Keyboard Shortcuts in Microsoft Windows XPback to top of page

This document contains keyboard shortcuts for Windows XP. Keyboard shortcuts allow navigation through Windows without the use of a mouse.

Keyboard Shortcut

Result

[Alt] + [Esc]

Switch between running applications

[Alt] + [Tab]

Toggle between running applications

[Alt] + letter

Select menu item by underlined letter

[Ctrl] + [Esc]

Open Program Menu

[Ctrl] + [F4]

Close active document or group of windows (does not work with some applications)

[Alt] + [F4]

Quit active application or close current window

[Alt] + [-]

Open Control menu for active document

[Alt] + [Spacebar]

Open Control menu for active application

[Ctrl} Lft./Rt. arrow

Move cursor forward or back one word

[Ctrl] Up/Down arrow

Move cursor forward or back one paragraph

[F1]

Open Help for active application

[Windows] + E

Open Windows Explorer

[Windows] + F

Open Find

[Windows] + M

Minimize all open windows

[Shift] + [Windows] + M

Undo minimize all open windows

[Windows] + R

Open Run window

[Windows] + [F1]

Open Windows Help

[Windows] + [Tab]

Cycle through the Taskbar buttons

[Windows] + Break

Open the System Properties dialog box

[Ctrl] + A

Select All

[Ctrl] + B

Bold

[Ctrl] + C

Copy

[Ctrl] + D

Duplicate

[Ctrl] + F

Find

[Ctrl] + G

Go to page

[Ctrl] + H

Replace

[Ctrl] + I

Italicize

[Ctrl] + J

Justify text

[Ctrl] + L

Left align text

[Ctrl] + N

Open new document

[Ctrl] + O

Open

[Ctrl] + P

Print

[Ctrl] + Q

Quit

[Ctrl] + R

Right align text

[Ctrl] + S

Save

[Ctrl] + U

Underline

[Ctrl] + V

Paste

[Ctrl] + W

Close document

[Ctrl] + X

Cut

[Ctrl] + Z

Undo