Rememeber the first time you used a keyboard shortcut? Weren't you stoked? A small twiddle of the keys and you instantly increased your productivity by a factor of ten. You went from n00b to savvy user in a split second. Heck, a moment before you didn't even know what savvy meant! All of a sudden you're using fancy terms like "Alt+Tab" and "Control+Alt+Delete". Those sure were the days, huh? Well, get ready to relive that feeling once again. In this table from Windows® 7 Resource Kit, you'll learn about all the new keyboard shortcuts in Windows 7.
To reduce the time required to complete common tasks, Windows 7 supports the keyboard shortcuts listed in Table 1.2.
Table 1.2. New Windows 7 Keyboard Shortcuts
KEYBOARD SHORTCUT | ACTION |
|---|
 +up arrow
| Maximizes the current window. |
+down arrow | Restores or minimizes the current window. |
+left arrow | Snaps the current window to the left half of your screen. |
+right arrow | Snaps the current window to the right half of your screen. |
+Shift+left arrow | Moves the current windows to the left screen when running dual monitors. |
+Shift+right arrow | Moves the current windows to the right screen when running dual monitors. |
+Home | Minimizes or restores all but the current window. |
+T | Focuses on the taskbar so you can then use the arrow keys and Enter to select an item.
Pressing this shortcut again will cycle through items.
Windows Key+Shift+T cycles backward. |
+Tab | Cycles through your open applications in 3D. |
Alt+Tab | Cycles through your open applications in 2D. |
+spacebar (hold keys) | Peeks at the desktop. |
+D | Shows the desktop. |
+M | Minimizes the current windows. |
+G | Brings your gadgets to the top of your applications. |
+P | Shows presentation and external display options. |
+U | Opens the Ease Of Access Center. |
+X | Opens the Mobility Center, enabling quick access to features like WiFi. |
+[a number key 1–5] | Starts the program from the taskbar that corresponds to that number key.
For example, pressing  +1 starts the first application on the taskbar. |
++ | Zooms in. |
+- | Zooms out. |
+L | Locks your PC back to the logon screen. |
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