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Important Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts

Windows 8 is the latest offering from Microsoft and has reinvented itself as an operating system for both tablet and PC users. It is easy to use Winsdows 8 on a tablet. But if you don’t have a touch screen it is difficult to work on Windows8.

Microsoft introduced newKeyboard shortcuts in windows 8 to navigate through reconstructed OS faster and easier. And as much fun as touchscreens can be. Sometime We can do more with keyboard shortcuts than you can with swipes. Here we discuss about some of the new keyboar shortcuts introduced in Windows 8.

Important Shortcut Keys For Windows 8

1. Displays Charms Menu :

Windows + C

2. Brings up a menu of Windows Control Panel, Command Prompt, Task Manager and File Explorer.

Windows + X

3. Settings menu for the current applications eg: If you are in start menu, it shows general OS settings.

Windows + I

4. Open up the APPS search menu that allows you to search your list of installed programs.

Windows key + Q

5. Open Desktop

Windows key + D

6. Opens up Share menu for the current Application

Eg: hitting Windows Key +H in bing allows to emaik or shae information on social networks.

Windows key + H

7. Opens the Task Switcher and Toggles between Windows8- Style Applications.

Windows key + Tab

8. Opens Desktop mode and minimizes all opened windows.

Windows key + M

9. Opens Universal Search menu and sets it to search settings.

Windows key + W

10. Opens Universal Search menu and sets it to search files.

Windows key + F

11. Opens Run menu where you can launchPrograms by typing the commands.

Windows key + R

12. Opens File Explorer to the My Computer which shows all your drives.

Windows key + E

13. Opens Desktop mode and make the Nth application on the taskbar active when ‘N’ is the number key and I is the furthest taskbar icon to the left.

Windows key + 'N' (1 to 9)