Keyboard Shortcuts

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Note: A plus sign (+) means keys
are held down together.

	Getting out of freezes		Saving files
	Starting up		Taking pictures of your screen
	Working with icons		Working with languages
	Working with windows

Getting out of freezes
	Turns your computer on and off. Your work will be saved before the computer shuts down.
	Cancels an operation in progress.
	Forces a program to quit. Unsaved work will be lost.
	Restarts or shuts down the computer (on some models). Unsaved work will be lost.
	Forces the computer to restart when the pointer is frozen (on some models). Unsaved work will be lost.

Starting up To start up the computer with one of the options in the right column below, hold down these keys while starting up.
	Rebuilds the Desktop file.
	Turns off extensions in the Extensions folder.
	Resets Chooser and control panel settings stored in parameter RAM.
	Starts up the computer from a CD.
	Bypasses the startup disk when starting up.

Working with icons
Letter keys	Selects the icon whose name begins with the letters typed.
	Selects the icon above, below, to the left, or to the right of the selected icon.
	Selects the next icon alphabetically.
Click icons	Selects all of the icons clicked.
Drag across icons	Selects all icons in the group.
Double-click icon	Opens the icon and closes its window.
Drag icon to folder	Copies the icon to the folder.
	Highlights the name of the selected icon.
Drag icon	Cleans up the icon.
Drag icon	Creates an alias of the icon.
	Moves selected icons to the Trash.

Working with windows
Close close box	Closes all disk and folder windows.
Click collapse box	Collapses all disk and folder windows.
Click zoom box	Zooms a window to the full size of the screen.
Switch programs	Hides the windows of the previous program.
Drag window	Moves a window without making it active.
Press the title of the window	Displays a pop-up menu of folders to which the current folder belongs.
	In a list view, expands the contents of the selected folder(s).
	In a list view, collapses the contents of the selected folder(s).
Expand folder	In a list view, expands the contents of the folder and all folders contained within it.
Collapse folder	In a list view, collapses the contents of the folder and all folders contained within it.

Saving files These shortcuts work in "Save" dialog boxes.
Letter keys	Selects an item in the active list whose name begins with the letters typed.
	Selects the item above or below the selected item.
	Changes which list is active.
	Moves up one level in the file hierarchy.
	Moves up to the Desktop level.
	Creates a new folder.
Open alias	Shows the original of the alias (rather than opening it).

Taking pictures of your screen
	Creates a picture file of the entire screen.
	Creates a picture file of a rectangular selection of the screen. (After pressing and releasing the key combination, drag across the part of the screen you want to take a picture of.)
	Creates a picture file of a window. (After pressing and releasing the key combination, click the window you want to take a picture of.) Note: To copy a rectangle or window to the Clipboard instead of saving it as a file, press the Control key as you select the part of the screen you want.

Working with languages These shortcuts work on systems with WorldScript installed.
	Rotates through enabled script systems.
	Rotates through keyboard layouts and input methods within a script.
	Changes the keyboard layout to the current layout of Roman script.
	Changes the keyboard layout to the current layout of the system script.

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