Remote Desktop Connection, paint and wordpad keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Remote Desktop Connection.

Press this key       To do this

Alt+Page Up           Move between programs from left to right.

Alt+Page Down       Move between programs from right to left.

Alt+Insert              Cycle through programs in the order that they were started in.

Alt+Home              Display the Start menu.

Ctrl+Alt+Break       Switch between a window and full screen.

Ctrl+Alt+End          Display the Windows Security dialog box.

Alt+Delete             Display the system menu.

Ctrl+Alt+Minus Sign (-) on the numeric keypad        Place a copy of the active window, within the client, on the Terminal server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing Alt+PrtScn on a local computer).

Ctrl+Alt+Plus Sign (+) on the numeric keypad Place a copy of the entire client window area on the Terminal server clipboard (provides the same functionality as pressing PrtScn on a local computer).

Ctrl+Alt+Right Arrow    “Tab” out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host program (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) program.

Ctrl+Alt+Left Arrow “Tab” out of the Remote Desktop controls to a control in the host program (for example, a button or a text box). Useful when the Remote Desktop controls are embedded in another (host) program.

Note

·         Ctrl+Alt+Break and Ctrl+Alt+End are available in all Remote Desktop sessions, even when you've set up the remote computer to recognize Windows keyboard shortcuts.

 Paint keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with Paint.

Press this key   To do this

Ctrl+N          Create a new picture

Ctrl+O          Open an existing picture

Ctrl+S          Save changes to a picture

F12              Save the picture as a new file

Ctrl+P          Print a picture

Alt+F4          Close a picture and its Paint window

Ctrl+Z          Undo a change

Ctrl+Y          Redo a change

Ctrl+A          Select the entire picture

Ctrl+X          Cut a selection

Ctrl+C          Copy a selection to the Clipboard

Ctrl+V          Paste a selection from the Clipboard

Right Arrow   Move the selection or active shape right by one pixel

Left Arrow     Move the selection or active shape left by one pixel

Down Arrow  Move the selection or active shape down by one pixel

Up Arrow      Move the selection or active shape up by one pixel

Esc              Cancel a selection

Delete          Delete a selection

Ctrl+B          Bold selected text

Ctrl++          Increase the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel

Ctrl+-           Decrease the width of a brush, line, or shape outline by one pixel

Ctrl+I           Italicize selected text

Ctrl+U          Underline selected text

Ctrl+E          Open the Properties dialog box

Ctrl+W         Open the Resize and Skew dialog box

Ctrl+Page Up Zoom in

Ctrl+Page Down  Zoom out

F11              View a picture in full-screen mode

Ctrl+R          Show or hide the ruler

Ctrl+G          Show or hide gridlines

F10 or Alt      Display keytips

Shift+F10      Show the current shortcut menu

F1                Open Paint Help

 WordPad keyboard shortcuts

The following table contains keyboard shortcuts for working with WordPad.

Press this key   To do this

Ctrl+N            Create a new document

Ctrl+O            Open an existing document

Ctrl+S            Save changes to a document

F12                Save the document as a new file

Ctrl+P            Print a document

Alt+F4            Close WordPad

Ctrl+Z            Undo a change

Ctrl+Y            Redo a change

Ctrl+A            Select the entire document

Ctrl+X            Cut a selection

Ctrl+C            Copy a selection to the Clipboard

Ctrl+V            Paste a selection from the Clipboard

Ctrl+B            Make selected text bold

Ctrl+I             Italicize selected text

Ctrl+U            Underline selected text

Ctrl+=            Make selected text subscript

Ctrl+Shift+=   Make selected text superscript

Ctrl+L            Align text left

Ctrl+E            Align text center

Ctrl+R            Align text right

Ctrl+J             Justify text

Ctrl+1            Set single line spacing

Ctrl+2            Set double line spacing

Ctrl+5            Set line spacing to 1.5

Ctrl+Shift+>   Increase the font size

Ctrl+Shift+<   Decrease the font size

Ctrl+Shift+A    Change characters to all capitals

Ctrl+Shift+L    Change the bullet style

Ctrl+D            Insert a Microsoft Paint drawing

Ctrl+F            Find text in a document

F3                  Find the next instance of the text in the Find dialog box

Ctrl+H            Replace text in a document

Ctrl+Left Arrow   Move the cursor one word to the left

Ctrl+Right Arrow Move the cursor one word to the right

Ctrl+Up Arrow Move the cursor to the line above

Ctrl+Down Arrow Move the cursor to the line below

Ctrl+Home      Move to the beginning of the document

Ctrl+End         Move to the end of the document

Ctrl+Page Up   Move up one page

Ctrl+Page Down  Move down one page

Ctrl+Delete     Delete the next word

F10                Display keytips

Shift+F10        Show the current shortcut menu

F1                  Open WordPad Help