Table of keyboard shortcuts

Windows XP /  Windows Vista
Table of keyboard shortcuts
Desktop
File menu	Alt+F
Edit menu	Alt+E
View menu	Alt+V
Undo the last operation	Ctrl+Z
Redo the last operation	Ctrl+Y
Cut the selected area and store it in the clipboard	Ctrl+X, or ⇧ Shift+Del
Copy the selected area into the clipboard	Ctrl+C, or Ctrl+Ins
Paste contents of clipboard at cursor	Ctrl+V, or ⇧ Shift+Ins
Select everything in focused control or window	Ctrl+A
Delete selection	Del
Display the selected object's properties/information window.	Alt+Enter
Show help	F1
Documents
Create a new document	Ctrl+N
Open a document	Ctrl+O
Save the current document	Ctrl+S
Print the current document	Ctrl+P
Zoom in on the document	Ctrl+Click Wheel (Scroll)
Zoom out of the document	Ctrl+Click Wheel (Scroll)
Reload the current document, updating content from source if necessary	F5, Ctrl+R
Text editing
previous word	Ctrl+←
next word	Ctrl+→
previous line break	Ctrl+↑
next line break	Ctrl+↓
selecting next word	⇧ Shift + Ctrl + →
selecting previous word	⇧ Shift + Ctrl + ←
Web browsers
Bookmarks menu	Alt+B
Add a bookmark for the current location	Ctrl+D
Manage bookmarks	Ctrl+B
Reload page from cache	F5
Reload page bypassing cache	Ctrl+F5
Go menu
Go to Browser
Go to the previous location in history	Alt+← or Backspace(Internet Explorer)
Go to the next location in history	Alt+→
Go up one level in the navigation hierarchy	Alt+↑(Vista only) or Backspace(Windows Explorer)
Go to the starting page defined by the user or application	Alt+Home
Go back a page
Text formatting
Make selected text bold/regular	Ctrl+B
Toggle underlining of selected text	Ctrl+U
Make selected text italic/regular	Ctrl+I
Change to upper/lower case	Shift+F3
Window management
Switch to next/previous focused window	Alt+Tab / Shift+Alt+Tab
Switch focus to the next/previous window (without dialog)	Alt+Esc / Shift+Alt+Esc
Switch focus to the next/previous panel on the desktop
Switch focus to the next/previous panel (without dialog)
Pop up window menu	Alt+Space
Close the focused window	Alt+F4 or Ctrl+F4 or Alt+Space then C or Ctrl + W
Restore the focused window to its previous size
Move the focused window	Alt+Space then M then Arrow Keys
Resize the focused window	Alt+Space then S then Arrow Keys
Minimize the focused window	Alt+Space then N
Maximize the focused window	Alt+Space then X
Maximize horizontally
Maximize vertically
Minimize all	Win+M
Undo minimize all	Shift+Win+M
Switch fullscreen/normal size	F11
Show the window in full screen mode, with no border, menubar, toolbar or statusbar
Rollup/down window
Move window to left/right/up/down workspace	win+ctrl+arrow keys
Move window to desktop X
Switch to next/previous desktop
Switch to next/previous desktop list
Go to desktop X
Go to left/right/up/down desktop
Show / hide desktop	Win+D
Activate window demanding attention
Kill window	Alt+F4 or Ctrl+F4 varies [1]
Close dialog	Esc
Widget navigation
Moves keyboard focus to next/previous control	Tab / Shift+Tab
Pop up tooltip for currently-focused control	Shift+F1
Show context-sensitive help for currently-focused window or control	Shift+F1
Give focus to next/previous pane	Ctrl+F6 / Alt+F6
Give focus to splitter bar in paned window
Give focus to window's menu bar	F10 or Alt
Pop up contextual menu for currently-selected objects	Shift+F10 or Menu
Toggle selected state of focused checkbox, radio button, or toggle button	Space
Activate focused button, menu item etc.	Enter
Select/move to first/last item in selected widget
Scroll selected view by one page up/left/down/right
Tab management
Create new tab	Ctrl+T
Close current tab	Ctrl+W
Go to next/previous tab	Ctrl+Tab / Ctrl+Shift+Tab
Desktop navigation
Run new application	Win+R
Open new browser window with same page as current	Ctrl+N
Start menu / Applications menu	Win or Ctrl+Esc
Copy a screenshot to clipboard	Print Screen or Ctrl+Print Screen
Copy a screenshot of window to clipboard	Alt+Print Screen
Lock desktop	Win+L or Ctrl+Alt+Space
Show desktop	Win+D
Switch active user	Win+L [2]
Task manager	Ctrl+Shift+Esc, Ctrl +Alt+Delete[3]
Rename file	F2
Command line shortcuts
Scroll through History of typed commands	↑/↓
Signal end-of-file	Ctrl+Z
Abort current command/typing	Ctrl+C
Erase line to the left	Esc
Erase line to the right	Esc
Move one word to the left (backward)	Ctrl+←
Move one word to the right (forward)	Ctrl+→
Move to beginning of line	Home
Move to end of line	End
Reverse search of history	F7
Autocomplete command/file name	Tab ⇆ (if enabled eg. via TweakUI)
[edit] Notes
1. ^ a b There is no single consistent shortcut for closing a document or quitting an application in Windows XP. In many multiple document interface applications, Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 closes a document and Alt+F4 quits. In other applications where each document is in its own window, such as later versions of Microsoft Word, Ctrl+W, Ctrl+F4, and Alt+F4 close a document, and there is no consistent shortcut for quitting an application.
2. ^ Takes you to the Switch User-screen when Fast User Switching has been enabled (enabled by default in XP).
3. ^ Shows task manager in Windows XP if the welcome screen is enabled. Otherwise displays an NT-style menu, with the option of launching the task manager. Same with Vista, but with a prettier menu.