Windows 7 keyboard shortcuts

Windows 7 may be considered as the most keyboard friendly operating system. Once users memorize the combo keys its very easy to dock windows, quick launch favorite apps, enable external displays and much more.

Some of the shortcuts keys are:

Start-Menu Searches: Windows key – A simple tap of the windows key activates start menu, where you can type first few letters of any program or apps and press enter to launch it without using mouse.

Minimize almost all windows – Win + Home – This combination lets you to minimize all the windows which are open except the current one which is active. Just by pressing the same combination again maximizes all the windows again. This is a shortcut which avoids users to go and minimize each window separately.

Create New Folders – Ctrl + Shift + N – Windows 7 has a new feature which can create folders just by tapping the above shortcut combination without using mouse.

Make windows Transparent – Win + Space – This shortcut key allows users to access any tool or folders on the desktop without minimizing the current active window. This key makes the current active window transparent without minimizing it.

Magnify your view Win + (+) – Windows 7 is designed with a inbuilt magnifier that lets you zoom in wherever you place the curzor. Just tap Windows key and Plus key once to zoom the view up to 200 percent. The more you tap, higher the zoom.

Open Presentation Settings – Win + P – Good news for business users constantly struggling to get windows to cooperate with projectors. A Quick tap of Win-P activates a monitor-settings panel. Click Duplicate 0r Projector only to send your display to big screen.

By using this shortcut keys users can work more easily compared to other operating systems.