CUA keys - keys common to all windows applications

alternate key	key	description
	F1	Help
	F2	Edit
	F3	Search
	F5	Refresh. doesn't apply to office programs.
	Ctrl F5	hard Refresh. doesn't apply to office programs.
	F11	toggle Full Screen mode
	F12	Opens Debugger
	Ctrl F4	close current document
	Alt F4	close current program
	Alt F	File menu
	Alt T	Tools menu
	Alt E	Edit menu
	Alt V	View menu
	Alt I	Image menu (in paint programs)
	Ctrl N	New document
	Ctrl S	Save the current document
	Ctrl O	Open an existing document
<Alt> <backspace>	Ctrl Z	undo the last thing you did (in some programs there is a history)
	Ctrl Y	redo. undo the last undo (in some programs there is a history).
	Ctrl A	Select everything
Ctrl Insert	Ctrl C	Copy selection to invisible clipboard
Shift Delete	Ctrl X	Cut selection from document/program and put into invisible clipboard
Shift Insert	Ctrl V	Paste selection from invisible clipboard into document/current program
	Ctrl P	Print document
	Ctrl F or Ctrl R	Find/search/find and replace
	F3	Find next occurrance (after search)
	Ctrl right-arrow	move to next word
	Ctrl left-arrow	move to previous word
	spacebar	toggle current checkbox or radio button
	Alt	activate the current window's menu bar
	Tab	select next control/item in window (gives it the "focus") OR in a word processor in editing, move to next tab stop.
	Ctrl Tab	go to next document tab. this is not a tab stop.
	Esc	cancel current operation
	Ctrl Esc	equivealent to hitting the windows-logo-flag-key
	Home	go to beginning of line
	End	go to end of line
	Delete	delete selection
	Enter	if a button has the focus/is selected, press it. if a program or document is selected, run or open it.
	Alt down-arrow	open selected drop-down list
	Alt spacebar	open windows' submenu (Restore, Move, Size, Minimize, Maximize, Close)
	Shift up-arrow	add previous line to text selection.
	Shift down-arrow	add next line to next selection.
	Shift left-arrow	add next item/character to selection.
	Shift right-arrow	add previous item/character to selection.
	Ctrl Shift left-arrow	add next word to selection.
	Ctrl Shift right-arrow	add previous word to selection.
	Shift F10	display shortcut menu for current window (like right-clicking)
Ctrl Page-Up	Ctrl Home	go to top of document
Ctrl Page-Down	Ctrl End	go to end of document
	Ctrl I	toggle italics mode on/off
	Ctrl B	toggle bold mode on/off
	Ctrl U	toggle underlining mode on/off

this is the windows logo key:

Windows-specific keys

	<Alt> <Tab>	switch between applications
	<Alt> Shift <Tab>	switch between applications
	<Logo> R	"run" box. run anything if you know the executeable's name.
	<Logo> E	Windows Explorer (not Internet Explorer)
<Logo> M	<Logo> D	show Desktop. (minimize all programs)
Ctrl <Esc>	<Logo>	bring up Start menu
Ctrl Shift <Esc>	Ctrl <Alt> <Delete>	bring up Task Manager. on DOS machines control-alt-del reboots, on windows 9x/ME it logs you out and in 2000+ it brings up the task manager.
	<Print Screen>	screen capture (image) to the clipboard
	<Alt> <Print Screen>	capture window image to clipboard
	<Logo> F	Search for/Find files on computer
	<Logo> Ctrl F	find a Computer on your network
	<Logo> L	lock your computer (XP+)
	<Logo> Shift M	Restore all windows
	<Logo> Q	quick-switch users (XP+)
	<Logo> <Pause/Break>	Show System Properties control panel appplet. similar to right-clicking on My Computer.
	<Logo> U	launch utility manager. used for voice narrator and screen magnifier and on-screen keyboard.
	<Logo> V	open voice settings (Narrator settings window must be open)
	<Logo> <F1>	windows help
	<numpad *>	expand all folders from selection on out in explorer folder view (Windows Explorer)
	<numpad +>	expand folder in explorer folder view (Windows Explorer)
	<numpad ->	collapse folder in explorer folder view (Windows Explorer)