Learn the Hot-Keys : Windows 7

Knowing some of the essential keyboard shortcuts can seriously improve your productivity and enhance your operating experience with the new Operating System. There are some of the useful shortcuts:

• Alt+P: Toggles the Explorer preview pane.
• Win+G: Displays gadgets in front of other windows.
• Win + +(plus key): Launches the magnifier and zooms in.
• Win +- (minus key): Zooms out
• Win +Up: Maximizes the active window.
• Win +Down: Minimizes the active window.
• Win +Home: Minimizes/ restores all background windows.
• Win +Left: Hotkey for Aero-Snap. Docks the window to the left edge of the screen and resizes it to half the screen size.
• Win +Right: Same as above, but snaps the window to the right edge of the screen.
• Win + T: Changes the focus to the taskbar. Once focused, you can use your arrow keys to select any taskbar item.