Keyboard shortcuts in Windows are very handy. Using them may decrease your working time alot faster (for example; Firing up the search function in Windows XP using the keyboard shortcut “Windows Key + F” takes one second.
Doing the same thing the traditional way however (open the start menu, and click Search), takes like two or three seconds. Alot of users might think that a few seconds won’t matter, but multiply those two seconds that you can win, with 365 days in a year, and you’ll be amazed. Two seconds of difference multiplied by 365 days a year, equals 730 seconds or a stunning twelve minutes!
This article will show all shortcut keys that Microsoft has put in their brandnew (soon to be released, it’s out as a free to try bèta version currently), allowing you to work faster in Windows 7. This might be handy to know, when Windows 7 will finally come out. Print this article, and stash it away in your drawer.
- Windows Key + Left arrow = Dock window to the left-hand side of the screen
- Windows Key + Right arrow = Dock window to the right-hand side of the screen
- Windows Key + Shift Key + Left arrow (in a maximized window) = Move the current selected window one monitor to the left
- Windows Key + Shift Key + Right arrow (in a maximized window) = Move the current selected window one monitor to the right
- Windows Key + Shift Key + Left arrow (in a non-maximized window) = Expand window to the left (or any arrow key direction)
- Windows Key + Control Key + Left arrow (in a non-maximized window) = Contract window from the left (or any arrow key direction)
- Windows Key + Up Key = Maximize current window
- Windows Key + Down Key = Minimize current window
- Windows Key + Plus Key / Minus Key = Zoom in and out
- Windows Key + Home = Minimize/maximize non-active windows
- Windows Key + 1, 2, 3, 4, or 5 = Launch programs from the taskbar
- Windows Key + Space bar = Enable Aero Peek
- Windows Key + G = Bring gadgets to the foreground
- Windows Key + P = Open “projector’ mode to change external display settings
- Windows Key + T = Jump to the taskbar to select a new window with the Left Key or the Right Key + Enter
- Windows Key + X = Open Windows Mobility Center (works with Vista)
- CTRL + Left Click = Use on taskbar items to switch between windows of that program only
- SHIFT + Left Click = Use on taskbar items to open another instance of that program
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