General 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)
• 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 Finddialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)