windows key + R
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iexplorer (opens internet explorer)
notepad (opens notepad)
mspaint (opens Paint)
calc (opens up calculator from Accessories)
windows key + R
Type in
iexplorer (opens internet explorer)
notepad (opens notepad)
mspaint (opens Paint)
calc (opens up calculator from Accessories)
This should do it.. Man im so jobless sometimes ;)
All keyboard Shortcuts
1.) Windows Hotkeys
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Shift + F10 right-clicks.
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Win + L (XP Only): Locks keyboard. Similar to Lock Workstation.
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Win + F or F3: Open Find dialog. (All Files) F3 may not work in some applications which use F3 for their own find dialogs.
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Win + Control + F: Open Find dialog. (Computers)
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Win + U: Open Utility Manager.
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Win + F1: Open Windows help.
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Win + Pause: Open System Properties dialog.
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Win + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons. Enter clicks, AppsKey or Shift + F10 right-clicks.
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Win + Shift + Tab: Cycle through taskbar buttons in reverse.
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Alt + Tab: Display Cool Switch. More commonly known as the AltTab dialog.
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Alt + Shift + Tab: Display Cool Switch; go in reverse.
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Alt + Escape: Send active window to the bottom of the z-order.
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Alt + Shift + Escape: Activate the window at the bottom of the z-order.
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Alt + F4: Close active window; or, if all windows are closed, open shutdown dialog.
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Shift while a CD is loading: Bypass AutoPlay.
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Shift while login: Bypass startup folder. Only those applications will be ignored which are in the startup folder, not those started from the registry (Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run\)
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Ctrl + Alt + Delete or Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDel (Both NumLock states): Invoke the Task Manager or NT Security dialog.
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Ctrl + Shift + Escape (2000/XP ) or (Ctrl + Alt + NumpadDot) : Invoke the task manager. On earlier OSes, acts like Ctrl + Escape.
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Print screen: Copy screenshot of current screen to clipboard.
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Alt + Print screen: Copy screenshot of current active window to clipboard.
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Ctrl + Alt + Down Arrow: Invert screen. Untested on OS's other than XP.
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Ctrl + Alt + Up Arrow: Undo inversion.
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Win + B : Move focus to systray icons.
2.) Generic
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Ctrl + C or Ctrl + Insert: Copy.
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Ctrl + X or Shift + Delete: Cut.
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Ctrl + V or Shift + Insert: Paste/Move.
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Ctrl + N: New... File, Tab, Entry, etc.
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Ctrl + S: Save.
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Ctrl + O: Open...
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Ctrl + P: Print.
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Ctrl + Z: Undo.
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Ctrl + A: Select all.
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Ctrl + F: Find...
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Ctrl+W : to close the current window
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Ctrl + F4: Close tab or child window.
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F1: Open help.
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F11: Toggle full screen mode.
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Alt or F10: Activate menu bar.
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Alt + Space: Display system menu. Same as clicking the icon on the titlebar.
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Escape: Remove focus from current control/menu, or close dialog box.
3.) Generic Navigation
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Tab: Forward one item.
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Shift + Tab: Backward one item.
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Ctrl + Tab: Cycle through tabs/child windows.
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Ctrl + Shift + Tab: Cycle backwards through tabs/child windows.
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Enter: If a button's selected, click it, otherwise, click default button.
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Space: Toggle items such as radio buttons or checkboxes.
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Alt + (Letter): Activate item corresponding to (Letter). (Letter) is the underlined letter on the item's name.
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Ctrl + Left: Move cursor to the beginning of previous word.
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Ctrl + Right: Move cursor to the beginning of next word.
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Ctrl + Up: Move cursor to beginning of previous paragraph. This and all subsequent Up/Down hotkeys in this section have only been known to work in Rich Edit controls.
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Ctrl + Down: Move cursor to beginning of next paragraph.
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Shift + Left: Highlight one character to the left.
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Shift + Right: Highlight one character to the right.
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Shift + Up: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line up.
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Shift + Down: Highlight from current cursor position, to one line down.
