Keyboard shortcuts are keys or key combinations that provide an alternative way to do something you would normally do with a mouse. In this article we have shown keyboard shortcuts for general purposes like Copy, Paste, Undo etc.

KEYBOARD SHORTCUT FOR GENERAL PURPOSES
Ctrl + X . . . . . Cropping the selected element.
Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert). . . . . Copying the item
Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) . . . . . Paste the selected item.
Ctrl + Z . . . . . Canceling an action.
Alt + Tab . . . . . Switch between open applications.
Alt + F4 . . . . . Close the active item or exit the active application
Windows + L . . . . . Lock the computer.
Windows + D . . . . . Show and hide the desktop
F2. . . . . Rename the selected item.
F3. . . . . Browse for a file or folder in Explorer.
F4. . . . . Show the address bar list in Explorer.
F5. . . . . Refresh the active window.
F6. . . . . Navigate through screen items in a window or desktop.
F10. . . . . Activate the menu bar in the active application.
Alt + F8 . . . . . Display the password on the login screen.
Alt + Esc. . . . . Scroll through the items in the order they were opened.
Alt + _ . . . . . Run the command for that letter.
 Alt + Enter. . . . . The properties for the selected item are displayed.
Alt + space. . . . . Opens the shortcut menu for the active window.
Alt + Left Arrow . . . . . Go back.
Alt + Right Arrow . . . . . Go straight.
Alt + Page Up . . . . . Move up one screen.
Alt + Page Down. . . . . Move one screen down.
Ctrl+F4. . . . . Closes the active document (in applications that are full screen and allow multiple documents to be opened at once).
Ctrl + A . . . . . Select all elements in a document or window.
Ctrl + D (or Delete). . . . . Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin.
Ctrl + E . . . . . Open Search (in most apps).
Ctrl + R (or F5) . . . . . Refresh the active window.
Ctrl + Y . . . . . Redo an action.
Ctrl + Right Arrow . . . . . Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word.
Ctrl + Left Arrow . . . . . Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word.
Ctrl + Down Arrow . . . . . Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph.
Ctrl + Up Arrow . . . . . Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph.
Ctrl + Alt + Tab . . . . . Use the arrow keys to switch between all open applications.
Alt + Shift + arrow keys . . . . . When a group or tile is in focus in the Start menu, move in the specified direction.
Ctrl + Shift + arrow keys . . . . . When a tile is in focus in the Start menu, move it to another or create a folder.
Ctrl + arrow keys . . . . . Resize the Start menu when it's open.
Ctrl + arrow key (to move to an item) + spacebar . . . . . Select multiple individual items in a window or desktop.
Ctrl + Shift with an arrow key. . . . . Select a block of text.
Ctrl + Esc. . . . . Open Start.
Ctrl + Shift + Esc . . . . . Open Task Manager.
Ctrl+Shift. . . . . Switch keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available.
Ctrl + Spacebar . . . . . Enable or disable the input method editor (IME) for Chinese.
Shift+F10. . . . . Show the shortcut menu for the selected item.
Shift with any arrow key. . . . . Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document.
Shift + Delete. . . . . Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first.
Right arrow. . . . . Open the next menu to the right or open a submenu.
Left arrow. . . . . Open the next menu to the left or close a submenu.
Esc. . . . . Stop or exit the current activity.
PretScn. . . . . Take a screenshot of the entire screen and copy it to the clipboard.