If your job involves using your keyboard and PC (of course), you know how tiresome it can be working straight hours tapping on your keyboard. Thanks to a high speed internet, you have come across some keyboard shortcuts that can make your life simpler. Knowing keyboard shortcuts won’t only improve your speed in navigating your PC, it can also lessen wrist fatigue. Here are Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts that most people don’t know yet.

Shortcuts for Windows Explorer

These Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts are made for Windows Explorer which can help you minimize using your mouse or touchpad.

• F10 opens the “File” menu in an open Windows Explorer.
• F6 rotates within options in an open window. In Word and other Office applications, it will give shortcut keys for various options such as Save, Undo, Redo, Home, Insert, etc. In Windows Explorer, it will rotate within different options.
• F3 selects the search bar on your Windows Explorer if you have one that’s already open. If you don’t have a Windows Explorer window open, it will open the explorer and highlights the search bar. It will open the search dialogue in order for you to search inside the program.
• F2 lets you rename a folder or file.
• Alt+Up will let you go up one folder level.
• Alt+Enter lets you open a file’s properties.
• Ctrl+Shift+N lets you create a new folder within your present directory.
• Shift+F10 opens the “right click” option of a folder or file. It can be really helpful for improving speed particularly when you know which one you will choose. Press the underlined letter in each choice for speedier access.
• Shift+Del lets you delete a file permanently.

Shortcuts for Global Windows

• Alt+Space lets you launch the window system menu. This can be used for maximizing, minimizing, closing or moving the window. This can be really helpful for windows that do not respond to the Alt+F4 shortcut.
• Alt+Esc is similar to Alt+Tab only it changes windows in the order that they were opened and is not in the same window preview.
• Ctrl+Esc also lets you open the start menu just like your Windows key.
• Ctrl+Shift+Esc lets you open the task manager without having to use Ctrl+Alt+Del.
• Win+B lets you select the system tray.
• Win+T will let you go through the programs in your taskbar. You can then open the program using Enter or Space.
• Win+Home lets you minimize all programs excluding your current window.
• Win+Up/Down lets you maximize and restore down your present window provided that it isn’t maximized yet.
• Win+Pause/Break lets you open the system properties window.
• Win+1, 2, 3, etc. will let you open each program according to its position in your taskbar. It is therefore helpful to place your most used programs near your task bar so that you can simply launch them one after the other. This shortcut is also applicable for Windows Vista (quick launch icons).
• Win+Alt+1+2+3… will let you open the jump list for every program within your task bar. Then, you can use your arrows to choose which jump list option you want.

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