I don’t think there is any introduction required for Shortcut Keys in any application. Almost all applications come with some built-in keyboard shortcuts. Some people utilize it while others don’t. I think it is a best idea to practice shortcut keys on some of your frequent using programs. OS, Office Apps, Browsers everywhere you can use shortcut keys. In this post I’m introducing you some of the essential shortcut keys in Windows 8.
There are lots of new shortcuts in the upcoming Windows 8 operating system. At present only the Consumer Preview version of this OS is available. Most people are now using Windows 8 on a non touchable device. So using shortcut keys will ease their work on Windows 8. Here I am listing all the essential Windows 8 shortcut keys that one must know. Use them frequently to learn it and to do your job without distracting your concentration from the screen between your keyboard and mouse. Also this is the first one in a row of articles related to keyboard shortcuts I’m going to publish on this site. Hope you will enjoy it.
Windows 8 Desktop Shortcut Keys
| Win + D | Desktop |
| Win + E | Windows Explorer |
| Win + I | Charms Bar Setting |
| Win + X | Start Menu or Desktop Quick Menu |
| Win + R | Run |
| Win + T | Task Bar Navigation |
| Alt + Tab | Open Next App |
| Alt + 1 to 9 | Open Pinned Task Bar Apps |
Internet Explorer 10 Essential Shortcut Keys
| Ctrl + Tab | Cycle Through Open Tabs |
| Ctrl + Shift + P | InPrivate Tab |
| Ctrl + T | New Tab |
| Ctrl + F4 | Close Active Tab |
| Ctrl + P | Print Page |
Charms Bar (Metro Charms) Shortcut Keys
| Win + C | Open the Charms Bar |
| Win + F | Search Files |
| Win + W | Search Settings |
| Win + Q | Search Active App |
| Win + H | Share Charm |
| Win + I | Charms Bar Setting (already listed above under Desktop Shortcut Keys) |
| Win + K | Devices |
Other Useful Windows 8 Shortcut Keys (Start Page and Metro Apps)
| Win | Start Page (where you could see the metro apps’ tiles) |
| Win + Tab | Cycle Through Metro Apps. Release to Open |
| Win + Tab + Delete | Close Selected App |
| Alt + F4 | Close Active App |
| Win + Z | App Command Bar where You Can Uninstall Metro Apps, Unpin etc. tasks |
| Win + . | Snap App to Right on Supported Resolution (1366 x 768) |
| Win + Shift + . | Snap App to the Left on Supported Resolution (1366 x 768) |
| Ctrl + - | Zoom Out |
| Ctrl + = or Ctrl + + | Zoom In |
| Ctrl + Alt + Delete | Instant Access to Lock, Switch User, Sign Out, Password Change, Task Manager, Ease of Access and Power Down |
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