Copy Paste and other general keyboard shortcuts

F10

Activate the Menu bar in the active app

Control F4

Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen and let you have multiple documents open at the same time).

Alt F4

Close the active item, or exit the active app

Control C or Control Insert

Copy the selected item

Control X

Cut the selected item

Alt Esc

Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened

F6

Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop

Control D or Delete

Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin

Shift Delete

Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first

Windows logo key D

Display and hide the desktop

Alt Enter

Display properties for the selected item

F4

Display the address bar list in Windows Explorer

Shift F10

Display the shortcut menu for the selected item

Alt Left arrow

Go back

Alt Right arrow

Go forward

Windows logo key L

Lock your PC

Alt Page Down

Move down one screen

Control Down arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph

Control Right arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word

Control Up arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph

Control Left arrow

Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word

Alt Page Up

Move up one screen

Control E

Open Search (in most apps)

Control Esc

Open Start

Control Shift Escape

Open Task Manager

Left arrow

Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu

Right arrow

Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu

Alt Spacebar

Open the shortcut menu for the active window

Control V or Shift Insert

Paste the selected item

Alt underlined letter

Perform the command for that letter

Control Y

Redo an action

Control R or F5

Refresh the active window

F5

Refresh the active window

F2

Rename the selected item

Control arrow keys

Resize the Start menu when it's open

F3

Search for a file or folder in File Explorer

Control Shift with an arrow key

Select a block of text

Control A

Select all items in a document or window

Shift with any arrow key

Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document

Control arrow key (to move to an item) Spacebar

Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop

Alt A

Set focus to the first icon in the Suggested actions menu

Alt F8

Show your password on the sign-in screen

Escape

Stop or leave the current task

Alt Tab

Switch between open apps

Control Shift

Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available

Print Screen

Take a screenshot of your whole screen and copy it to the clipboard

Control Spacebar

Turn the Chinese input method editor (IME) on or off

Control Z

Undo an action

Control Alt Tab

Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps

Alt Shift arrow keys

When a group or tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the direction specified

Control Shift arrow keys

When a tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it into another tile to create a folder