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I'm sure there are tons of handy keyboard shortcuts I'm not privy to yet.

A few of the ones I use frequently are:

Winkey+E = MyComputer

Winkey+M = Minimize all

Winkey+R = Run...

F4 = moves the cursor to the Explorer Address bar

Ctrl+Z / Ctrl+Y = Undo/Redo

 

What are the ones you use a lot?

And does anyone know what the difference is between Shift+Ins and Ctrl+V, or between Shift+Del and Backspace? confused13.gif

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Wow, I didn't know most of these! One of my favorites is Alt-PrtScr for getting screen snaps into power point or word documents -- very useful for putting together data plots for a report.
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I use CTRL-C and CTRL-V the most.

 

I had a dual processor computer at one point, and was constantly setting certain processes to run with either processor. So I used to use the good ol' CTRL-ALT-DEL to get the task manager to come up a lot.

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Keyboard shortcuts in OS X for you MAC users:

 

Here is a list of all the shortcuts in Mac OS X.. Perhaps useful if you switched to the mac or forgotten certain shortcuts..

 

It's a pretty long list, but perhaps useful..

 

Startup

 

 

"Press X during startup" = Force Mac OS X startup

 

"Press Option-Command-Shift-Delete during startup" = Bypass primary startup volume and seek a different startup volume (such as a CD or external disk)

 

"Press C during startup" = Start up from a CD that has a system folder

 

"Press N during startup" = Attempt to start up from a compatible network server (NetBoot)

 

"Press T during startup" = Start up in FireWire Target Disk mode

 

"Press Shift during startup" = start up in Safe Boot mode and temporarily disable login items and non-essential kernel extension files (Mac OS X 10.2 and later)

 

"Press Command-V during startup" = Start up in Verbose mode

 

"Press Command-S during startup" = Start up in Single-User mode

 

 

Finder window

 

 

"Command-W" = Close Window

 

"Option-Command-W" = Close all Windows

 

"Command-Right Arrow" = Expand folder (list view)

 

"Option-Command-Right Arrow" = Expand folder and nested subfolders (list view)

 

"Command-Left Arrow" = Collapse Folder (list view)

 

"Option-Command-Up Arrow" = Open parent folder and close current window

 

 

Menu Commands

 

 

"Shift-Command-Q" = Apple Menu Log out

 

"Shift-Option-Command-Q" = Apple Menu Log out immediately

 

"Shift-Command-Delete" = Finder Menu Empty Trash

 

"Option-Shift-Command-Delete" = Finder Menu Empty Trash without dialog

 

"Command-H" = Finder Menu Hide Finder

 

"Option-Command-H" = Finder Menu Hide Others

 

"Command-N" = File Menu New Finder window

 

"Shift-Command-N" = File Menu New Folder

 

"Command-O" = File Menu Open

 

"Command-S" = File Menu Save

 

"Shift-Command-S" = File Menu Save as

 

"Command-P" = File Menu Print

 

"Command-W" = File Menu Close Window

 

"Option-Command-W" = File Menu Close all Windows

 

"Command-I" = File Menu Get Info

 

"Option-Command-I" = File Menu Show Attributes Inspector

 

"Command-D" = File Menu Duplicate

 

"Command-L" = File Menu Make Alias

 

"Command-R" = File Menu Show original

 

"Command-T" = File Menu Add to Favorites

 

"Command-Delete" = File Menu Move to Trash

 

"Command-E" = File Menu Eject

 

"Command-F" = File Menu Find

 

"Command-Z" = Edit Menu Undo

 

"Command-X" = Edit Menu Cut

 

"Command-C" = Edit Menu Copy

 

"Command-V" = Edit Menu Paste

 

"Command-A" = Edit Menu Select All

 

"Command-1" = View Menu View as Icons

 

"Command-2" = View Menu View as List

 

"Command-3" = View Menu View as Columns

 

"Command-B" = View Menu Hide Toolbar

 

"Command-J" = View Menu Show View Options

 

"Command - [" = Go Menu Back

 

"Command - ]" = Go Menu Forward

 

"Shift-Command-C" = Go Menu Computer

 

