{"id":4534,"date":"2015-11-09T22:39:23","date_gmt":"2015-11-09T22:39:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.hellotech.com\/?p=4534"},"modified":"2021-06-17T05:31:20","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T12:31:20","slug":"quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts","title":{"rendered":"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">While touch displays are prevalent in today&#8217;s Windows-powered laptop and desktop computers, do they really improve the computing experience? Yes, but mainly in tablets and smartphones. Touch input is arguably a niche feature in laptops and desktops. These keyboard shortcuts can even prove to you that you can be more productive and do more work with a physical keyboard than with a touchscreen.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+C:<\/strong> in Windows 8 and 8.1, open the charms bar<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+D<\/strong>: hides open applications to show the desktop<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+F<\/strong>: opens the search tool\/charm<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+F1<\/strong>: opens Windows Help and Support<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+L<\/strong>: locks the computer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+M<\/strong>: minimizes all windows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+Shift+M<\/strong>: restores all minimized windows<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+R<\/strong>: launches the Run dialog box<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+T<\/strong>: cycles through taskbar items<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+U<\/strong>: launches the Ease of Access Center (aka Utility Manager)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Windows+Pause (or Windows+Break)<\/strong>: opens the properties window of your computer<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\">While the Windows key is a staple for many keyboard shortcuts, more shortcuts are accessible using the Alt, Ctrl, and Shift key.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alt+F4<\/strong>: closes the active application or window<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alt+Esc<\/strong>: switches between applications in the order they were opened<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Alt+Tab<\/strong>: switching between open\/running applications<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ctrl+A<\/strong>: selects all elements (e.g., files, folders, texts) in the active window<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ctrl+C<\/strong>: copy a file or text to the clipboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ctrl+V<\/strong>: paste a file or text from the clipboard<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ctrl+Z<\/strong>: undoes your most recent action<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ctrl+Y<\/strong>: reverses the most recent undo (Ctrl+Z) action<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ctrl+Alt+Del<\/strong>: launches the Windows Security screen where you can choose to lock the computer, switch accounts, change passwords, log off or launch the Task Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Ctrl+Shift+Esc<\/strong>: launches the Task Manager<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Shift+Delete<\/strong>: permanently deletes a file instead of moving it to the Recycle Bin<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"c0 wp-block-paragraph\"><a name=\"h.gjdgxs\"><\/a>In many cases, these keyboard shortcuts lets you perform a function with a couple of keystrokes only, whereas you&#8217;d waste several seconds in swiping and tapping on the touchscreen to accomplish the same thing.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>While touch displays are prevalent in today&#8217;s Windows-powered laptop and desktop computers, do they really improve the computing experience? Yes, but mainly in tablets and smartphones. Touch input is arguably a niche feature in laptops and desktops. These keyboard shortcuts can even prove to you that you can be more productive and do more work with a physical keyboard than with a touchscreen. Windows+C: in Windows 8 and 8.1, open the charms bar Windows+D: hides open applications to show the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7238,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[17594,17580],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-computers","category-tips-and-tricks"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v20.10 (Yoast SEO v20.10) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts - The Plug - HelloTech<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"These keyboard shortcuts can prove to you that you can be more productive and do more work with a physical keyboard than with a touchscreen\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts - The Plug - HelloTech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"While touch displays are prevalent in today&#039;s Windows-powered laptop and desktop computers, do they really improve the computing experience? Yes, but\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Plug - HelloTech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hellotech\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2015-11-09T22:39:23+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2021-06-17T12:31:20+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/keyboardshortcut-min.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"640\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"426\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@HelloTech\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@HelloTech\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dec00225dd888a509740ace5e4d9de6c\"},\"headline\":\"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts\",\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-09T22:39:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-17T12:31:20+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts\"},\"wordCount\":337,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"articleSection\":[\"Computers\",\"Tips and Tricks\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts\",\"name\":\"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts - The Plug - HelloTech\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2015-11-09T22:39:23+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2021-06-17T12:31:20+00:00\",\"description\":\"These keyboard shortcuts can prove to you that you can be more productive and do more work with a physical keyboard than with a touchscreen\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/\",\"name\":\"The Plug - HelloTech\",\"description\":\"Turn to The Plug for informative tech news that you can use. \",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#organization\",\"name\":\"HelloTech\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HT-logo-revised-final.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HT-logo-revised-final.png\",\"width\":1000,\"height\":174,\"caption\":\"HelloTech\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"},\"sameAs\":[\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hellotech\",\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/HelloTech\",\"http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hello_tech\",\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCIR-fbAKRfVuAbciDr2z4nQ\"]},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dec00225dd888a509740ace5e4d9de6c\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cbb537d18df244ad7d57a3639d94ede5cd90bf1fb742392af5731beaf11ffeb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cbb537d18df244ad7d57a3639d94ede5cd90bf1fb742392af5731beaf11ffeb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"admin\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts - The Plug - HelloTech","description":"These keyboard shortcuts can prove to you that you can be more productive and do more work with a physical keyboard than with a touchscreen","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts - The Plug - HelloTech","og_description":"While touch displays are prevalent in today's Windows-powered laptop and desktop computers, do they really improve the computing experience? Yes, but","og_url":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts","og_site_name":"The Plug - HelloTech","article_publisher":"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hellotech","article_published_time":"2015-11-09T22:39:23+00:00","article_modified_time":"2021-06-17T12:31:20+00:00","og_image":[{"width":640,"height":426,"url":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/keyboardshortcut-min.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_creator":"@HelloTech","twitter_site":"@HelloTech","schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dec00225dd888a509740ace5e4d9de6c"},"headline":"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts","datePublished":"2015-11-09T22:39:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-17T12:31:20+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts"},"wordCount":337,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#organization"},"articleSection":["Computers","Tips and Tricks"],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts","url":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts","name":"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts - The Plug - HelloTech","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#website"},"datePublished":"2015-11-09T22:39:23+00:00","dateModified":"2021-06-17T12:31:20+00:00","description":"These keyboard shortcuts can prove to you that you can be more productive and do more work with a physical keyboard than with a touchscreen","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/quickly-navigate-keyboard-shortcuts#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Quickly Navigate Windows Using Keyboard Shortcuts"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/","name":"The Plug - HelloTech","description":"Turn to The Plug for informative tech news that you can use. ","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#organization","name":"HelloTech","url":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HT-logo-revised-final.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/11\/HT-logo-revised-final.png","width":1000,"height":174,"caption":"HelloTech"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"},"sameAs":["http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/hellotech","https:\/\/twitter.com\/HelloTech","http:\/\/www.instagram.com\/hello_tech","https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/channel\/UCIR-fbAKRfVuAbciDr2z4nQ"]},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/dec00225dd888a509740ace5e4d9de6c","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cbb537d18df244ad7d57a3639d94ede5cd90bf1fb742392af5731beaf11ffeb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/cbb537d18df244ad7d57a3639d94ede5cd90bf1fb742392af5731beaf11ffeb1?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"admin"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4534\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7238"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hellotech.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}