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Useful Key Strokes

Windows Key Strokes
	Display the Start menu
+ Break	Display the System Properties dialogue box
+ F1	Display Windows Help
+ Tab	Cycle through buttons (open applications) on the taskbar
+ D	Show the Windows' desktop
+ E	Open "My Computer"
+ F	Find a folder or file
+ Ctrl + F	Search for computers
+ L	Locks your computer or, if you are not connected to a network, switches users
+ M	Minimise all windows on desktop
+ Shift + M	Restore all windows on desktop
+ R	Opens the Run dialog box
+ U	Opens Utility Manager
+ V	Opens Office Speech Recognition

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Ctrl Key Strokes
Ctrl (whilst dragging a file)	Copy a file from one location to another
Ctrl + Shift (whilst dragging a file)	Create a shortcut to a file
Ctrl (whilst dragging an item)	Copies the selected item
Ctrl + Shift (whilst dragging an item)	Create a shortcut to the item
Ctrl + A	Select all
Ctrl + S	Save
Ctrl + N	New file or folder
Ctrl + O	Open file
Ctrl + W	Close current window
Ctrl + Z	Undo
Ctrl + X	Cut
Ctrl + C	Copy
Ctrl + V	Paste
Ctrl + Esc	Start menu
These work in some programs, such as Microsoft's Word
Ctrl + F4	Close document
Ctrl + B	Bold
Ctrl + I	Italic
Ctrl + U	Underline
Ctrl + Shift + Arrow key	Highlights a whole block of text
Ctrl + Left arrow	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current or previous word, depending on your cursor's position.
Ctrl + Right arrow	Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word
Ctrl + Up arrow	Moves the cursor to the start of the current or previous paragraph
Ctrl + Down arrow	Moves the cursor to the end of the current or next paragraph

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Alt Key Strokes
Alt + Enter	Displays a selected file or folder's properties
Alt + Esc	Cycles through items in the order they were opened
Alt + F4	Closes the current program
Alt + Spacebar	Opens the shortcut menu for the active program window
Alt + Tab	Switch between currently running programs

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Other Useful Key Strokes
Shift + Del	Delete file immediately without placing it in the recycle bin
F2	Rename any selected file or application icon on the desk top
F3	Find a folder or file on your hard disk
F5	Refresh the contents of an open window, such as Explorer
Ctrl (whilst dragging a file)	Copy a file from one location to another
Ctrl + Shift (whilst dragging a file)	Create a shortcut to a file

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Microsoft's Keyboard Assistance	http://www.microsoft.com/enable/products/keyboard.aspx
QWERTY keyboard ..	.. was designed by Christopher Sholes in 1874. the word "typewriter" is in the top line. Why? Sholes used to make and sell them - it was done as a sales aid.

Sources: Help files, Computer Buyer magazine (Sept 2004)