Top 20+ Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts and Hotkeys

Its now the turn of windows 8 to rule the world. After the success of Windows 7 every one is waiting to taste Windows 8. Windows 8 preview is available for download and the official version will be released late this year. You want to use Windows 8?
Check out: Windows 8 system requirements and Top High Quality Windows 8 wallpapers
Well in this columns we will discuss the keyboard shortcuts and hot keys in windows 8 to help us do our work more easily, more efficiently and quickly. Life is impossible without shortcuts. Tell me do you always copy, past, undo and delete with old conventional method of right clicking or you just use the shortcuts? I don't know about you but Most of the people out there use shortcuts :) So lets see what are these shortcut keys and how they help us do our work more quickly.

Top 30 Windows 8 Keyboard Shortcuts and Hotkeys

1. Windows key

It is the backbone of Windows 8, also referred as win key, by pressing it you can switch between start screen and last running window

2. WIN + D

"D" here is for desktop when you'll press WIN + D, It will minimize all the windows and take you to the home screen.

3. WIN + ENTER

Pressing this will open the narrator for you

4. WIN + ","

A new look at your desktop, View your desktop from the peak to check all the programs running, together

5. WIN + "+"

It Opens Magnifier and zooms into your desktop

6. WIN + "-"

Using Magnifier this hot key will let you zoom out

7. WIN + WORD

This is will open the search and will help you search anything within your computer

Tip: Google Search tricks to find any thing on the internet.

8. WIN + W

Using WIN + WORD you cannot search for settings but using this shortcut key you can easily search for settings too.

9. WIN + V

It will open the notifier in Windows 8

10. WIN + U

Pressing this will let you open the Access center in Windows 8

11. WIN + I

Using this keyboard shortcut you can easily set your sound, brightness and control panel settings

10. WIN + P

You use projectors and multi-screens? this ones for you this hot key lets you control the multi-screen feature

11. WIN + R

It will open the run command

12. Win + Q

You can search you Apps using this shortcut key

13. WIN + X

One of my favorite Shortcut key, pressing this will let you control the power user shortcut menu, which includes Device manager, Control panel, Power options, Command prompt and much much more

14. WIN + O

You can toggle device orientation between lock on and off

15. WIN + M

It minimize and maximize the current window

16. Win + Page Up / Down

Useful when dealing with multiple monitors, Pressing this will take the full screen app to the secondary monitor

17. Win + Left / Right arrow

Moves the active window to side ways

18. WIN + H

Sharing is made easy in Windows 8. Using this keyboard shortcut you can share what you want, all you want

19. WIN +F

This will open the search window and you can search for anything in your computer

20. WIN + E

This Hot key will let you open the explorer, to view and browse your files

21. WIN + L

This shortcut key is really useful. Using this you can lock your computer and you will use your log in password to unlock it

22. WIN + TAB 

You can switch between applications that are running

So these were the keyboard shortcut keys for windows 8 to help you make your experience better with Microsoft's newest Windows 8. You know more? Feel free to share it with us.

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