Windows 7 and 8 Keyboard Shortcuts

Staying too much time on your computer tires your eyes. For the most part, we tend to relax our eyes so we could do extended times in front of the computer. We can do this by looking into green colored things like the leaves or by wearing a UV enhanced computer glasses.

With the release of Windows 7, shortcuts are added to increase our productivity as well. Below is a compiled list of Windows 7 shortcuts that will boost your productivity at work. As you might have been noticed, your keyboard has a unique key with a windows logo in it. This unique key allows you to execute shortcut commands that would usually take you 4 to 5 mouse clicks if done the usual way. With this key, those 4 mouse click will be shorten by a mere one keyboard push.

Windows Shortcuts – involves pressing the Win button

: Opens the Start Menu

: Opens the Start Menu

: Run Dialog Box

: Minimize All Windows

 

: Undo Minimize All Windows

 

: Toggles Minimize Open Windows or Display Desktop

 

: Preview The Desktop

 

: Help

 

: Windows Explorer

 

: Find Files

 

: Find Computer

 

: Cycle Through Taskbar Applications

 

: Reverse Cycle Through Taskbar Applications

 

: Freeze While Cyling Through TAskbar Applications

 

: Display System Properties

 

: Lock Windows

 

: Lock Windows

 

: Choose Display (Do not choose the display not installed)

 

: Minimize All Windows Except the Current Window

 

: Maximize Current Window

 

: Maximize Current Window Vertically

 

: Minimize Current Window

 

: Dock Current Window to The left half of the current screen

 

: Dock Current Window to The right half of the current screen

 

: Move the current Window to the other monitor or display

 

: Transfer focus to the taskbar (navigate to the list using Arrow keys)

 

: Transfer focus to the system tray (navigate to the list using Arrow keys)

 

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: STarts an App according to itsnumber located at the taskbar

 

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: Start another application located at the taskbar

 

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: Display the jump list menu of the application based on its number at the taskbar

 

: Opens Magnifier and zooms the desktop

 

: Opens Magnifier App and unzooms the desktop

 

: Cycles the focus at the gadgets running on the desktop

 

: Opens the Utilities manager

 

: Display login / Change User password

 

: Display Task Manager

 

: Save a screenshoot of the entire screen to the clipboard

 

: Save a screenshoot of the current window to the clipboard