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Friday 2 May 2014

Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts List

When you switch from Windows Xp, Vista to Window 7, 8; you really feel lack in windows shortcut keyboard keys. You are more habitual in these commands with windows XP and Windows Vista, but in this article I've a short list of shortcut keyboard keys of Windows 8.

Check all the shortcuts or commands by doing it your own on windows 8 of your computer. Here I'm showing Windows key by Win keyword.

    Win : switch between the last running Windows 8 screen and the Start up screen
    Win + C : displays the Charms tab which contains the options of the Settings, Devices, Share and Search
    Win + D : minimize all windows and  launches the desktop
    Win + E : opens the My Computer window
    Win + F : opens the File Search panel
    Win + H : opens the Share panel
    Win + I : opens PC Settings panel
    Win + K : opens the Devices panel
    Win + L : locks your laptop or system
    Win + M : minimizes the current Explorer or Internet Explorer window
    Win + O : toggles device orientation lock on and off
    Win + P : switch your display to a second display or projector
    Win + Q : open the App Search panel
    Win + R : opens the Run box
    Win + U : open the Ease of Access Centre
    Win + V : cycle through toasts ( it shows notifications)
    Win + W : search your system settings
    Win + X : displays a text menu of useful Windows tools
    Win + Z : displays the right-click context menu when in a full-screen app
    Win + + : Zoom in your window, The more you click + button the more it zoom in
    Win + - : zoom out
    Win + , : Aero peek at the desktop
    Win + Enter : launch Narrator
    Win + PrntScr : capture the current screen and save it to your My Pictures folder in .png file format
    Win + Tab : switch between running windows or apps

If you have any problem related to these shortcut keys, feel free to comment.

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