One of my favorites. Use the down arrow to take a window out of maximized (restore), again to minimize it. Up will maximize the window.
Use left and right to cover only half the screen. Then do the opposite arrow for another window to have them side-by-side
For multiple monitors, Windows Key + Shift + Left/Right will move a window from one monitor to the other.
I have a new HP with Windows 8. I am getting used to everything (albeit slowly) and stopped hating all the changes EXCEPT one. On my old computer (windows vista) the End Key would go to the end of the line. On this new computer it moves one space to the right. I know that if I hit CTRL + End it will go to the end of the WORD, but I don’t want that. I want home to go to the beginning of the line and End to end of line. Can someone out there help?
Windows Logo Key + Pause/Break Key brings up Device Manager or system information.
In Windows 7, you can tile two applications vertically, side by side, so you can easily compare two documents, copy and paste info from one to the other, etc. To use, click somewhere in the application you want on the left half of the screen and press Windows Logo Key + Left Arrow Key. Then click somewhere in the application you want on the right half of the screen and press Windows Logo Key + Right Arrow Key. It will dock on the right half of the screen.
You can maximize either window or resize either or both to leave the tiled look.
A quicker way to have side by side or stacked vertically applications is right click on the task bar and choose side by side or stacked. Does this with 2 or more selected windows.
Your Key in the list above: “Ctrl + Shift with Start key — Selects all text from the cursor to the beginning of the document.” should have been Ctrl + Shift + Home key. Its opposite, which you have correctly, is Ctrl + Shift + End key.
Most of those shortcuts go back to original MS DOS which I used back in the early 80s prior to the very first windows version. Most have been carried forward for years and years.
A past employee had a shortcut he used. By holding down one key on his laptop, it would provide his email address (or any other word or phrase) that he used often. How can I do this?
From Denys on March 06, 2013 :: 12:42 pm
Just got Windows8 and I’m operating on a traditional PC. And yes it takes a little bit of getting use to. Your list of key shortcuts just made my day!
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From Cle001 on March 06, 2013 :: 12:43 pm
Do you have shortcut keys for the diacritical marks used in other languages on certain letters?
Like saute, etc.
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From Charles Heineke on February 06, 2015 :: 2:08 am
Here’s a good resource for Diacritical Marks as well as special symbols you can get by using the Alt key plus tapping in numbers from the numeric key pad, like Alt+0169 for the Copyright symbol (©). Hold down the Alt key while you’re tapping the four digit number, and then release the Alt key to get your new character. Another one you may need some time is Alt+0162 to create the cent sign (¢). The numbers must be entered on the numeric keypad with Num Lock turned on.
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/ALT-Digits-Symbol-Codes.html
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From Ernesto Colina on March 06, 2013 :: 12:52 pm
With a little effort, you can create your own “Key Shortcuts” and even override the ones defined in Windows with AutoHotKey, which BTW is free.
http://www.autohotkey.com/
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From Andy on March 06, 2013 :: 2:17 pm
Opens the Apps Page in Miniature Icons. Also lists your installed programs. Also shows a search panel on the right hand side for Apps.
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From Cary Gordon on March 06, 2013 :: 4:34 pm
I use Windows Key + R quite a lot to bring up Windows’ RUN dialog.
Also Windows Key + D to show the Desktop.
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From Wes R on March 07, 2013 :: 8:47 am
One of my favorites. Use the down arrow to take a window out of maximized (restore), again to minimize it. Up will maximize the window.
Use left and right to cover only half the screen. Then do the opposite arrow for another window to have them side-by-side
For multiple monitors, Windows Key + Shift + Left/Right will move a window from one monitor to the other.
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From Bevin Kacon on February 14, 2017 :: 10:20 pm
You just saved my life.
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From Farrah on November 03, 2014 :: 5:15 am
Hello,
I have a new HP with Windows 8. I am getting used to everything (albeit slowly) and stopped hating all the changes EXCEPT one. On my old computer (windows vista) the End Key would go to the end of the line. On this new computer it moves one space to the right. I know that if I hit CTRL + End it will go to the end of the WORD, but I don’t want that. I want home to go to the beginning of the line and End to end of line. Can someone out there help?
Thanks!
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From Andy Prakken on November 03, 2014 :: 12:50 pm
Check out this link, it may have what you are looking for. I did not check the whole list.
http://www.shortcutworld.com/en/win/Eclipse.html
Hope this will be of use. If not, go to Google and type in End of Line Shortcuts, There are quite a few listed there. Andy
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From Farrah on November 03, 2014 :: 6:43 pm
Thank you! The keys I need are FN + END, which is not what I’m used to, but better than nothing.
Is there any way of going into the computer and changing the key functions to make the END key go to the end of the line?
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From Charles Heineke on February 06, 2015 :: 2:01 am
Windows Logo Key + Pause/Break Key brings up Device Manager or system information.
In Windows 7, you can tile two applications vertically, side by side, so you can easily compare two documents, copy and paste info from one to the other, etc. To use, click somewhere in the application you want on the left half of the screen and press Windows Logo Key + Left Arrow Key. Then click somewhere in the application you want on the right half of the screen and press Windows Logo Key + Right Arrow Key. It will dock on the right half of the screen.
You can maximize either window or resize either or both to leave the tiled look.
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From Michael Maul on June 16, 2019 :: 10:30 am
A quicker way to have side by side or stacked vertically applications is right click on the task bar and choose side by side or stacked. Does this with 2 or more selected windows.
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From Charles Heineke on April 11, 2016 :: 11:53 pm
Your Key in the list above: “Ctrl + Shift with Start key — Selects all text from the cursor to the beginning of the document.” should have been Ctrl + Shift + Home key. Its opposite, which you have correctly, is Ctrl + Shift + End key.
I’ve been using these two shortcuts for decades.
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From Hal on June 17, 2019 :: 8:56 am
Most of those shortcuts go back to original MS DOS which I used back in the early 80s prior to the very first windows version. Most have been carried forward for years and years.
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From Josh Kirschner on June 17, 2019 :: 2:24 pm
Even people who have been using computers since the 80s (as I have, too) often find a couple of really useful gems they didn’t know about.
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From Joseph Doakes on January 13, 2021 :: 5:28 pm
A past employee had a shortcut he used. By holding down one key on his laptop, it would provide his email address (or any other word or phrase) that he used often. How can I do this?
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From Josh Kirschner on January 14, 2021 :: 12:53 pm
There are a number of third-party tools that let you create and assign custom keyboard shortcuts. This article has a few of them: https://www.pcworld.com/article/3171768/3-windows-text-expanders-that-take-the-tedium-out-of-typing.html
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