Windows 7 Cool Shortcuts

You all must be very tired of using your mouse, so here are some of the very cool shortcuts using your keyboard on windows 7.

Hope you like all of them.

• Windows + left arrow OR Windows + right arrow : Dock selected window to the left or right half of your screen.

• Windows + up arrow OR Windows + down arrow : Maximized and restores the selected window.

• Windows + Space-bar : Makes all open windows transparent to view gadgets and icons on desktop.

• Windows + Home : Minimizes all but selected window. Reverse by clicking the key combination again.

• Windows + Tab : Launch 3D representation of open windows and click Tab key again to flip through them.

• Windows + T OR Windows + SHIFT + T : Move focus to front or back of taskbar. Press T again while holding the Windows key to cycle through items in the taskbar from left to right or, with SHIFT button held too, from right to left.

• Windows + 1 THROUGH Windows + 9 : Launch first through ninth icon on taskbar, including items pinned to task bar.

• Windows + SHIFT + 1 THROUGH Windows + SHIFT + 9 : Starts new instance of respective taskbar icon.

• Windows + Ctrl + 1 THROUGH Windows + Ctrl + 9 : Cycles through multiple instances of the respective icon.

• Windows + Alt + 1 THROUGH Windows + Alt + 9 : Opens jump list for respective icon.

• Windows + P : Select presentation display mode.

• Windows + G : Cycle through desktop gadgets.

• Windows + X : Launches Windows Mobility Center. Most useful if you’re working on a laptop.

• Windows + D : Shows or hides the desktop.

• Windows + B : Puts focus on the ‘show hidden icons’ button on the system tray. And then by manually pressing Left or Right arrow you can select the desired one.

• Windows + [+] OR Windows + [-] : Activates Windows Magnifier to zoom in or out of screen.

• Windows + Esc : Exist magnifier views.

• Ctrl + Alt + D : Switch to docked mode.

• Ctrl + Alt + L : Switch to lense mode.

• Ctrl + Alt + F : Switch from docked or lens mode back to full screen mode.

• Ctrl + Alt + I : Invert colors.

• Ctrl + Alt + Tab + left/right arrow : Flip window.

• Alt + Tab : Cycle through open windows.

Hope all are working on your system.

For now have fun with these tricks. Will get back with more in sometime.