Windows 7 Keyboard Tricks That Will Impress Your Friends

Working professionally with computer needs hands on the keyboard most of the time, and reaching for the mouse can be an annoying disturbance. So, to make work more efficient and faster, we have some list of keyboard shortcuts (listed bellow) which will not only help you to work faster but also you can impress your friends or colleagues by being able to work without mouse. This article describes some cool Windows 7 keyboard tricks to get you started.

NOTE: Some of these shortcuts will only work if Windows Aero is enabled, You have to unable it before use.

Aero Shortcuts:

• [Windows] + [Spacebar] (Aero Peek) — To Make all open windows transparent to view gadgets and icons on desktop
• [Windows] + [D] (Aero Peek) — To Show or hide the desktop
• [Windows] + [Home] (Aero Shake) — Minimize all but selected window. Reverse by clicking the key combination again
• [Windows] + left arrow OR [Windows] + right arrow (Aero Snap) — Dock selected window to the left or right half of your screen
• [Windows] + up arrow OR [Windows] + down arrow (Aero Snap) — Maximized and restores the selected window
• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + up arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + down arrow (Aero Snap) — Maximizes and restores selected window in vertical dimension only
• [Windows] + [Tab] (Aero Flip) — Launch 3D representation of open windows and click [Tab] key again to flip through them

Windows & Taskbar

• [Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Tag] + left/right/up/down arrow — Flip window
• [Alt] + [Tab] — Cycle through open windows
• [Windows] + [T] OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [T] –Move focus to front or back of taskbar. Press [T] again while holding the [Windows] key to cycle through items in the taskbar from left to right or, with [SHIFT] button held too, from right to left
• [Windows] + [B] — Puts focus on the ’show hidden icons’ button on the system tray
• [Windows] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [9] — Launch first through ninth icon on taskbar, including items pinned to taskbar
• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [SHIFT] + [9] — Starts new instance of respective taskbar icon
• [Windows] + [Ctrl] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Ctrl] + [9] — Cycles through multiple instances of the respective icon
• [Windows] + [Alt] + [1] THROUGH [Windows] + [Alt] + [9] — Opens jump list for respective icon

Multiple Monitors

• [Windows] + [SHIFT] + right arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + left arrow — Move selected window from one monitor to another. They will remain in the same relative location
• [Windows] + [P] — Select presentation display mode

Magnifier

• [Windows] + [+] OR [Windows] + [-] — Activates Windows Magnifier to zoom in or out of screen
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [D] — Switch to docked mode
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [L] — Switch to lense mode
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F] — Switch from docked or lens mode back to full screen mode
• [Ctrl] + [Alt] + [I] — Invert colors
• [Windows] + [Esc] — Exist magnifier views

Other

• [Windows] + [G] — Cycle through desktop gadgets
• [Windows] + [X] — Launches Windows Mobility Center. Especially useful if you’re working on a laptop

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