Keyboard shortcuts are keys or combinations of keys that provide another way to do something that you’d typically do with a mouse.
The following are common keyboard shortcuts in many of the Microsoft apps that come with Windows 10 and Windows 11. This includes shortcuts for:
In many of these apps, shortcuts are also shown in a tooltip if you hold the mouse pointer over a button. In others, pressing the Alt or F10 keys shows available keyboard shortcuts. If a letter is underlined in a menu, press the Altkey and the underlined key together instead of choosing that menu item. For example, to create a new picture in Paint, press Ctrl + N.
: With a touch keyboard, you'll need to press the Ctrl key to view some shortcuts.
Calculator keyboard shortcuts
Press this key |
To do this |
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Alt + 1 |
Switch to Standard mode |
Alt + 2 |
Switch to Scientific mode |
Alt + 3 |
Switch to Graphing mode |
Alt + 4 |
Switch to Programmer mode |
Alt + 5 |
Switch to Date Calculation mode |
Ctrl + M |
Store in memory, in Standard mode, Scientific mode, and Programmer mode |
Ctrl + P |
Add to memory, in Standard mode, Scientific mode, and Programmer mode |
Ctrl + Q |
Subtract from memory, in Standard mode, Scientific mode, and Programmer mode |
Ctrl + R |
Recall from memory, in Standard mode, Scientific mode, and Programmer mode |
Ctrl + L |
Clear memory |
Delete |
Clear current input (select CE) |
Esc |
Fully clear input (select C) |
Tab |
Navigate to the next UI item and give it focus |
Spacebar |
Selects UI item that has focus |
Enter |
Selects = in Standard mode, Scientific mode, and Programmer mode |
F9 |
Select +/- in Standard mode, Scientific mode, and Programmer mode |
R |
Select 1/x in Standard mode and Scientific mode |
@ |
Select 2√x in Standard mode and Scientific mode |
% |
Select % in Standard mode and Programmer mode |
Ctrl + H |
When history button is visible, selects the history button in Standard mode and Scientific mode |
Up arrow |
Move up in history list, memory list, and menu items |
Down arrow |
Move down in history list, memory list, and menu items |
Ctrl + Shift + D |
Clear history |
F3 |
Select DEG in Scientific mode |
F4 |
Select RAD in Scientific mode |
F5 |
Select GRAD in Scientific mode |
G |
Select 2xin Scientific mode |
Ctrl + G |
Select 10xin Scientific mode |
S |
Select 10xin in Scientific mode |
Shift + S |
Select sin-1 in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + S |
Select sinh in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + Shift + S |
Select sinh-1 in Scientific mode |
T |
Select tan in Scientific mode |
Shift + T |
Select tan-1 in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + T |
Select tanh in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + Shift + T |
Select tanh-1 in Scientific mode |
O |
Select cos in Scientific mode |
Shift + O |
Select cos-1 in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + O |
Select cosh in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + Shift + O |
Select cosh-1 in Scientific mode |
U |
Select sec in Scientific mode |
Shift + U |
Select sec-1 in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + U |
Select sech in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + Shift + U |
Select sech-1 in Scientific mode |
I |
Select csc in Scientific mode |
Shift + I |
Select csc-1 in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + I |
Select csch in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + Shift + I |
Select csch-1 in Scientific mode |
J |
Select cot in Scientific mode |
Shift + J |
Select cot-1 in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + J |
Select coth in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + Shift + J |