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Ctrl + Shift + Left: Highlight to beginning of previous word.
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Ctrl + Shift + Right: Highlight to beginning of next word.
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Ctrl + Shift + Up: Highlight to beginning of previous paragraph.
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Ctrl + Shift + Down: Highlight to beginning of next paragraph.
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Home: Move cursor to top of a scrollable control.
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End: Move cursor to bottom of a scrollable control.
4.) Generic File Browser
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Arrow Keys: Navigate.
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Shift + Arrow Keys: Select multiple items.
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Ctrl + Arrow Keys: Change focus without changing selection. "Focus" is the object that will run on Enter. Space toggles selection of the focused item.
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(Letter): Select first found item that begins with (Letter).
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BackSpace: Go up one level to the parent directory.
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Alt + Left: Go back one folder.
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Alt + Right: Go forward one folder.
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Enter: Activate (Double-click) selected item(s).
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Alt + Enter: View properties for selected item.
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F2: Rename selected item(s).
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Ctrl + NumpadPlus: In a Details view, resizes all columns to fit the longest item in each one.
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Delete: Delete selected item(s).
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Shift + Delete: Delete selected item(s); bypass Recycle Bin.
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Ctrl while dragging item(s): Copy.
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Ctrl + Shift while dragging item(s): Create shortcut(s).
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In tree pane, if any:
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Left: Collapse the current selection if expanded, or select the parent folder.
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Right: Expand the current selection if collapsed, or select the first subfolder.
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Numpad Asterisk: Expand currently selected directory and all subdirectories. No undo.
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Numpad Plus: Expand currently selected directory.
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Numpad Minus: Collapse currently selected directory.
5.) Accessibility
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Right Shift for eight seconds: Toggle FilterKeys on and off. FilterKeys must be enabled.
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Left Alt + Left Shift + PrintScreen: Toggle High Contrast on and off. High Contrast must be enabled.
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Left Alt + Left Shift + NumLock: Toggle MouseKeys on and off. MouseKeys must be enabled.
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NumLock for five seconds: Toggle ToggleKeys on and off. ToggleKeys must be enabled.
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Shift five times: Toggle StickyKeys on and off. StickyKeys must be enabled.
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6.) Microsoft Natural Keyboard with IntelliType Software Installed
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Win + L: Log off Windows.
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Win + P: Open Print Manager.
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Win + C: Open control panel.
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Win + V: Open clipboard.
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Win + K: Open keyboard properties.
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Win + I: Open mouse properties.
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Win + A: Open Accessibility properties.
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Win + Space: Displays the list of Microsoft IntelliType shortcut keys.
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Win + S: Toggle CapsLock on and off.
7.) Remote Desktop Connection Navigation
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Ctrl + Alt + End: Open the NT Security dialog.
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Alt + PageUp: Switch between programs.
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Alt + PageDown: Switch between programs in reverse.
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Alt + Insert: Cycle through the programs in most recently used order.
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Alt + Home: Display start menu.
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Ctrl + Alt + Break: Switch the client computer between a window and a full screen.
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Alt + Delete: Display the Windows menu.
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Ctrl + Alt + NumpadMinus: Place a snapshot of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing Alt + PrintScreen on a local computer.
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Ctrl + Alt + NumpadPlus: Place a snapshot of the active window in the client on the Terminal server clipboard and provide the same functionality as pressing PrintScreen on a local computer.
8.) Mozilla Firefox Shortcuts
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Ctrl + Tab or Ctrl + PageDown: Cycle through tabs.
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Ctrl + Shift + Tab or Ctrl + PageUp: Cycle through tabs in reverse.
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Ctrl + (1-9): Switch to tab corresponding to number.
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Ctrl + N: New window.
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Ctrl + T: New tab.
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Ctrl + L or Alt + D or F6: Switch focus to location bar.
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Ctrl + Enter: Open location in new tab.
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Shift + Enter: Open location in new window.
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Ctrl + K or Ctrl + E: Switch focus to search bar.
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Ctrl + O: Open a local file.
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Ctrl + W: Close tab, or window if there's only one tab open.
