Useful Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts
Right, I know I’m miles behind the times here – but I have just found a whole bunch of new Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts that mean I hardly have to pickup that thing we call a mouse.
My all time favourite ones are the Windows Key + Up Arrow and Windows Key + Down Arrow for maximizing and restoring windows, which is obviously very useful.
Of the new ones I have just found, my favourite is Windows Key + T which selects the first item on the taskbar for you. You then use the arrow keys to navigate your open windows, and hit enter to select the one you want. Of course, good old Alt-Tab will do the same, just in a slightly less eye candy based way.
The other one that caught my attention was the Windows + Shift + Left/Right Arrow which moves the whole window, maximized or not, between your monitors (assuming you have more than one, which you should).
Aero snaps is also something you should have a play with if you haven’t heard about it yet – take a restored window, and drag it to the top of your screen – it should now maximize. You can do the opposite to restore the window as well. This also comes in very useful when dragging full screen windows between monitors, so you no longer need to install any of those “display helpers” (Unless you want your taskbar on more than one monitor).
Microsoft have a list of useful Windows + Key shortcuts here:
http://www.microsoft.com/nz/digitallife/basics/windows-7-shortcut-keys.mspx