Hi Friends, Here's some general keyboard shortcuts for XP Home and Professional I havent tried them all, so do so at own risk... but it was a reliable source...lol •CTRL+C (Copy) •CTRL+X (Cut) •CTRL+V (Paste) •CTRL+Z (Undo) •DELETE (Delete) •SHIFT+DELETE (Delete the selected item permanently without placing the item in the Recycle Bin) •CTRL while dragging an item (Copy the selected item) •CTRL+SHIFT while dragging an item (Create a shortcut to the selected item) •F2 key (Rename the selected item) •CTRL+RIGHT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word) •CTRL+LEFT ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word) •CTRL+DOWN ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next paragraph) •CTRL+UP ARROW (Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous paragraph) •CTRL+SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Highlight a block of text) •SHIFT with any of the arrow keys (Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document) •CTRL+A (Select all) •F3 key (Search for a file or a folder) •ALT+ENTER (View the properties for the selected item) •ALT+F4 (Close the active item, or quit the active program) •ALT+ENTER (Display the properties of the selected object) •ALT+SPACEBAR (Open the shortcut menu for the active window) •CTRL+F4 (Close the active document in programs that enable you to have multiple documents open simultaneously) •ALT+TAB (Switch between the open items) •ALT+ESC (Cycle through items in the order that they had been opened) •F6 key (Cycle through the screen elements in a window or on the desktop) •F4 key (Display the Address bar list in My Computer or Windows Explorer) •SHIFT+F10 (Display the shortcut menu for the selected item) •ALT+SPACEBAR (Display the System menu for the active window) •CTRL+ESC (Display the Start menu) •ALT+Underlined letter in a menu name (Display the corresponding menu) •Underlined letter in a command name on an open menu (Perform the corresponding command) •F10 key (Activate the menu bar in the active program) •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) •F5 key (Update the active window) •BACKSPACE (View the folder one level up in My Computer or Windows Explorer) •ESC (Cancel the current task) •SHIFT when you insert a CD-ROM into the CD-ROM drive (Prevent the CD-ROM from automatically playing) •CTRL+SHIFT+ESC (Open Task Manager) ==== Can you add some to this list? Thanks Leanne Busby http://www.aussie-money-tree.biz http://www.aussie-money-tree.info Great Jokes http://community.adlandpro.com/forumShow.aspx?ForumID=6418

Hi Leanne, I am sure all of those helpful hints will be really appreciated! Thank you for posting them. There is also a way to at least nearly double (if not double) your typing speed while greatly reducing the errors you make and reducing the distance your fingers travel by around 16 times! (That is NOT a mere 16 percent, it is 16 TIMES less finger travel to type the exact same amount of information!) Now of course, there is a catch! You have to learn a new keyboard layout. And while it is a new layout, the average typist can master it in a about a month. It is called the DVORAK keyboard. I submit that anyone who does much typing at all is really doing themselves a disservice by not learning and using it. (Aside from greatly increasing your typing speed and decreasing your errors, think how 16 times less finger movement will cut down on getting carpel tunnel syndrom.) You probably do not have to buy a new keyboard to do it as many computers already have the software for it installed and either getting new keycaps or stickers to put on top of the keys gets the physical keyboard change accomplished. ----------------- Introducing the Dvorak Keyboard The Dvorak keyboard layout is a control panel option on almost every current computer. It is a vastly more comfortable and efficient alternative to the ... http://www.mwbrooks.com/dvorak/ ------------------- Dvorak Simplified Keyboard - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia The Dvorak keyboard layout became easier to access in the computer age. http://www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dvorak_Simplified_Keyboard ----------------------- Please, Take Care! Neil "Yep, Lotto Magic IS MAGIC!" The more I know about it, the better I think it is! This Grumpy Old Son Of A Beach says, for a easy, simple, low time taking, proven eleven year old program which is a better way to earn money than any mlm, click below: --- http://www.flalottomagic.net/?=R2949. --- "Nearly Every Person Does Network Marketing Every Single Day, They Just Do Not get Paid For It."