We teach you some keyboard commands in Windows to make your time more productive

A few days ago we saw in an article the shortcuts that allowed us to save a few minutes when using Wrd. It is about avoiding having to access the mouse and being able to articulate all our work around the keyboard. But these shortcuts are also extensible to Windows 10.

These shortcuts or work methods are for many great strangers. That is why we are going to review a few commands that allow you to work with Windows and its utilities without having to take your eyes off the keyboard.

And it is that on a day-to-day basis you can even be a God-level user before other colleagues using any of these shortcuts (an ugly reality) so if only to feed your curiosity What do you think if we review them in a list?

The regulars

• Windows key+ with this combination we will hide all desktop applications
• Windows Key+D minimize all applications
• Ctrl+Shift+M restore the applications that we minimized before
• Windows Key+Home minimizes all windows except the one we are using, leaving the desktop clean
• Windows key+L allows us to go to the lock screen
• Windows Key+E Open File Explorer
• Alt+Up move to another folder in file explorer
• Alt+Left move down to another folder in explorer
• Alt+Right go to next folder in file explorer
• Alt+Tab switch window
• Alt+F4 close current window
• Windows Key+Shift+Left if we have several monitors move a window to another monitor
• Windows key+T allows us to switch between the applications we have on the taskbar
• Windows Key+Any number key Opens the application from the taskbar based on the number pressed
• Windows key+Ctrl+D allows you to create a virtual desktop
• Windows Key+Ctrl+Left takes us to the desktop on the left
• Windows Key+Ctrl+Right same but to the right
• Windows Key+Ctrl+F4 Close the desktop we are on
• Windows Key+Tab view all desktops
• Windows Key+Q launch Cortana with your voice
• Windows Key+S launches Cortana with text
• Windows key+I takes us to the settings screen
• Windows Key+A takes us to the Windows Notification Center
• Windows Key+X takes us to the Start Menu
• Ctrl+Shift+Esc opens the Windows Task Manager
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• Windows Key+R leads to the Run window"
• Shift+Delete allows you to delete files permanently
• Alt+Enter shows us the properties of a file or folder
• Windows Key+U Allows easy access
• Windows key+Space Change the keyboard language

With the touchpad

• One finger tapping Normal click.
• Two-finger tap Right click.
• Three-finger tap Opens Cortana searches. Can be changed to open notifications.
• Four-finger tap Opens the notification center.
• Double tap with one finger Double tap.
• Double-tap with one finger and drag Select text or applications. It is also used to drag icons.
• Swipe up or down with two fingers Scroll on the screen.
• Swipe up with three fingers Open the task view, and within them we can slide down with three fingers to select which to display.
• Three-finger swipe down Displays the desktop. If we slide up again with the three fingers, the windows are shown again.
• Swipe left or right with three fingers Navigate between open windows.
• Pinch in or out Zoom in or out.

If we work with images

• Windows Key+PrtScr Take a screenshot.
• Windows Key+G record screen with DVR app.
• Windows Key+Alt+G records what is seen in the window in which we are working.
• Windows key+Alt+R for screen recording.
• Windows key+P if we use a multi-monitor system it changes to secondary screen mode.
• Windows key+key + expand the screen.
• Windows key+key - unzooms the screen .

Using the terminal

• Shift+Left highlights text to the left of the cursor
• Shift+Right the same but to the right
• Ctrl+Shift+Left or Right highlights entire blocks of text
• Ctrl+C copies the selected text to the Clipboard
• Ctrl+V Paste the previously copied text
• Ctrl+A select all text

These may be the most important keyboard shortcuts, the ones that allow you to work without having to use the mouse and scratch time always valuable. We may have missed some, but knowing the great variety that there is surely you know others that you can always tell us about.