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The following shortcut keys are a kind of standard in Windows system and in the most Windows applications.
Below are the Microsoft Windows system-wide keyboard shortcuts that are available from within every Windows application.
Minimize all Windows: WINDOWS key+M
Open the Start Menu: WINDOWS key or CONTROL+ESCAPE
Open Windows Explorer: WINDOWS key+E
Open the Find: All Files Dialog Box: WINDOWS key+F
Open the Run Dialog Box: WINDOWS key+R
Open the System Properties Dialog Box: WINDOWS key+BREAK
Open the Find Computer Dialog Box: WINDOWS key+CONTROL+F 27
Open the Context Menu: APPLICATION key or SHIFT+F10
Cycle between the running applications: ALT+TAB
Open the application's Control Menu: ALT+SPACEBAR
Open the document's Control Menu: ALT+MINUS
Copy to Clipboard: CONTROL+C
Cut to Clipboard: CONTROL+X
Paste from Clipboard: CONTROL+V
In all standard Edit Boxes as well as in the most word processing applications you can use following groups of keyboard shortcuts
Next character: RIGHT ARROW
Previous character: LEFT ARROW
Next word: CONTROL+RIGHT ARROW
Previous word: CONTROL+LEFT ARROW
Next line: DOWN ARROW
Previous line: UP ARROW
Next screen page: PAGE DOWN
Previous screen page: PAGE UP
Beginning of line: HOME
End of line: END
Beginning of file: CONTROL+HOME
End of file: CONTROL+END
Select next character: SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Select previous character: SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Select next word: SHIFT 29+CONTROL+RIGHT ARROW
Select previous word: SHIFT+CONTROL+LEFT ARROW
Select to the end of line: SHIFT+END
Select to the beginning of line: SHIFT+HOME
Select to the same hor. position in the next line: SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
Select to the same hor. position in the previous line: SHIFT+UP ARROW
Select to the end of paragraph: SHIFT+CONTROL+DOWN ARROW
Select to the beginning of paragraph: SHIFT+CONTROL+UP ARROW
Select to the end of file: SHIFT+CONTROL+END
Select to the beginning of file: SHIFT+CONTROL+HOME
Select all: CONTROL+A
Delete next character: DELETE
Delete previous character: BACKSPACE
Delete selected text: DELETE
Undo an editing action: CONTROL+Z
Toggle Main Menu on/off: ALT
One Menu level up: ESCAPE
Move between Main Menu items: LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS
Move within a Pop-up Menu: UP and DOWN ARROWS
Activate a Menu item: ENTER
Next element in a Dialog Box: TAB
Previous element in a Dialog Box: SHIFT+TAB
Next element in a List: DOWN ARROW 31
Previous element in a List: UP ARROW
Toggle a Check Box on/off: SPACEBAR
Push a Button: SPACEBAR
Choose a Radio Button: ARROW keys
Cycle between several property sheets: CONTROL+TAB