25 Cool Windows 7 Keyboard Tricks
That Will Impress Your Friends

professionally with a computer has
their hands on the keyboard most of
the time. Reaching for the mouse can
be an annoying disturbance and
personally I often turn over my mouse in such situations. An easy
solution is to simply keep the hands
on the keyboard and complete as
many tasks as possible with keyboard
shortcuts only.

Apart from making you work more
efficiently and faster, you can also
impress your friends or colleagues by
being able to work without a mouse.

Now I'm gonna show you some cool
Windows 7 keyboard tricks to get you
started. In the end you might never
want to take your hands off the
keyboard again.

Note that some of these shortcuts will only work if Windows Aero is enabled. If Aero effects are disabled on your computer, it might not be powerful enough to support resource intensive graphical features. The visual effects may also have been disabled to increase overall performance.

Aero Shortcuts

[Windows] + [Spacebar] (Aero Peek)
Make all open windows
transparent to view gadgets and
icons on desktop.

[Windows] + [D] (Aero Peek)
Show or hide the desktop.

[Windows] + [Home] (Aero Shake)
Minimize all but selected window.
Reverse by clicking the key
combination again.

[Windows] + left arrow OR
[Windows] + right arrow (Aero Snap)
Dock selected window to the left
or right half of your screen.

[Windows] + up arrow OR
[Windows] + down arrow (Aero Snap)
Maximized and restores the
selected window.

[Windows] + [SHIFT] + up arrow
OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] + down
arrow (Aero Snap)
Maximizes and restores selected
window in vertical dimension only.

[Windows] + [Tab] (Aero Flip)
Launch 3D representation of open
windows and click [Tab] key again
to flip through them.

Windows & Taskbar

[Alt] + [Ctrl] + [Tag] + left/right/r
up/down arrow
Flip window.

[Alt] + [Tab]
Cycle through open windows.
[Windows] + [T] OR [Windows] +
[SHIFT] + [T]

Move focus to front or back of
taskbar. Press [T] again while
holding the [Windows] key to cycle
through items in the taskbar from
left to right or, with [SHIFT] button
held too, from right to left.

[Windows] + [B]
Puts focus on the ‘show hidden
icons’ button on the system tray.

[Windows] + [1] THROUGH
[Windows] + [9]
Launch first through ninth icon on
taskbar, including items pinned to
taskbar.

[Windows] + [SHIFT] + [1]
THROUGH [Windows] + [SHIFT] +[9]
Starts new instance of respective
taskbar icon.

[Windows] + [Ctrl] + [1] THROUGH
[Windows] + [Ctrl] + [9]
Cycles through multiple instances
of the respective icon.

[Windows] + [Alt] + [1] THROUGH
[Windows] + [Alt] + [9]
Opens jump list for respective
icon.

Multiple Monitors

[Windows] + [SHIFT] + right
arrow OR [Windows] + [SHIFT] +
left arrow
Move selected window from one
monitor to another. They will
remain in the same relative
location.

[Windows] + [P]
Select presentation display mode.
Magnifier

[Windows] + [+] OR [Windows] +
[-]
Activates Windows Magnifier to
zoom in or out of screen.

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [D]
Switch to docked mode.

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [L]
Switch to lense mode.

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [F]
Switch from docked or lens mode
back to full screen mode.

[Ctrl] + [Alt] + [I]
Invert colors.

[Windows] + [Esc]
Exist magnifier views.

Other

[Windows] + [G]
Cycle through desktop gadgets.

[Windows] + [X]
Launches Windows Mobility
Center. Especially useful if you’re
working on a laptop.