These are the keyboard shortcuts you should know to master Windows 10 perfectly

There are only 9 days left until the official release of Windows 10, and while many of us are already using build 10240 through the program Insider, many other users may prefer to wait until July 29 to update.

Whatever our case, it is always good to know all the tricks that will allow us to get the most out of the new features of Windows 10 , and this of course includes the new keyboard shortcuts offered by the system.

Several of them were already present in Windows 7 or Windows 8.1, but now in Windows 10 they work in a slightly different way, changing for the better and allowing us to be even more productive Personally, I consider several of them indispensable, after I've been using Windows 10 on my main PC for a few weeks now. Let's take a look at them.

WIN Key + Tab: Open Task View.

"We start with a shortcut that was already available in previous versions, but is now much more useful. WIN + Tab actually first appeared in Windows Vista, where it served to invoke the controversial Flip 3D, a window switcher similar to ALT+TAB, but which displayed windows in 3D perspective."

This is how window management worked in Windows 8. In Windows 10 it is very different, thankfully.

In Windows 8, the shortcut became a Metro app switcher, which displayed only modern apps in a column on the left from the screen.The problem here is that it completely ignored desktop apps (it treated the Desktop itself as a single app, thus all desktop apps were contained within of el), and therefore the shortcut lost much practical value for PC users.

Now in Windows 10, the WIN+Tab shortcut is more useful than ever, as it invokes the new ">powerful window management interfacethat treats both desktop and modern apps as first-class citizens, allowing you to switch between or close them with a single click.It even lets you create new desktops, move windows between them with drag and drop, or view which applications are on each desktop by simply hovering over them.

Best of all, once you press WIN+Tab you don't need to hold down the Windows key to stay inside the changer of windows, unlike what happened in Windows 8 and Windows 7, or what happens even with ALT+TAB in Windows 10.

Because of all this, I'm sure this shortcut will become the favorite of Windows 10 users with mouse and keyboard.

WIN key + A: Open the Action Center (or notification center)

Here's another very useful shortcut in Windows 10, but it's brand new. Pressing Windows Key + A will open the brand new Notification Center on the right side of the screen. This is a new interface that allows you to check all recent notifications, just as you would on your mobile, and interact with them.

It also offers quick access to frequently used options, such as Wi-Fi or Bluetooth. From here you can disable notifications for a while, activate airplane mode, battery saver mode, access System Settings and there's even a shortcut to create a new note in OneNote

Unfortunately, these shortcuts are not customizable. Hopefully this will change with a future Windows 10 update.

WIN key + Q and WIN + C: summon Cortana

Cortana is one of the main novelties of Windows 10, and therefore, it is logical that it has its own keyboard shortcut. In fact, it has two, these are their functions and differences:

• WIN + Q: Shows the Cortana interface and allows us to enter queries via text. Equivalent to clicking on the Cortana icon or the search box.

• WIN + C: Activates voice search. By pressing this shortcut, Cortana will start receiving voice instructions and display an interface like the image above.

WIN Key + Left/Right Arrow + Up/Down: Rearranging windows on the desktop

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The ability to dock> to the right or left half of the screen was already there since Windows 7, but in Windows 10 it works better than everThis is because we can now divide the screen into 4 sections, one for each corner, making each window use only 1/4 of the screen (very useful on large monitors)."

This can be achieved by dragging the window to the corresponding corner, but also by using a keyboard shortcut: WIN + left/right arrow, then up/down arrow (without releasing the WIN key). Using different combinations of arrows we will place the window in the corresponding quadrant

In addition, when the window is docked and we release the WIN key, the system will automatically suggest applications to fill the available space on the screen (as seen in the screenshot above).

WIN Key + Ctrl: Managing multiple desktops

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Another major new feature in Windows 10 is the ability to organize windows across multiple virtual desktops. These desktops can be managed from the task view>"

• WIN + Ctrl + D: Create a new desktop.

• WIN + Ctrl + Left/Right Arrow: Allows us to quickly move between desktops. If we are on desktop 1 and press the right arrow shortcut, we will move to desktop 2, and vice versa.

• WIN + Ctrl + F4: Closes the current desktop, and moves any applications on it to the previous desktop (for example , if we close desktop 3, the applications and screen are moved to desktop 2).

WIN key + K: Connect wireless devices

There's not much to explain here, it's just a shortcut that was added in Windows 10 that provides direct access to a menu for connecting monitors (with Miracast support) and audio devices (Bluetooth) wireless.

WIN Key + I: System Settings

To conclude, another shortcut that doesn't look very impressive, but is important to mention since it changes its behavior compared to previous versions of Windows. In Windows 8, the WIN + I keys took us to a menu of options specific to the application that we had open, but in Windows 10 these keys open the System Configuration in a new window

Apparently, there is no longer a single keyboard shortcut for opening modern app options.

Other changes to note for Windows 8 users

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As in Windows 10 the charms bar no longer exists, several keyboard shortcuts that were associated with it also ceased to exist, or have changed their behavior. But there are also some that remain, let&39;s see what they are:"

• WIN + H: Shortcut for sharing content in modern apps. Still current.
• WIN + C: Shortcut to open charms. It was replaced by the Cortana voice search shortcut.
• WIN + F: File search. It no longer works, but we can search for files from Cortana using WIN + Q, or WIN + C.
• WIN + W: Search for system options. It no longer works, but instead we can press WIN + I and start typing (it will immediately activate the Settings search box), or use Cortana.
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• WIN + Z: Opens the app bar>"
• WIN + K: Opened the Devices panel in the Windows 8 charms bar. That panel no longer exists, and therefore So the shortcut is now used for another function (connecting wireless devices). The other functions contained in this panel can be invoked with the shortcuts CTRL + P (print) and WIN + P(choose how to project the screen).

Image of the charms | DevianArt