"Shift-Command-H" = Go Menu Home

 

"Shift-Command-I" = Go Menu iDisk

 

"Shift-Command-A" = Go Menu Applications

 

"Shift-Command-F" = Go Menu Favorites

 

"Shift-Command-G" = Go Menu Goto Folder

 

"Command-K" = Go Menu Connect to Server

 

"Command-M" = Window Menu Minimize Window

 

"Command-?" = Help Menu Open Mac Help

 

"Command-Space" = Open Spotlight (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

 

"Command-Alt-Space" = Open Spotlight Guide (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

 

"F12" = Opens Dashboard (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

 

 

Universal Access and VoiceOver

 

 

"Option-Command-* (asterisk)" = Turn on Zoom

 

"Option-Command-+ (plus)" = Zoom in

 

"Option-Command-- (minus)" = Zoom out

 

"Control-Option-Command-* (asterisk)" = Switch to White on Black

 

"Control-F1" = Turn on Full Keyboard Access

When Full Keyboard Access is turned on, you can use the key combinations listed in the table below from the Finder.

 

"Control-F2" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Menu

 

"Control-F3" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Dock

 

"Control-F4" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Window (active) or next window behind it

 

"Control-F5" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Toolbar

 

"Control-F6" = Full Keyboard Access Highlight Utility window (palette)

 

"Command-F5 or fn-Command-F5" = Turn VoiceOver on or off (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

 

"Control-Option-F8 or fn-Control-Option-F8" = Open VoiceOver Utility (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

 

"Control-Option-F7 or fn-Control-option-F7" = Display VoiceOver menu (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

 

"Control-Option-; or fn-Control-option-" = Enable/disable VoiceOver Control-Option lock (Mac OS X 10.4 or later)

 

 

Mouse Keys

 

 

"8" = Move Up

 

"2" = Move Down

 

"4" = Move Left

 

"6" = Move Right

 

"1, 3, 7, 9" = Move Diagonally

 

"5" = Press Mouse Button

 

"0" = Hold Mouse Button

 

". (period on keypad)" = Release Mouse Button (use after pressing 0)

 

 

Other Commands

 

 

"Option-Command-D" = Show/Hide Dock

 

"Command-Tab" = Switch application

 

"Command-Up Arrow" = Move up one directory

 

"Command-Down Arrow" = Move down one directory

 

"Page Up or Control-Up Arrow" = Move up one page

 

"Page Down or Control-Down Arrow" = Move down one page

 

"Option-Drag" = Copy to new location

 

"Option-Command-Drag" = Make alias in new location

 

"Command-Drag" = Move to new location without copying

 

"Command-C" = Show Colors palette in application

 

"Command-T" = Show Font palette in application

 

"Command-Shift-3" = Take a picture of the screen

 

"Command-Shift-4" = Take a picture of the selection

 

"Command-Shift-4, then press Control while selecting" = Take a picture of the screen, place in Clipboard

 

"Command-Shift-4, then Spacebar" = Take a picture of the selected window

 

"Option-Command-esc" = Force Quit

 

"Control-Eject" = Restart, Sleep, Shutdown dialog box

 

"Control-Command-Eject" = Quit all applications and restart

 

"Option-Command-Eject or Option-Command-Power" = Sleep

 

"Command-click window toolbar button (upper right corner)" = Cycle through available views for the window's toolbar (dependant on the nature of the Finder or application window)

 

"Command-`" = Cycle through windows in application or Finder (if more than one window is open)

 

"Function-Delete (PowerBook, iBook only)" = Forward Delete (delete the character to the right of your cursor)

 

creativebits.org/keyboard_shortcuts_in_os_x

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My favorites:

 

ctrl + shift + t for those "shit, I didn't mean to close that tab" moments

ctrl + tab for moving around tabs

ctrl + tab for more tabs

alt + tab for moving around programs

alt + 14 for throwing this musical note symbol all over the place - ♫

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I use fn+control and two fingers on the track pad to zoom into my screen a lot (Macbook Pro). It helps when I'm watching a video that can't go full screen, or if I'm trying to show someone from across the room something.

 

Other than that, just your basics for me.

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