50 Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts to Make your Works Easier

Hi everyone, Here is a list of keyboard shortcuts you can use to work smartly with Windows 8. Windows 8 is a brilliant Operating System which comes with many wonderful features to work on every aspect of life ranging from simple calculation, web browsing, documenting something to creating a movie, creating an animation etc. You can do lot of things with Windows 8. You can work more elegantly and can save your time your work consumes when you know some simple keyboard shortcuts. Of course, there is always a graphical way to achieve some task in

Windows. That means you can perform something by clicking somewhere on the screen, opening some icon, typing a command etc. But isn’t it really cool when you can perform the same task using just one or two keystrokes? That is why, I have compiled a list of Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts which I believe you will love definitely.

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Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts List

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Windows Key + D	Show Desktop
Windows Key + M	Opens desktop mode and minimizes all windows
Windows Key + C	Open Charms Menu
Windows Key + Tab	Cycle through open apps (except desktop apps)
Windows Key + Spacebar	Switch input language and keyboard layout
Windows Key + Ctrl+Spacebar	Change to a previously selected input
Windows Key + Q	Search For Installed Apps
Windows Key + I	Charms Menu – Settings
Windows Key + K	Charms Menu – Devices
Windows Key + H	share Charms Menu
Windows Key + F	Search Charms Menu
Windows Key + E	Launch Windows Explorer Window
Windows Key + X	Show Advanced Windows Settings Menu
Windows Key + L	Lock PC and go to lock screen
Windows Key + R	Open Run dialog box
Windows Key + Up Arrow	Maximize current window
Windows Key + Down Arrow	Minimize current window
Windows Key + Left Arrow	Maximize current window to left side of the screen
Windows Key + Right Arrow	Maximize current window to right side of the screen
Windows Key + Print Screen	Takes a Print Screen and saves it to your Pictures folder
Windows Key + Enter	Open Narrator
Windows Key + P	Choose secondary display modes
Windows Key + U	Open Ease of Access Center
Windows Key + +	Zoom in using Magnifier
Windows Key + -	Zoom out using Magnifier
Windows Key + V	Cycle through notifications
Windows Key + F1	Open Windows Help and Support
Alt + F4	Quit Modern UI Apps
Windows Key + Pause Break	Display System Properties
Shift + Delete	Permanently delete files without sending it to Recycle Bin
Esc	Stop or exit the current task
Control + Y	Redo an action
Control + Z	Undo an action
F2	Rename the selected item
F3	Search for a file or folder
F4	Display the address bar list in the File Explorer
F5	Refresh the active window
F10	Activate the menu bar in the active app
Alt + Enter	Display properties for the selected item
Windows Key + Ctrl + spacebar	Change to previously selected input
Windows Key  + Shift + M	Restore all minimized Windows
Ctrl + Shift + Escape	Open Task Manager
Windows Key + Shift + V	Cycle through notifications in reverse order
Windows Key + Shift +Spacebar	Switch to previous input language and keyboard layout
Windows Key + 0 to 9	Launch/show app pinned to taskbar at indicated number
Windows Key + Shift + 0 to9	Launch new instance of app pinned to taskbar at indicated number
Control + C	Copy the selected item
Control + X	Cut the selected item
Control + V	Paste the selected item

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