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Microsoft Office

  • TAB: Advance to next link or field on a web page
  • SHIFT+TAB: Previous link or field
  • Up and Down Arrow keys: Move through list
  • Spacebar: Select/unselect check boxes and radio boxes
  • ALT+TAB Move between apps (Hold down ALT key, tap TAB key to cycle through options)
  • CTRL+SHIFT+Arrow Keys: Select text
  • CTRL+W or CTRL+F4: Close window
  • ALT+F4: Close application
  • ALT: "hot-key" mode to view ribbon key commands
  • CTRL+S: Save
  • CTRL+A: Select all
  • CTRL+Z: Undo
  • CTRL+C: Copy
  • CTRL+X: Cut
  • CTRL+V: Paste
  • CTRL+P: Print
  • Windows key: Start menu
  • Windows key + #: Launch Taskbar application (If IE is the first item on your taskbar, then Winkey+1)
  • SHIFT+F10 or Menu Key (between Window and Ctrl key): activates "right click" menu
  • Alt+Space+X: Maximize window
  • Alt+Space+N: Minimize window
  • Windows key+L: Lock computer

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