Win3.x Shortcuts...

by M.L. Giggleman

Making the keyboard work for you

Cycle between open windows: Alt+Tab, Alt+Tab, etc.

Cycle through open windows and minimized programs: Alt+ESC

Quickly minimize or maximize windows: Double-click on the Title Bar to minimize or maximize, depending on the current state.

Quickly move open windows: Position the mouse cursor anywhere on the Title Bar, press down on the left mouse button, drag to the desired location and drop.

Quickly arrange open windows:
SHIFT+F4 - TILE - arrange open windows so all are visible and there is no overlapping
SHIFT+F5 - CASCADE - stack open windows so only the title bars of all but the top window are visible

Windows: reserved character codes for paintbrush, notepad and cardfile

Microsoft included a list of reserved character codes for use in printed output for Paintbrush, Notepad and Cardfile:

Code Function
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&d Current Date
&f Current Filename
&p Current Page Number
&t Current Time
Formatting codes include:
&c Center Text
&l Left Justify Text
&r Right Justify Text

Windows write: quick text selection

All commands below are used with the mouse pointer positioned to the left of a line. The mouse pointer is positioned correctly when it appears as an arrow rather than an I-beam. Many of these commands will also work in other Windows applications.

TO HIGHLIGHT ACTION
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One line of text mouse pointer to left of line,
click once
entire line plus as above, hold down Shift key
lines below while clicking
paragraphof paragraph, double-click once
paragraph plusas above, hold down Shift key
paragraphs belowand continue double-clicking
entire documentmouse pointer in left margin,
press Ctrl key while clicking

The following keystrokes may be used to select items in any document window:

TO HIGHLIGHT ACTION
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One line of text UP SHIFT+Up Arrow
One line of text DOWN SHIFT+Down Arrow
Current position to SHIFT+Ctrl+Home
beginning of document
Current position to SHIFT+Ctrl+End
end of document

Windows clipboard: manipulating selected items

Once selected items are marked, use the following
commands:

Cut highlighted area to ClipboardCtrl+X or
SHIFT+Del

Copy highlighted area to ClipboardCtrl+C or
Ctrl+INS

Paste contents of ClipboardCtrl+V or
SHIFT+Ins

Copy entire screen to ClipboardPrintScrn

Copy active window to ClipboardAlt+PrintScrn

Undo last editing actionCtrl+Z or
ALT+BackSpace

Note that "Cut" removes the highlighted area from the source, while "Copy" does not.

Windows: closing windows and quitting applications

ALT+F4To quit Windows (if in Program
Manager)

or to quit an application

CTRL+F4Close active document window or
group window

Windows write: keystroke shortcuts to position pointer

TO MOVE TOACTION

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Next Sentence5+Left Arrow

Previous Sentence5+Right Arrow

Next Paragraph5+Down Arrow

Previous Paragraph5+Up Arrow

Next Page5+PgDn (works only if document

Previous Page5+PgUp has been paginated)

Note: Use 5 on the Numeric Keypad ONLY with NUM LOCK off.

Windows write: insert manual pagebreak

Position cursor where the Page Break should occur and press CTRL+ENTER.

Windows paintbrush: keystroke shortcuts

SIMULATE MOUSEACTION

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Move CursorArrow Key

Click LeftINS

Click RightDEL

Double-Click LeftF9+INS

DragINS+Arrow Key

MOVING AROUNDACTION

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Left Side of DrawingSHIFT+HOME

Right Side of DrawingSHIFT+END

TopHOME

BottomEND

Left One ScreenSHIFT+PgUp

Right One ScreenSHIFT+PgDn

Down One ScreenPgDn

Up One ScreenPgUp

Windows program manager: keystroke shortcuts

MOVING AROUNDACTION

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Between GroupsCTRL+F6 or CTRL+Tab

Between Items withinArrow Key

a Group Window

Windows: keystrokes to switch between applications

TO SWITCHACTION

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Between applicationsALT+Tab

To next applicationALT+Esc

To previous applicationSHIFT+Alt+Esc

To Task ListCTRL+Esc

DOS Box: toggleALT+Enter

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M. L. Giggleman is a HAL-PC member who works contract as a PC Systems Specialist/Network Administrator. n

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