The new Windows 10 has sort of re-introduced the start menu that was missing in Windows 8, so pressing the Windows logo key by itself will also trigger the Windows 10 start button menu. In previous versions, pressing the Windows logo key will activate the Windows start button menu in the lower-left corner of your screen. On Windows 8, with its modern interface and infamous Windows 8 start screen, it will toggle between the Windows 8 start screen and Windows 8 desktop mode. Depending on the version of Windows that you’re using, it will respond a little differently. You can also just press the Windows logo key by itself.
Remember, you should toggle Unicode Hex Input for using these alt code shortcuts. For example, option and 2016 keys to type pipeline symbol like. On Mac documents like Pages, press alt or option key and type the Mac code. What you should know about the Windows logo key is that it is mostly also used in combination with a letter key in order to access certain Windows functions. For example, press 22EE then alt and x keys to type vertical ellipsis symbol like. I’m not here to join the hundreds of thousands who are arguing that this or that operating system is better or worse, I’m just trying to help those out who are switching from one OS to another. You might be sitting there wondering why the Windows world has to make things complicated and why they felt they needed to create yet another “special” key, namely the Windows key.
For example, the Undo shortcut would use Windows+Z instead of Command+Z. When using a Windows keyboard on a Mac, the Windows key is used instead of the Command key, and the Alt key is used in place of the Option key.
So you’re used to working on a Mac and now you found out how to use the CTRL key on your Windows keyboard. Although Windows and Mac keyboards feature most of the same keys, there are a few that differ. These shortcuts can be triggered on a Windows keyboard by using the CTRL + a, CTRL + f, CTRL + p, CTRL + s etcetera.
The same holds true for other command key Windows shortcuts like command + a (select all), command + f (find), command + p (print), command + s (save) and so on. Using CTRL + z multiple times in a row will also, just like on a Mac, undo several of your last actions sequentially. Many Photoshop users for instance will be glad to know that the Windows counterpart of the Mac command + z shortcut (the UNDO command) is CTRL + z in analogy with the other CTRL + letter combinations. Yes, your other familiar command key Windows shortcuts will work similarly like the CTRL + c combination. What About The Other Windows Command Key Combo’s? To perform your day-to-day copy-paste commands, use the CTRL key inĬonjunction with the familiar letters on your keyboard, rather than the Key + c etc but CTRL + c, CTRL + x and CTRL + v.ĬTRL means the control key, which sits directly to the left of the Windows command key on your keyboard. It’s good to know that the Windows combinations for command + c, command + x and command + v are NOT the Windows logo That out of the way, let's take a look at the command key Windows counterparts of the Mac.