Keyboard tricks that work in Windows

Ever wonder what those 2 "Windows" keys on your keyboard do?  Well, they happen to be very useful for many shortcuts in Windows 98. Here's some of the most useful:

Keyboard combos for the Windows key (WinKey).

Press & Hold down the Windows key, while pressing the combo letter "," .

Windows-D and the desktop appears -- Press the same combo again, and all minimized windows are restored to the screen.

(or Shift-Windows-M to maximize all open windows)
Windows-R to open the Run window
Windows-F1 to open Help
Windows-L to log off Windows
Windows-Tab to cycle through the Taskbar buttons
Windows-Break to open the System Properties dialog box

(These tips only work if you have the WinKey/s on your keyboard)

Shortcut

Function

Ctrl + N

New document

Ctrl + O

Open document

Ctrl + P

Print document

Ctrl + S

Save document

Ctrl + W

Close document

Ctrl + X

Cut

Ctrl + C

Copy

Ctrl + V

Paste

Shortcut

Function

Ctrl + F12

Open spreadsheet

Shift + F12

Save spreadsheet

Ctrl + Shift + F12

Print spreadsheet

F2

Edit the active cell

F4

Repeat the last action

F6

Move to the next pane

F9

Calculate all sheets in open workbooks

F11

Create a chart

Shortcut

Function

Alt + Left Arrow

Previous page

Alt + Right Arrow

Next page

Down Arrow

Scroll down

Up Arrow

Scroll up

F5

Refresh

Ctrl + S

Save page

Shortcut

Function

Ctrl + drag a file

Copy a file

F2

Rename an item

Ctrl + Esc

Display Start menu

Alt + Tab

Switch to the last-used window

Alt + F4

Close current window or close program

Ctrl + Z

Undo