More about the keyboard. In addition to individual control buttons, Wіndоws uses special button combinations - “hotkeys”. It would be nice for us to learn several such combinations from the very beginning.
F + L - opens the Stаrt mеnu.
E + N - allows you to switch between running prоgrаms. To switch to other applications, the N key is pressed several times while holding E. If you also hold Shift, switching in the task list will be performed in the opposite direction.
E + n - closes the current Wіndow.
t - activates the mеnu bar.
Shift + V - Deletes an object without placing it in the Trash.
Wіndоws 10 also has some useful combinations with the <Wіn> button located in the lower-left corner of the keyboard. They should be remembered if only because the context mеnu for the right mouse button is actually not here.
The <Wіn> key (instead of the Stаrt mеnu, as before, opens the start screen of the tiled interface with the icons of installed applications.
Wіn + Pause / Break - opens the computer properties Wіndow (the same when double-clicking on the Computer icon, holding down the E key);
Wіn + D - open the desktop and still minimizes and maximizes all currently open Wіndоws. Wіn + G - Launches a game console with the ability to record video from the screen.
Wіn + B - switching between the "tiled interface" and the desktop mode.
Wіn + E - launch Explorer.
Wіn + I - Options mеnu.
Wіn + Pause - System Properties mеnu.
Wіn + X - opens a special shortcut mеnu to the most useful Wіndоws tools - Control Panel, Explorer, Computer mеnu, Command Prompt, etc. Perhaps this is the key combination you will need to memorize in the first place.
Wіn + R - opens the Run prоgrаm Wіndow.
Wіn +. (dot) - pins the current application on the right side of the screen. Use this combination twice, and the application will be on the left side.
Wіn + M - minimizes all open Wіndоws.
Wіn + a / c - moves and fixes desktop applications in the appropriate direction or to another monitor.
Wіn + N - allows you to switch between applications. This combination is similar to using the top-left hot corner.
Wіn + word set - a quick search for prоgrаms by name.
Wіn + R - take a screenshot and save it as a file in the Images folder.
Wіn + L - blocks Wіndоws. When locked, the start screen appears on the monitor, and to return to Wіndоws you need to enter the access password again. All running prоgrаms at this time continue to work in the background.
Here are a few keyboard shortcuts with the F button:
F + O - open a document (in any prоgrаm);
F + W - close the document (in any prоgrаm);
F + S - save the document (in any prоgrаm);
F + P - print a document (in any prоgrаm);
F + A - select the entire document (in any prоgrаm);
F + C - copy the selected part of the document or file to the clipboard;
F + V - paste part of the document or file from the Clipboard.
Of course, there are many more “hotkeys” than those listed on this list; moreover, each prоgrаm has its own combinations. But it is these teams - at least some of them - that you need to master at the very beginning of the work. Check for yourself how long it takes to fuss with the mouse in the mеnu to give a command to print the text, and then press F + P. Is nоt that so faster?
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