Windows 8 and Windows RT Keyboard Shortcuts

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Windows logo key‌ Windows logo key+start typing
  

Search your PC

Ctrl+plus (+) or Ctrl+minus (-)

  

Zoom in or out of a large number of items, like apps pinned to the Start screen

Ctrl+scroll wheel

  

Zoom in or out of a large number of items, like apps pinned to the Start screen
Windows logo key‌ +C
  

Open the charms
Windows logo key‌ +F
  

Open the Search charm to search files
Windows logo key‌ +H
  

Open the Share charm
Windows logo key‌ +I
  

Open the Settings charm
Windows logo key‌ +J
  

Switch the main app and snapped app
Windows logo key‌ +K
  

Open the Devices charm
Windows logo key‌ +O
  

Lock the screen orientation (portrait or landscape)
Windows logo key‌ +Q
  

Open the Search charm to search apps
Windows logo key‌ +W
  

Open the Search charm to search settings
Windows logo key‌ +Z
  

Show the commands available in the app
Windows logo key‌ +spacebar
  

Switch input language and keyboard layout
Windows logo key‌ +Ctrl+spacebar
  

Change to a previously selected input
Windows logo key‌ +Tab
  

Cycle through open apps (except desktop apps)
Windows logo key‌ +Ctrl+Tab
  

Cycle through open apps (except desktop apps) and snap them as they are cycled
Windows logo key‌ +Shift+Tab
  

Cycle through open apps (except desktop apps) in reverse order
Windows logo key‌ +PgUp
  

Move the Start screen and apps to the monitor on the left (Apps in the desktop won’t change monitors)
Windows logo key‌ +PgDown
  

Move the Start screen and apps to the monitor on the right (apps in the desktop won’t change monitors)
Windows logo key‌ +Shift+period (.)
  

Snaps an app to the left
Windows logo key‌ +period (.)
  

Snaps an app to the right