IBM T43 Keyboard Shortcuts for Windows

IBM T43
Keyboard Shortcuts
for Windows
 


Table of Contents

Table of Contents
Outline
1. T43 Keyboard vs. T60 Keyboard
2. IBM Keyboard customize utility
3. Keyboard shortcuts for Windows
3.1 The basic operations
3.1.1 The logo key combinations
3.1.2 The Alt key combinations
3.1.3 Functional keys
3.1.4 Ctrl or Shift key combinations
3.2 The Windows Explorer operations
3.3 The Dialog operations
Index
 


Outline

Working with keyboard shortcuts is more effective than mouse, especially for programmerJ.
 
There has no Windows logo key and application key on IBM T43, but I heard IBM T60 will add this two keys, exactly, I don’t know this is a good news or bad news.
 
Oh, please excuse me, in this article I’ll introduce some keyboard shortcuts which you had never usedJ.

1. T43 Keyboard vs. T60 Keyboard

The IBM T60 keyboard remains old IBM ThinkPad keyboard style, but only shortens the spacebar key; you can see the following figures.
 
The Windows logo key and application key is powerful? Or, there is no way to use keyboard shortcuts for Windows without logo/application key? What’s the really case? If I working on the other perfect OS such as Ubuntu, or multi-boot OS.
 

2. IBM Keyboard customize utility

If you like Windows logo and application keys, you can use IBM keyboard customize utility to mapping those keys.
 
Figure-3 IBM Keyboard customize utility

3. Keyboard shortcuts for Windows

I’ll use logo key to indicate Windows logo key, and application key to indicate Windows application key.
 
3.1 The basic operations
 
3.1.1 The logo key combinations
 
logo                               Display or hide the start menu
logo + Break                  Display or hide start menu
 
logo + D                         Shows the desktop
logo + E                         Display or hide start menu
logo + R                         Display the run dialog
logo + M                         Minimizes all windows
logo + U                         Open the utility manager dialog
 
logo + F                          Display the find dialog
logo + Ctrl + F                Open the find computer dialog, if on desktop
 
 
3.1.2 The Alt key combinations
 
Alt + Esc                         Cycle through the items in the order they were opened
Alt + F4                          Close the active item, or quit the active program
Alt + Spacebar                Display the system menu for the active window
Alt + Tab                        Switch open the items
 
3.1.3 Functional keys
 
F2                                   Rename selected item
F3                                   Search
F4                                   Display the address bar on windows explorer
F6                                   Cycle through the items in a window or on the desktop
F10                                 Active the menu bar in the active program
 
3.1.4 Ctrl or Shift key combinations
 
Ctrl + Shift + Esc            Display the start menu
Shift + F10                     Display the shortcut menu for the selected item
Shift                               Prevent the CD from automatically playing when you insert CD into the CD-ROM
3.2 The Windows Explorer operations
 
Left Arrow                     Collapse current selection if it’s expanded or select parent folder
Right Arrow                   Display current selection if it’s collapsed, or select first subfolder
Backspace                      Return to up-level on dictionary tree
3.3 The Dialog operations
 
Ctrl + Tab                       Move forward through tabs
Ctrl + Shift + Tab            Move backward through tabs
Tab                                 Move forward through options
Shift + Tab                     Move backward through options
Spacebar                       Select or clear the check box if the active option is a check box
F4                                   Display the items in the active list

Index