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Useful windows shortcuts to speed up your work

Win key shortcuts
Win+D : shows or hides the desktop
Win+S : opens up the windows search bar
Win+L : locks your PC or laptop
Win+E : opens file explorer
Win+I : opens windows settings
Win+(number) : opens the program as its pinned on taskbar

Ctrl key shortcuts
Ctrl+E : opens the search bar of active window
Ctrl+W : closes the window, image or tab
Ctrl+T : opens new browser tab
Ctrl+N : opens new file
Ctrl+Shift+Esc : opens task manager
Ctrl+(number) : switches to the tab respectively
Ctrl+P : prints document
Ctrl+O : opens a file
Ctrl+F : find text
Ctrl+A : select all
Ctrl+Y : redo action
Ctrl+Z : undo action
Ctrl+mouse scroll : zoom in or out in most programs

Other shortcuts
F2 : rename files
Alt+F4 : close the window
F11 : fullscreen
F5 : refresh
Alt+arrowkey : move forward backward in either a browser
or file

Thanks for Reading!💜

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