Select coth-1 in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + Y |
Selecty√x in Scientific mode |
Shift + \ |
Select |x| in Scientific mode |
[ |
Select ⌊x⌋ in Scientific mode |
] |
Select ⌈x⌉ in Scientific mode |
L |
Select log in Scientific mode |
Shift + L |
Select logyx in Scientific mode |
M |
Select dms in Scientific mode |
N |
Select ln in Scientific mode |
Ctrl + N |
Select ex in Scientific mode |
P |
Select Pi in Scientific mode |
Q |
Select x2 in Standard mode and Scientific mode |
V |
Toggles on/off F-E buttonin Scientific mode |
X |
Select exp in Scientific mode |
Y, ^ |
Select xy in Scientific mode |
# |
Select x3 in Scientific mode |
! |
Select n! in Scientific mode |
% |
Select mod in Scientific mode |
Ctrl ++ on numpad |
Graph zooms in while in Graphing mode |
Ctrl +- on numpad |
Graph zooms out while in Graphing mode |
F2 |
Select DWORD in Programmer mode |
F3 |
Select WORD in Programmer mode |
F4 |
Select BYTE in Programmer mode |
F5 |
Select HEX in Programmer mode |
F6 |
Select DEC in Programmer mode |
F7 |
Select OCT in Programmer mode |
F8 |
Select BIN in Programmer mode |
F12 |
Select QWORD in Programmer mode |
A-F |
Select letters A-F in Programmer mode while HEX is select |
Shift + , |
Select RoL in Programmer mode when Bit Shift is set to either "Circular" shift |
Shift + . |
Select RoR in Programmer mode when Bit Shift is set to either "Circular" shift |
Shift + , |
Select Lsh in Programmer mode when Bit Shift is set to "Arithmetic" or "Logical" shift |
Shift + . |
Select Rsh in Programmer mode when Bit Shift is set to "Arithmetic" or "Logical" shift |
% |
Select % in Programmer mode |
| |
Select OR in Programmer mode |
^ |
Select XOR in Programmer mode |
\ |
Select NOR in Programmer mode |
~ |
Select NOT in Programmer mode |
& |
Select AND in Programmer mode |
. |
Select NAND in Programmer mode |
Game bar keyboard shortcuts
Press this key |
To do this |
---|---|
Windows logo key + G |
Open Game bar when a game is open |
Windows logo key + Alt + G |
Record the last 30 seconds |
Windows logo key + Alt + R |
Start or stop recording |
Windows logo key + Alt + Print Screen |
Take a screenshot of your game |
Windows logo key + Alt + T |
Show or hide recording timer |
Windows logo key + Alt + M |
Turn the microphone on or off |
Windows logo key + Alt + B |
Start or stop broadcasting |
Windows logo key + Alt + W |
Show camera during broadcast |
Groove keyboard shortcuts
Press this key |
To do this |
---|---|
Ctrl + P |
Play or pause |
Ctrl + F |
Skip to next song |
Ctrl + B |
Restart current song or skip to previous |
F9 |
Volume up |
F8 |
Volume down |
F7 |
Mute volume |
Ctrl + Enter |
Select an item and enter selection mode |
Ctrl + A |
Select all |
Delete |
Delete selected item(s) |
Ctrl + Shift + P |
Play selected item |
Ctrl + T |
Repeat on or off |
Ctrl + H |
Shuffle on or off |
Ctrl + Q |
Search |
Maps keyboard shortcuts
Press this key |
To do this |
---|---|
Arrow keys |
Pan the map in any direction |
Ctrl + plus or minus key (+ or -) |
Zoom in or out |
Ctrl + Left or Right arrow keys |
Rotate |
Ctrl + Up or Down arrow keys |
Tilt |
+ or - keys |
Zoom in or out in 3D Cities view |
Page Up or Page Down |
Move farther or closer in 3D Cities view |
Ctrl + Y |
Switch map views between aerial and road |
Ctrl + Home |
Center map on your current location |
Ctrl + D |
Get directions |
Ctrl + F |
Search |
Ctrl + M |
Minimize the active tab |
Ctrl + P |
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Ctrl + T |
Show or hide traffic |
Backspace |
Go back |
Ctrl + H |
Share |
Ctrl + L |
Move focus to map |
Ctrl + W |
Close the active tab |
Ctrl + Tab |
Go to the next tab |
Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
Go to previous tab |
Ctrl + S |
Show or hide Streetside |
Ctrl + C |
Copy to clipboard |
