Ctrl+Backspace Deletes the entire word to the left of the cursor.Just as in Windows generally adding the Shift key often performs the reverse of a keyboard function, in Word, Ctrl tends to perform the whole-word version of arrow-key function and more: Shift+Win+Tab Scrolls through your open apps in reverse.Shift+Tab Tabs through fields in a window in the reverse direction.Shift+Ctrl+Tab Navigates browser tabs in reverse.The Shift key is often used to perform the reverse of a function Ctrl+Tab Navigates through browser tabs.Web browsing has its own set of useful shortcuts as well, whether you use Chrome, Internet Explorer, Firefox or the new Edge browser for Windows 10 Alt+Tab Scrolls through open apps (like Win+Tab but in 2D).Win+1 through 9 Opens app in System Tray corresponding to that number position (e.g., Win+5 opens the fifth-from-left app in the tray).

Win+ ←/ → Lets you move windows around without mouse-dragging them.Pressing Win+D once more calls up all windows as you left them Win+D Minimizes all windows (shows desktop).Win+E Opens File Explorer (the “Computer” window).Win+Tab Scrolls through your open apps (and in Windows 10, your virtual desktops).Users of Windows 7 and 8 can also take advantage of many great shortcuts, among them: Standard shortcuts worth regularly adopting Win+S Opens Cortana’s Daily Glance feature (e.g., weather, sports, news).Win+Ctrl+D Creates a new Virtual Desktop.Us the → for screen-right, ↓ for lower quadrants, etc.Īdditional useful Windows 10 keyboard shortcuts include:

Hold Win then press ← and then ↑ to move your program window to the upper left quadrant of the screen.

Now, window snapping lets you not only snap to fill half the screen, but a screen quadrant: Prior to Windows 10, pressing Win+ ← or Win+ → would allow you to “snap” windows to exactly half screen for easy double-window viewing. Windows 10 users can benefit from several new keyboard shortcuts making essential features of the new OS readily accessible. It’s time to get faster while relaxing that wrist with these convenient keyboard shortcuts. But too often we resort instead to mousing around, leading to slower computing and even wrist discomfort over time. When it comes to keyboard shortcuts within the Windows OS, the Windows key (represented as “Win” below) is the basic key that, combined with countless letter and other keys, can call up or execute an incredibly wide variety of menus and functions.

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