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Ctrl + Shift + W: Close window.
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Ctrl + S: Save page as a local file.
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Ctrl + P: Print page.
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Ctrl + F or F3: Open find toolbar.
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Ctrl + G or F3: Find next...
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Ctrl + Shift + G or Shift + F3: Find previous...
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Ctrl + B or Ctrl + I: Open Bookmarks sidebar.
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Ctrl + H: Open History sidebar.
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Escape: Stop loading page.
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Ctrl + R or F5: Reload current page.
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Ctrl + Shift + R or Ctrl + F5: Reload current page; bypass cache.
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Ctrl + U: View page source.
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Ctrl + D: Bookmark current page.
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Ctrl + NumpadPlus or Ctrl + Equals (+/=): Increase text size.
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Ctrl + NumpadMinus or Ctrl + Minus: Decrease text size.
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Ctrl + Numpad0 or Ctrl + 0: Set text size to default.
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Alt + Left or Backspace: Back.
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Alt + Right or Shift + Backspace: Forward.
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Alt + Home: Open home page.
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Ctrl + M: Open new message in integrated mail client.
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Ctrl + J: Open Downloads dialog.
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F6: Switch to next frame. You must have selected something on the page already, e.g. by use of Tab.
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Shift + F6: Switch to previous frame.
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Apostrophe ('): Find link as you type.
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Slash (/): Find text as you type.
9.) Gmail
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Note: Must have "keyboard shortcuts" on in settings.
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C: Compose new message.
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Shift + C: Open new window to compose new message.
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Slash (/): Switch focus to search box.
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K: Switch focus to the next most recent email. Enter or "O" opens focused email.
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J: Switch focus to the next oldest email.
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N: Switch focus to the next message in the "conversation." Enter or "O" expands/collapses messages.
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P: Switch focus to the previous message.
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U: Takes you back to the inbox and checks for new mail.
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Y: Various actions depending on current view:
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Has no effect in "Sent" and "All Mail" views.
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Inbox: Archive email or message.
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Starred: Unstar email or message.
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Spam: Unmark as spam and move back to "Inbox."
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Trash: Move back to "Inbox."
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Any label: Remove the label.
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X: "Check" an email. Various actions can be performed against all checked emails.
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S: "Star" an email. Identical to the more familiar term, "flagging."
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R: Reply to the email.
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A: Reply to all recipients of the email.
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F: Forward an email.
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Shift + R: Reply to the email in a new window.
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Shift + A: Reply to all recipients of the email in a new window.
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Shift + F: Forward an email in a new window.
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Shift + 1 (!): Mark an email as spam and remove it from the inbox.
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G then I: Switch to "Inbox" view.
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G then S: Switch to "Starred" view.
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G then A: Switch to "All Mail" view.
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G then C: Switch to "Contacts" view.
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G then S: Switch to "Drafts" view.
10.) List of F1-F9 Key Commands for the Command Prompt
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F1 / right arrow: Repeats the letters of the last command line, one by one.
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F2: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to copy up to" of the last command line
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F3: Repeats the last command line
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F4: Displays a dialog asking user to "enter the char to delete up to" of the last command line
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F5: Goes back one command line
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F6: Enters the traditional CTRL+Z (^z)
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F7: Displays a menu with the command line history
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F8: Cycles back through previous command lines (beginning with most recent)
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F9: Displays a dialog asking user to enter a command number, where 0 is for first command line entered.
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Alt+Enter: toggle full Screen mode.
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up/down: scroll thru/repeat previous entries
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Esc: delete line
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Note: The buffer allows a maximum of 50 command lines. After this number is reached, the first line will be replaced in sequence.
:: Helpful accessibility keyboard shortcuts ::
* Switch FilterKeys on and off. Right SHIFT for eight seconds
* Switch High Contrast on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +PRINT SCREEN
* Switch MouseKeys on and off. Left ALT +left SHIFT +NUM LOCK
* Switch StickyKeys on and off. SHIFT five times
* Switch ToggleKeys on and off. NUM LOCK for five seconds
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