Movies & TV keyboard shortcuts
Press this key |
To do this |
---|---|
Alt + Enter |
Play full-screen |
Esc |
Leave full-screen |
Enter |
Select something that's in focus |
Spacebar or Ctrl + P |
Play or pause (when a video is in focus) |
Alt + Left arrow key or Windows logo key + Backspace |
Go back |
Ctrl + T |
Turn repeat on or off |
F7 |
Mute the sound |
F8 |
Volume down |
F9 |
Volume up |
Paint keyboard shortcuts
Press this key |
To do this |
---|---|
F11 |
View a picture in full-screen mode |
F12 |
Save the picture as a new file |
Ctrl + A |
Select the whole picture |
Ctrl + B |
Bold selected text |
Ctrl + C |
Copy a selection to the Clipboard |
Ctrl + E |
Open the Propertiesdialog box |
Ctrl + G |
Show or hide gridlines |
Ctrl + I |
Italicize selected text |
Ctrl + N |
Create a new picture |
Ctrl + O |
Open an existing picture |
Ctrl + P |
Print a picture |
Ctrl + R |
Show or hide the ruler |
Ctrl + S |
Save changes to a picture |
Ctrl + U |
Underline selected text |
Ctrl + V |
Paste a selection from the Clipboard |
Ctrl + W |
Open the Resize and Skew dialog |
Ctrl + X |
Cut a selection |
Ctrl + Y |
Redo a change |
Ctrl + Z |
Undo a change |
Ctrl + plus (+) |
Increase the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel |
Ctrl + minus (-) |
Decrease the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel |
Ctrl + Page Up |
Zoom in |
Ctrl + Page Down |
Zoom out |
Alt + F4 |
Close a picture and its Paint window |
Right arrow |
Move the selection or active shape right by one pixel |
Left arrow |
Move the selection or active shape left by one pixel |
Down arrow |
Move the selection or active shape down by one pixel |
Up arrow |
Move the selection or active shape up by one pixel |
Shift + F10 |
Show the context menu |
Paint 3D keyboard shortcuts
PUT YOUR CONTENT HERE
Press this key |
To do this |
---|---|
Ctrl + 0 or NumberPad0 |
Reset zoom |
Ctrl + 3 |
Switch views |
Ctrl + A |
Selects all 3D items in your workspace; repeat command to toggle to select all 2D items |
Ctrl + B |
Bold selected text |
Ctrl + C |
Copy selected item |
Ctrl + Insert |
Copy selected item |
Ctrl + Shift + C |
Capture a screenshot |
Ctrl + E |
Show canvas properties |
Ctrl + Shift + E |
Show or hide 3D perspective |
Ctrl + G |
Group objects |
Ctrl + Shift + G |
Ungroup objects |
I |
Turn on eyedropper |
Ctrl + I |
Italicize selected text |
M |
Minimize or expand the side menu |
Ctrl + N |
Create a new picture or file |
Ctrl + O |
Open an existing picture or file |
Ctrl + P |
Print in 2D |
Ctrl + S |
Save |
Ctrl + Shift + S |
Save as |
Ctrl + U |
Underline selected text |
Ctrl + V |
Paste selected item |
Shift + Insert |
Paste selected item |
Ctrl + W |
Select canvas |
Ctrl + Shift + W |
Show or hide canvas |
Ctrl + X |
Cut selected item |
Shift + Delete |
Cut selected item |
Ctrl + Shift + X |
2D crop |
Ctrl + Y |
Redo an action |
Ctrl + Z |
Undo an action |
Escape |
Stop or leave the current task |
Home |
Reset view |
PgUp |
Zoom in |
Ctrl + PgUp |
Zoom in |
PgDn |
Zoom out |
Ctrl + PgDn |
Zoom out |
Ctrl + mouse wheel |
Zoom in or out |
Ctrl + Left |
Orbit left |
Ctrl + Right |
Orbit right |
Ctrl + Up |
Orbit up |
Ctrl + Down |
Orbit down |
Alt + Left |
Pan left |
Alt + Right |
Pan right |
Alt + Up |
Pan up |
Alt + Down |
Pan down |
Ctrl + Minus (-) or [ |
Decrease brush size |
Ctrl + Plus (+) or ] |
Increase brush size |
Right arrow |
Move selection or active shape right by one pixel |
Left arrow |
Move selection or active shape left by one pixel |
Down arrow |
Move selection or active shape down by one pixel |
Up arrow |
Move selection or active shape up by one pixel |
Alt + F4 |
Close program |
F6 |
Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop |
F10 |
Activate the Menu bar in the app |
Shift + F10 |
Show the context menu |
