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New Windows 11 Shortcuts That Every User Should Know

Professional Windows Users Often Try To Use Keyboard Shortcuts To Do Their Work On This Popular Operating System.
Of Course, In Addition To Professional Users, These Shortcuts Have Also Helped Many of us who want to save time. 

Windows 11, the latest version of the Microsoft operating system, has added many helpful keyboard shortcuts, which we will introduce in the following section.

Keyboard shortcuts are designed to speed up Windows’s regular operation and reduce the time required to travel long distances to perform trivial tasks by pressing multiple keys simultaneously.
Knowing these shortcuts can also reduce the need to use the mouse, and if it breaks down, you can continue working with Windows without any problems.

New Windows 11 shortcuts

The ability to split the screen into two or four parts should be considered one of the great features of Windows 10, which has become more valuable in Windows 11.
Windows 11 now allows you to split your monitor horizontally (one window in the top half and one window in the bottom half) in addition to breaking it vertically;

    • Windows keyAlt+ Up arrow key: Paste the active screen to the upper half of the screen
  • Windows keyAlt

+ Down arrow key: Paste the functional screen to the bottom half of the screen

Updated shortcuts in Windows 11shortcuts in Windows 11

Windows 11’s user interface has significantly changed compared to Windows 10. Some of its features, such as widgets, video calling applications, and chat Microsoft Teams, provide users with new experiences and, of course, new shortcuts.

On the other hand, the use of some shortcut keys, such as “Windows key + A

» In Windows 10, the Action Center has also changed. In the following, we will review these new shortcuts together;

  • Windows keyA

: Open the Quick Settings section

  • Windows keyC Open a recent conversation in Microsoft Teams
  • Windows keyH: Run the Windows 11 voice typing feature
  • Windows keyK

: Open Cast Quick Settings

  • Windows keyN

: Open the Notifications and Calendar Center

  • Windows keyW

: View Widgets

  • Windows keyZ

: View the layout of open windows

File Explorer shortcuts Windows 11

Now that we have reviewed all the new shortcuts, we will introduce the old but useful Windows keyboard shortcuts that move to File Explorer And make it very easy to find documents;

  • Windows keyE

Open File Explorer

  • Ctrl + E: Go to the search bar
  • Ctrl + N

: Open the active window as a new window

  • Ctrl + close the active window
  • Ctrl + M Activate Dark Mode
  • Ctrl

+ Mouse roller: zoom in and out on file icons

  • Ctrl + Shift + N

: Create a new folder

  • Ctrl + Shift + E

: Open the subfolders of the selected folder in the left panel

  • Alt + D Select the address bar
  • Ctrl

 ++ ShiftNumbers 1 to 8: Change how folders are displayed

  • Alt + Enter

: Open the Properties section for the selected file

  • Num Lock + (+) 

: Expand the selected drive or folder

  • Num Lock + (-) 

: Select the selected folder

  • Alt

+ Right arrow key: Go to the next folder

  • Alt

+ Left arrow key: Go to the previous folder

  • Alt

+ Up arrow key: Go to the main folder

If you also know a helpful shortcut key not on the list above, you can share it with other users in the comments section.