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Common keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11

Common keyboard shortcuts in Windows 11

Top ten shortcuts

  1. ‘F1’ – Displays the help file for the current program.
  2. ‘Alt’ + ‘letter’ – activates the menu represented by the letter, where the letter is underlined in the menu title.

For example, ‘File’ would be ‘Alt’ + ‘F’. See fig 1.

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Fig 1

  1. ‘Ctrl’ + ‘Z’ – Undo the last action.
  2. ‘Alt’ + ‘Tab’ – Quickly switch between current running programs.
  3. ‘Windows Key’+ ‘D’ – Shows your desktop.
  4. ‘Windows Key’ + ‘E’ – Starts Windows Explorer.
  5. ‘Windows Key’ + ‘U’ – Displays the Windows utility manager dialog box for controlling accessibility options.
  6. ‘Ctrl’ + ‘A’ – Select all items.
  7. ‘Ctrl’ + ‘C’ – Copies selected text\graphics to the clipboard.
  8. ‘Ctrl’ + ‘V’ – Pastes text\graphics from the clipboard.
  9. ‘Ctrl’ + ‘X’ – Cuts selected text\graphics to the clipboard.

Windows 11 – Useful keyboard shortcuts:
‘Windows’ key + ‘start typing’ – Search your PC
‘Windows’ key + ‘D’ – Go straight to desktop
‘Windows’ key + ‘L’ – Locks the PC and goes to the Lock screen
‘Windows' key + ‘U’ – Open the Accessibility settings

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