Most Useful keyboard Shortcuts for windows XP Posted by Kashif Iqbal

Most inserting:

• Switch between open items – ALT+TABCycle through active items in the desktop – ALT+ESC
• Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop – F6
• Close active item or quite active program – ALT+F4
• Close multiple active documents with no efforts (one by one) – CTRL+F4
• Active menu bar of any program – F10
• Go through menu – First press F10 for active menu bar and use Arrow keys for navigation
• Prevent CD from automatically start and playing – Press SHIFT
  

Shortcuts for Opened Windows:

• Display Address bar list at open window or IE – F4
• Cycle through the options at a window – F6
• Open common shortcut menu for any active window – ALT+SPACE BAR
• Display the corresponding Menu – ALT +Underline letter or First letter of the Menu (EX: file – first letter F, Tools – T, Help –H / or in Help, if e underline then you should use e instead of H)
• Move forward options – CTRL+TAB or TAB (I checked and TAB is enough with some cases)
• Move backward through options – CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
  

Shortcuts for Selected Items:

• Delete selected items permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin – SHIFT +DELETE
• Copy selected items – Press CTRL while dragging the item to desired place to copy
• Create short cut to selected items – Press CTRL+SHIFT while dragging
• Rename selected items – F2
• Select all – CTRL+A
• Search for file or folder – F3
• View properties for the selected item – ALT+ENTER
• Display short cut menu for selected items – SHIFT+F10
  

Text Processing Shortcuts:

• Move insertion point to beginning of the next word – CTRL+ RIGHT ARROW
• Move insertion point to beginning of the previous word – CTRL+LEFT ARROW
• Move insertion point to beginning of the next paragraph – CTRL+DOWN ARROW
• Move insertion point to beginning of the previous paragraph – CTRL+UP ARROW
• Highlight a block of text – CTRL+SHIFT+ARROW KEY (Arrow key this depend on the text you want to highlight)
  

Other shortcuts:

• Display start Menu – CTRL+ESC
• Refresh Active window – F5
• Go back – BACK SPACE BAR
• Cancel any current task – ESC
• Display Help – F1

Note:
Drag and drop any item with the mouse while pressing right side button of the mouse this will give a option window for the dragged item instead of just dragging we can use this for cut, copy or create shortcuts for the dragged item