Microsoft recently released its Windows 8 Release Preview. This probably will be the last preview before Microsoft releases Windows 8 to manufacturing and then to the public. By October, Windows 8 will be the “new” Windows — and Windows 7 will be the old Windows.<\/p>\n
Windows 8 is going to be a shocker for those of you who are hanging on to Windows XP. It’s a leap for those of us who are using Windows 7 now. The task bar isn’t. The charms bar is. The desktop isn’t (by default) the Metro UI is. One of the easiest ways to get around in Windows 8 is using keyboard shortcuts. With older versions of Windows keyboard shortcuts were nice but you could get around easily in other ways. Windows 8 just doesn’t look like Windows although most of your favorite Windows programs will run fine on Windows 8.<\/p>\n
We’re publishing a list of Windows 8 Release Preview Keyboard shortcuts because we know from experience that while many other things in Windows 8 may change between now and the official release in October 2012 — we’re pretty sure these Windows Key shortcuts won’t.<\/p>\n
Each of the following assumes the Windows Key is pressed first OK?<\/p>\n
Windows Key +<\/p>\n
C\u00a0 Opens the Charms bar
\nD\u00a0 Opens the classic Desktop
\nE\u00a0 Opens Windows Explorer
\nF\u00a0 Go to files in Search charm
\nG\u00a0 Cycle through desktop gadgets
\nH\u00a0 Share charm
\nI\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Settings charm
\nJ\u00a0 Switch focus between snapped and larger apps
\nK Devices charm
\nL\u00a0 Switch Users – Lock the desktop
\nM\u00a0 Minimize all windows on the desktop
\nO\u00a0 Switch screen orientation
\nP\u00a0 Projector Options
\nR\u00a0 Opens the Run dialog
\nT\u00a0 Cycle through open apps
\nU\u00a0 Opens Ease of Access Center
\nV\u00a0 Cycle\u00a0 through notifications (+Shift to go backwards)
\nW\u00a0 Go to settings in charms bar
\nX\u00a0 Quick Link Power User Commands (opens Mobility Center if present)
\nZ\u00a0\u00a0 Opens App Bar<\/p>\n
There you go. There are many more keyboard shortcuts and Windows Key shortcuts and we’ll be featuring those as the Windows 8 launch day comes closer.<\/p>\n
For those of you who would like to try Windows 8, the Windows 8 Release Preview is available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n Keep in mind, once you install it, there’s no turning back…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Microsoft recently released its Windows 8 Release Preview. This probably will be the last preview before Microsoft releases Windows 8 to manufacturing and then to the public. By October, Windows 8 will be the “new” Windows — and Windows 7 will be the old Windows. Windows 8 is going to be a shocker for those of you who\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4412"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4412"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4412\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4413,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4412\/revisions\/4413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}