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10 Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts You Need to Remember!\u00a0<\/span><\/h3>\n

Takeaway<\/span>:<\/span>\u00a0There are 100+ keyboard shortcuts available for Microsoft Windows 8, but there are several you\u2019ll want to remember because you\u2019ll use them often.<\/p>\n

In April 2012, Greg Shultz created a\u00a0free cheat sheet of 100 Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts. That download contained just about every keyboard shortcut you could imagine. Those shortcuts are still valid of course, but if you are like me you can only remember a few Windows 8 shortcuts at a time, so you want to remember the ones that will be most useful.<\/p>\n

So, while I highly recommend that you take advantage of the\u00a0free PDF download listing of 100 Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts, I also recommend that you commit the following 10 Windows 8 keyboard shortcuts to memory, because you are going to need to access these features often and, for efficiency\u2019s sake, it\u2019s best to have them at the ready.<\/p>\n

Windows 8 Specific Keyboard Shortcuts<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
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Keystroke<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n

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Function<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

\"\"<\/td>\nSwitch between Metro Start screen and the last accessed application<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u00a0+ C<\/td>\nAccess the charms bar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u00a0+ Tab<\/td>\nAccess the Metro Taskbar<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u00a0+ I<\/td>\nAccess the Settings charm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u00a0+ K<\/td>\nAccess the Devices charm<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u00a0+ Q<\/td>\nAccess the Apps Search screen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u00a0+ F<\/td>\nAccess the Files Search screen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u00a0+ W<\/td>\nAccess the Settings Search screen<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u00a0+ X<\/td>\nAccess the Windows Tools Menu<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
\"\"\u00a0+ E<\/td>\nOpen Computer<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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10 Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts You Need to Remember!\u00a0 Takeaway:\u00a0There are 100+ keyboard shortcuts available for Microsoft Windows 8, but there are several you\u2019ll want to remember because you\u2019ll use them often. In April 2012, Greg Shultz created a\u00a0free cheat …<\/p>\n

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