Windows: Copy - Paste – Undo - Rename with keyboard shortcuts

There are some keyboard shortcuts, which I use frequently and are very useful.

Copy files from one place to the other – it works in almost any imaginable situation,
even when these commands are not visible to use with a mouse.

 

 

Location of the Ctrl key (German keyboards: Strg)
   

 

Ctrl + C   +	Copy
Ctrl + V   +	Paste
Ctrl + X   +	Cut / Move (Copy and then deletes at the origin)
Ctrl + Z   +	Undo last action

Here is an example of a seemingly impossible situation: copy a file from a Dialog Window to File Explorer – see next page:

 

Þ On the left we have the Dialog Window from MS Word, when we are looking for a file to open.
Þ On the right we have the Windows File Explorer

 

1. In MS Word, Menu – File – Open	2. Open a File Explorer window
3. In Dialog Window, select a file with the mouse, and then copy it with the shortcut Ctrl + C (or cut it with Ctrl + X to move it) (these options do not even seem to be available)	4. Paste the file in Explorer with Ctrl +V.
5. The Dialog Window is still open. We can continue to work in MS Word

    



We can also do this Copy – Paste of files directly inside the Dialog WIndow of MS Word, from a folder to another.





Þ Imagine now that I used Ctrl + X to move a file, and after pasting it in the new folder … aaaahhhh, mistake!


I moved the wrong file!! I need to come back! What now??

Use Ctrl + Z to undo this last action. The file returns to the original folder. YES ! ! Ctrl+Z works to undo file Copy / Cut – Paste ! !


 

And it also works when the file is deleted, to recover it promptly!
(when the file is sent to the Recycle bin)

 

Þ At the end, after all these operations, to rename the file, I use the key F2 which is the quickest method!

 

Rename / change filename

Do try this! 

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