F1
·
Used
as the help key in almost every program. Opens a help screen when this key is
pressed.
·
Enter CMOS
setup.
·
Windows
Key + F1 would open the Microsoft Windows help and support center.
·
Open
the Task Pane.
F2
·
In
Microsoft Windows, renames a highlighted icon, file,
or folder in all versions of Windows.
·
In Microsoft
Excel, edits the active cell.
·
Alt+Ctrl+F2
opens document window in Microsoft Word.
·
Ctrl+F2
displays the print preview window in Microsoft Word.
·
Quickly rename a
selected file or folder.
·
Enter CMOS
setup.
F3
·
Often
opens a search feature for many programs, including Microsoft Windows when at
the Windows desktop.
·
In
some programs, after an initial search is performed, F3 will find the next
search value.
·
In MS-DOS or Windows
command line, F3 repeats the last command entered.
·
In Microsoft
Word Ctrl+F3 will lowercase any highlighted text.
·
Shift+F3
will change the text in Microsoft Word from upper to lowercase or a capital
letter at the beginning of every word.
·
Windows
Key + F3 opens the Advanced find window in Microsoft Outlook.
·
In Windows
Explorer, start the search function.
·
Open Mission
Control on an Apple computer running macOS X.
F4
·
Open
find window in Windows 95 to XP.
·
Open
the address bar in Windows Explorer and Internet
Explorer.
·
Repeat
the last action performed (Word 2000+).
·
Alt+F4
closes the program window currently active in Microsoft Windows.
·
Ctrl+F4
closes the open window or tab in the active window in Microsoft
Windows.
F5
·
In all
modern Internet browsers, pressing F5 will refresh or reload the
page or document window.
·
Ctrl+F5
forces a complete refresh of the web page, clearing the cache and downloading
all contents of the page again.
·
Refresh
the list of contents in a folder.
·
Open
the find, replace, and go to window in Microsoft Word.
·
Starts
a slideshow in PowerPoint.
F6
·
Move
the cursor to the address bar in Internet Explorer, Mozilla
Firefox, and most other Internet browsers.
·
Ctrl+Shift+F6
opens to another open Microsoft Word document.
·
Reduce
laptop speaker volume (on some laptops).
F7
·
Commonly
used to spell check and grammar check a document in
Microsoft programs such as Microsoft Word, Outlook, etc.
·
Shift+F7
runs a Thesaurus check on the word highlighted.
·
Turns
on Caret Browsing in Mozilla Firefox.
·
Increase
laptop speaker volume (on some laptops).
F8
·
Function
key used to enter the Windows startup menu, commonly used to access
Windows Safe Mode.
·
Used
by some computers to access the Windows recovery system, but may require a
Windows installation CD.
·
Displays
a thumbnail image for all workspaces in macOS.
F9
·
Refresh document
in Microsoft Word.
·
Send
and receive e-mail in Microsoft Outlook.
·
Opens
the Measurements toolbar in Quark 5.0.
·
Reduce
laptop screen brightness (on some laptops).
·
With
macOS 10.3 or later, displays a thumbnail for each window in a single
workspace.
·
Using
the Fn key and F9 at the same time opens Mission Control on
an Apple computer running macOS X.
F10
·
In
Microsoft Windows, activates the menu bar of an open application.
·
Shift+F10
is the same as right-clicking on a highlighted icon, file, or
Internet link.
·
Access
the hidden recovery partition on Compaq, HP, and Sony computers.
·
Enter CMOS
setup on some computers.
·
Increase
laptop screen brightness (on some laptops).
·
With
macOS 10.3 or later, shows all open Windows for the active program.
F11
·
Enter
and exit fullscreen mode in all modern Internet browsers.
·
Ctrl+F11
as the computer is starting to access the hidden recovery
partition on many Dell computers.
·
Pressing
F11 by itself accesses the hidden recovery partition
on eMachines, Gateway, and Lenovo computers.
·
With
macOS 10.4 or later, hides all open windows and shows the desktop.
F12
·
Open
the Save as window in Microsoft Word.
·
Ctrl+F12
opens a document in Word.
·
Shift+F12
saves the Microsoft Word document (like Ctrl+S).
·
Ctrl+Shift+F12
prints a document in Microsoft Word.
·
Preview
a page in Microsoft Expression Web.
·
Open Firebug or
browser debug tool.
·
With
an Apple running macOS 10.4 or later, F12 shows or hides the Dashboard.
·
Access
the list of bootable devices on a computer at startup, allowing you
to select a different device to boot from (e.g., hard
drive, CD or DVD drive, floppy
drive, USB drive, and network)
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