Doesn’t matter how fast you can use your mouse and click, nothing can beat the speed of keyboard shortcut key. Windows 7 has come with a lot of interesting shortcut keys which are waiting to be fully exploited by speed junkies.
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Keyboard Shortcut |
Function |
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Win+Up |
Maximize Window |
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Win+Down |
Minimize Window |
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Win+Left |
Snap Window to left |
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Win+Right |
Snap Window to right |
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Win+Shift+Left |
Jump to left monitor |
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Win+Shift+Right |
Jump to right monitor |
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Win+Home |
Minimize / Restore all other windows |
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Win+T |
Focus the first taskbar entry, similar to ALT +TAB |
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Win+Shift+T |
Same as above in reverse order |
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Win+Space |
Peek at the desktop |
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Win+G |
Bring Gadgets to the top |
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Win+ [Num] |
Launches the numbered app running in the Super bar |
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Win+P |
Connecting displays to computers and switching from single monitor to dual-display |
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Win+X |
Mobility Center |
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Win + + |
Zoom in and out of Windows |
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Alt+P |
Show/hide Preview Pane in Explorer |
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Win + Tab |
Windows Aero Task Switcher |
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Shift + Click on icon (Taskbar) |
Open a new instance |
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Middle click on icon(Taskbar) |
Open a new instance |
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Ctrl + Shift + Click on icon (Taskbar) |
Open a new instance with Admin privileges |
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Shift + Right-click on icon (Taskbar) |
Show window menu (Restore / Minimize / Move / etc) |
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Shift + Right-click on grouped icon (Taskbar) |
Menu with Restore All / Minimize All / Close All, etc. |
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Ctrl + Click on grouped icon |
Cycle between the windows (or tabs) in the group |
And if you are multi monitor user (I just join this group with my new Samsung SyncMaster P2350 24 inch wide + old 19 Samsung SyncMaster 931BW wide monitors, these short cut keys are really a bless J
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Keyboard Shortcut |
Function |
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Win + Spacebar |
Aero desktop peek, just like that small rectangle at the right bottom corner next to the time display. |
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Win + Left Arrow |
toggle docking to half the screen starting by the left half |
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Win + Right Arrow |
toggle docking to half the screen starting by the right half |
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Win + Shift + Left Arrow |
move the window one monitor left in a multi-monitor display |
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Win + Shift + Right Arrow |
move the window one monitor right in a multi-monitor display |
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Win + Up Arrow |
maximize |
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Win + Down Arrow |
minimize |
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Win + Home |
minimize/maximize all inactive windows |
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Win + P |
show presentation mode projector options |
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Win + G |
show desktop gadgets |
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Win + Any number (1, 2, 3, .., 0) |
open the corresponding taskbar pinned program |
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Ctrl + Click a pinned taskbar icon |
to cycle through the program’s open windows (e.g. IE) |
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Ctrl + Shift + Click a pinned taskbar icon |
to run a new instance of the program as administrator |
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Shift + Click a pinned taskbar icon |
to run a new instance of the program |
