ALT |
the Alt key on the keyboard |
CTRL |
the Ctrl (Control) key on the keyboard |
F1 through F12 |
the F1 through F12 keys on the keyboard |
SHIFT |
the Shift key on the keyboard |
SPACE |
the Spacebar on the keyboard |
TAB |
the Tab key on the keyboard |
ENTER |
the Enter key on the keyboard |
ESC |
the Escape key on the keyboard |
AKEY through ZKEY |
the corresponding letter on the keyboard |
0KEY through 9KEY |
the corresponding number on the keyboard (above the letters) on the keyboard—not on the numberpad |
NUM0 through NUM9 |
the corresponding number on the numberpad—not on the keyboard above the letters ('Num Lock' usually needs to be enabled) |
NUM+ and NUM− |
the corresponding key on the numberpad |
Note for Windows 2000/XP users: do not press right Shift five times in a row as it turns on the Windows Sticky Keys. Doing so will mess up the ability for your keyboard to recognize commands. If the box for sticky keys appears, press cancel. If you don't need the accessibility features, you can disable sticky keys: go to Start → Settings → Control Panel; select Accessibility Options, and for each of the options, StickyKeys, FilterKeys, and ToggleKeys, (1) clear the "Use …" checkbox, and (2) press the "Settings…" button and clear the "Use Shortcut" checkbox.
LMB |
the left mouse button |
RMB |
the right mouse button |
MMB |
the middle mouse button or mouse wheel |
SCROLL |
refers to scrolling the wheel of the mouse |