortcut |
Action |
| Windows+L |
Lock the computer |
| Alt+F4 |
Quit program |
| Ctrl+Shift+Esc |
Opens Windows Task Manager (seriously, are you still using Ctrl+Alt+Suppr ?) |
| Windows+Pause |
Opens System control panel (Device Manager, PATH, …) |
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Desktop
| Shortcut |
Action |
| Windows+R |
Run dialog box |
| Windows+D |
Minimizes all open windows and displays the desktop |
| Windows+P |
Choose a presentation display mode (when using a projector) |
| Windows+Plus/Minus Sign |
Zoom in, zoom out (also try out the 3 zoom modes available with the magnifier: fullscreen looks better!) |
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File Explorer
| Shortcut |
Action |
| Windows+E |
Windows Explorer |
| Shift+Delete |
Delete selection permanently, without moving the item to the Recycle Bin |
| Shift+Right click |
Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands (Copy as path, Open command window here [folders], …) |
| Alt+double click |
Displays properties (same as Right clic > Properties) |
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Browsers
| Shortcut |
Action |
| Ctrl+Tab |
Switch to the next tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+Tab |
Switch to the previous tab |
| F11 |
Fullscreen |
| Ctrl+T |
Open a new tab |
| Ctrl+Shift+T |
Restore closed tab (you can press it several times to restore last N closed tabs) |
| Ctrl+W |
Close current tab |
| Ctrl+N |
Open a new window |
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| Shortcut |
Action |
| Ctrl+B |
Bold |
| Ctrl+U |
Underline |
| Ctrl+I |
Italic |
