31 Windows Shortcuts that you need to know

Most of us never know how to use shortcuts since we have mouse to sort everything for us. However if you want to do your job little bit faster , these shortcuts might be helpful .

1. F1: Help
2. CTRL+ESC: Open Start menu
3. ALT+TAB: Switch between open programs
4. ALT+F4: Quit program
5. SHIFT+DELETE: Delete item permanently
6. CTRL+C: Copy
7. CTRL+X: Cut
8. CTRL+V: Paste
9. CTRL+Z: Undo
10. CTRL+B: Bold
11. CTRL+U: Underline
12. CTRL+I: Italic
13. SHIFT+right click: Displays a shortcut menu containing alternative commands
14. SHIFT+double click: Runs the alternate default command (the second item on the menu)
15. ALT+double click: Displays properties
16. SHIFT+DELETE: Deletes an item immediately without placing it in the Recycle Bin
17. F1: Starts Windows Help
18. F10: Activates menu bar options
19. SHIFT+F10 Opens a shortcut menu for the selected item (this is the same as right-clicking an object
20. CTRL+ESC: Opens the Start menu (use the ARROW keys to select an item)
21. CTRL+ESC or ESC: Selects the Start button (press TAB to select the taskbar, or press SHIFT+F10 for a context menu)
22. ALT+DOWN ARROW: Opens a drop-down list box
23. ALT+TAB: Switch to another running program (hold down the ALT key and then press the TAB key to view the task-switching window)
24. SHIFT: Press and hold down the SHIFT key while you insert a CD-ROM to bypass the automatic-run feature
25. ALT+SPACE: Displays the main window's System menu (from the System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the window)
26. ALT+- (ALT+hyphen): Displays the Multiple Document Interface (MDI) child window's System menu (from the MDI child window's System menu, you can restore, move, resize, minimize, maximize, or close the child window)
27. CTRL+TAB: Switch to the next child window of a Multiple Document Interface (MDI) program
28. ALT+underlined letter in menu: Opens the menu
29. ALT+F4: Closes the current window
30. CTRL+F4: Closes the current Multiple Document Interface (MDI) window
31. ALT+F6: Switch between multiple windows in the same program (for example, when the Notepad Find dialog box is displayed, ALT+F6 switches between the Find dialog box and the main Notepad window)