In my computer travels I have on occation come across situtions where I didn’t have a mouse or the mouse was broken but still I needed to access and navigate windows. Rest assured this can still be done without a mouse. Keep in mind that all Windows folder and system menus can be navigted with the TAB, ALT, SHIFT, SPACEBAR, ESC and ARROW buttons.
This is my TOP TWENTY list of most useful keyboard shortcuts. Many more can be found at http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx/kb/301583.
1 CTRL+A (COPY ALL)
2 CTRL+C (COPY SELECTED)
3 CTRL+X (CUT)
4 CTRL+V (PASTE)
5 CTRL+Z (UNDO)
6 CTRL+ALT+DEL (OPEN TASKMANAGER)
7 ALT+F4 (CLOSE WINDOW)
8 ALT+TAB (CYCLE THROUGH OPEN POGRAM WINDOWS)
9 WIN LOGO KEY (SELECT START BUTTON)
10 WIN LOGO KEY+L (LOCKS KEYBOARD, REQUIRING RE-LOGIN TO VIEW WINDOWS)
11 WIN LOGO KEY+E (OPEN MY COMPUTER)
12 WIN LOGO KEY+R (OPEN RUN BOX)
13 WIN LOGO KEY+F1 (OPEN WINDOWS HELP)
14 WIN LOGO KEY+D (MINIMIZE ALL WINDOWS TO VIEW DESKTOP)
15 WIN LOGO KEY+PAUSE/BREAK (OPEN SYSTEM PROPERTIES WINDOW)
16 F5 (REFRESH CURRENT WINDOW OR WEBPAGE)
17 BACKSPACE (IN INTERNET EXPLORER - GO BACKWARD ONE PAGE)
18 SHIFT+BACKSPACE (IN INTERNET EXPLORER-GO FORWARD ONE PAGE)
19 SHIFT+F10 (”RIGHT CLICK” OR OPEN ALTERNATE MENU)
20 SHIFT+DEL (TO PERMANENTLY DELETE OBJECT - DOESN’T GO TO RECYCLE BIN)