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Common Keyboard Shortcuts in Windows 95, 98, 2000 & ME

Below are the most frequently used keyboard shortcuts for earlier versions of Windows.

Top ten shortcuts

  1. 'F1' - Displays the help file for the current program.
  2. 'Alt' + 'letter' - activates the menu represented by the letter, where letter is the underlined letter in the menu title for example 'File' would be 'Alt ' + 'F'.
  3. 'Ctrl' + 'Z' - Undo the last action.
  4. 'Alt' + 'Tab' - Quickly switch between current running programs.
  5. 'Windows Key' + 'D' - Shows your desktop.
  6. 'Windows Key' + 'E' - Starts Windows Explorer.
  7. 'Windows Key' + 'U' - Displays the Windows utility manager dialog box for controlling accessibility options.
  8. 'Ctrl' + 'C' - Copies selected text\graphics to the clipboard.
  9. 'Ctrl' + 'V' - Pastes text\graphics from the clipboard.
  10. 'Ctrl' + 'X' - Cuts selected text\graphics to the clipboard.

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