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Comment by lproven

7 days ago

It's called CUA.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/IBM_Common_User_Access

There are dozens of them out there.

Random example:

https://www.system-overload.org/windows-shortcuts.html

General guide...

Activate menu bar with Alt. Alt + the underlined letter opens that menu or submenu.

Alt+Space opens the control menu for that window. In MDI apps, alt+hyphen opens the document's window control menu.

Then...

Alt+space, x = maXimise Alt+space, n = miNimise Alt+space, s = reSize followed by cursor key to select which edge, then cursors to change.

Hotkeys are Ctrl+letter and do that action now.

Ctrl+... p = print s = save o = open f = find c = copy x = cut (looks like scissors) v = paste (looks like an arrow: paste _V_ HERE )

Shift modifies or reverses many commands, and selects while moving.

In dialogs and forms, Tab moves forwards; Shift+Tab backwards

Ctrl+PgDown = next tab Ctrl+PgUp = previous tab Ctrl+Enter = save and close form

Ctrl+left/right = move by word instead of character Shift+home/end = select to start/end of line

Esc = cancel

Ctrl+Esc = open start menu

Then tab, and you're tabbing through the taskbar, which is a sort of dialog box.

Ctrl+Shift+Esc = open task manager

Maybe this should be on a wiki somewhere so it can be documented collaboratively...