F11 |
View picture in full-screen mode |
F12 |
Save picture as a new file |
Photos keyboard shortcuts
Press this key |
To do this |
---|---|
Spacebar (in Collection) |
Select an item and enter Selection mode |
Enter (from Selection mode) |
Select an item while in Selection mode |
Spacebar (viewing a photo) |
Show or hide commands |
Spacebar (viewing a video) |
Play or pause the video |
Arrow keys (in Collection) |
Scroll up, down, left, or right |
Left or right arrow keys (on a single item or slideshow) |
Show the next or previous item |
Arrow keys (on a zoomed photo) |
Move within the photo |
Ctrl + plus or minus (+ or -) |
Zoom in or out when viewing a photo |
Ctrl + 0 |
Reset zoom on a photo |
Esc |
Return to previous screen |
Ctrl + S |
Save |
Ctrl + P |
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Ctrl + C |
Copy |
Ctrl + R (viewing or editing) |
Rotate a photo |
E (viewing a photo) |
Enhance a photo |
Ctrl + Z (editing) |
Undo changes |
Ctrl + Y (editing) |
Redo changes |
Ctrl + / (editing) |
View original |
Shift + arrow keys |
Resize crop or selective focus area |
Ctrl + arrow keys |
Move crop or selective focus area |
F5 (viewing an item) |
Start a slide show |
Alt + Enter |
View file info |
Ctrl + L |
Set as lock screen |
Ctrl + N (in Albums view) |
Create a new album |
Ctrl + R (in Albums view) |
Remove album |
Ctrl + D |
Add selected items to album |
Ctrl + U |
Remove selected items from album |
Voice Recorder keyboard shortcuts
Press this key |
To do this |
---|---|
Ctrl + R |
Start a new recording |
Ctrl + M |
Add a new marker to the recording |
Delete |
Delete the selected recording |
Spacebar |
Play or pause |
Backspace |
Go back |
F2 |
Rename a recording |
Right or Left arrow |
Jump ahead or back while playing a recording |
Shift + Right or Left arrow |
Jump further ahead or back |
Home |
Jump to the start of the recording |
End |
Jump to the end of the recording |
WordPad keyboard shortcuts
Press this key |
To do this |
---|---|
F3 |
Search for the next instance of the text in the Finddialog box |
F12 |
Save the document as a new file |
Ctrl + 1 |
Set single line spacing |
Ctrl + 2 |
Set double line spacing |
Ctrl + 5 |
Set line spacing to 1.5 |
Ctrl + A |
Select all |
Ctrl + B |
Make selected text bold |
Ctrl + C |
Copy a selection to the Clipboard |
Ctrl + D |
Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing |
Ctrl + E |
Align text center |
Ctrl + F |
Search for text in a document |
Ctrl + H |
Replace text in a document |
Ctrl + I |
Italicize selected text |
Ctrl + J |
Justify text |
Ctrl + L |
Align text left |
Ctrl + N |
Create a new document |
Ctrl + O |
Open an existing document |
Ctrl + P |
Print a document |
Ctrl + R |
Align text right |
Ctrl + S |
Save changes to a document |
Ctrl + U |
Underline selected text |
Ctrl + V |
Paste a selection from the Clipboard |
Ctrl + X |
Cut a selection |
Ctrl + Y |
Redo a change |
Ctrl + Z |
Undo a change |
Ctrl + equal (=) |
Make selected text subscript |
Ctrl + Shift + equal (=) |
Make selected text superscript |
Ctrl + Shift + greater than (>) |
Increase the font size |
Ctrl + Shift + less than (<) |
Decrease the font size |
Ctrl + Shift + A |
Change characters to all capitals |
Ctrl + Shift + L |
Change the bullet style |
Ctrl + Left arrow |
Move the cursor one word to the left |
Ctrl + Right arrow |
Move the cursor one word to the right |
Ctrl + Up arrow |
Move the cursor to the previous line |
Ctrl + Down arrow |
Move the cursor to the next line |
Ctrl + Home |
Move to the beginning of the document |
Ctrl + End |
Move to the end of the document |
Ctrl + Page Up |
Move up one page |
Ctrl + Page Down |
Move down one page |
Ctrl + Delete |
Delete the next word |
Alt + F4 |
Close WordPad |
Shift + F10 |
Show the context menu |