If you have installed the Windows 7 operating system recently or even if you are using Windows 7 operating system for sometime but do not know about the Windows 7 shortcut keys still then this article is a must for you. Although it is very easy to use the computer mouse but very few people understand that using the keyboard with the shortcut keys makes working on your computer even faster. You might not feel comfortable using shortcut keys but once you use them quite regularly you will find it a lot more comfortable than using both the keyboard and mouse. It is also convenient to know the keyboard shortcuts in case your mouse is sent for repair and you only have your keyboard to work with. There are some new functions introduced in Windows 7 like the great feature of using our own windows 7 themes. But to be frank many of the shortcut keys are not unique to the latest Windows version unlike Windows 7 Themes which is a completely new and unique function. If you have used shortcut keys in previous versions of Windows then you might find a lot of common shortcuts which will also help you in remembering. I am listing all the Windows 7 keyboard keyboard shortcuts below so that you know and can use them if you find useful.
F1 Open the Windows 7 Help and Support
F2 Rename the selected item (use it instead of the mouse right click and rename function)
F3 Open the Windows Search (also opens search function while browsing in popular browsers)
F4 Displays the drop down list in IE and Windows Explorer. Also works for displaying drop down list of many other popular internet browsers but need to highlight the address bar first using Alt + D )
F5 Refresh (works for computer screens/windows explorers as well as opened website page in any popular browser)
F6 Move through different categories of items in the currently active window
F10 Highlight the menu bar in the currently active window
F11 Full Screen mode on or off (works for IE, Windows Explorer as well as all popular browsers)
Windows key + D Show Desktop (all active windows are minimized)
Ctrl + Esc Open start menu
Alt + F4 Close active program or window. Also opens Windows 7 shutdown popup if used from desktop.
Alt + Tab See a preview of all open windows and programs in order to select one of them
Alt + Esc Same as previous function but does not give preview but directly cycles through all open programs and windows
Ctrl + F4 Close the current tab or document. Only for programs and browsers which allow multiple tabs or documents.
Shift + F10 Open context menu of selected item
Alt + D Highlight the address bar (works for IE, Windows Explorer as well as all popular browsers)
Alt + P Turn on or off preview panel in Windows Explorer
Alt + Left Arrow Go back in Windows Explorer (also works in all popular website browsers)
Alt + Right Arrow Go forward in Windows Explorer (also works in all popular browsers)
Alt + Up Arrow Go one directory up in Windows Explorer
Alt + Spacebar Open menu of the active window
Right Arrow Open the next menu to the right, or open a sub-menu
Left Arrow Open the next menu to the left, or close a sub-menu
Shift + Arrow Select a block of text or number of items (works a bit like the right click multiple select feature of mouse)
Ctrl + Arrow + Spacebar Select multiple items on an active Window or on the desktop. Keep on pressing control key, use arrow to go the item and press spacebar on the items to select.
Ctrl + N Open new windows (works for IE, Windows Explorer as well as all popular browsers)
Ctrl + T Open new tab for most of the popular browsers including Internet Explorer
Ctrl + Shift + N Create a new folder
Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open the task manager
Ctrl + A Select all
Ctrl + C Copy selected item
Ctrl + V Paste the selected item
Ctrl + X Cut the selected item
Ctrl + Y Redo an action
Ctrl + Z Undo an action
Ctrl + Mouse wheel scroll Increase or decrease font or icon size (works for IE, Windows Explorer as well as all popular website browsers)
Delete Delete selected item and move it to recycle bin
Shift + Delete Delete selected item permanently without sending to recycle bin
Esc Cancel active task (also works for canceling popup windows in most cases)
Home Scroll to the top of the currently active window (for Windows Explorer) or website page (for popular internet browsers)
End Scroll to the end of the active window (for Windows Explorer) or website page (for popular browsers)
Page Up Gradually scroll up the currently active window (for Windows Explorer) or website page (for popular internet browsers)
Page Down Gradually scroll down the currently active window (for Windows Explorer) or website page (for popular website browsers)
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