I have not used short cut keys all that extensively in the past, but of late I have become more and more addicted to them. The problem is there are so many of them, and unless you use them often it is easy to forget them.

Of course they are documented, but like everything that Microsoft puts on its web site, the location for that documentation moves frequently.

As of this writing the best documentation for them that I could find is here. You can also download a poster in either color or gray scale for 2005 here, and for 2008 here. These downloads are actually PDF's. I was able to read, barely, the text printed in landscape of an 8 1/2 X 11 page. Because these locations move frequently I have also attached the files to this post.

Another excellent reference for keyboard shortcuts is this post from  Gustavo Bonansea which is basically a link listing of numerous references for shortcuts for numerous aspects of Windows based programs. The initial paragraph in this post is not in English, but the links and descriptions are.

Sara Ford's Weblog is an excellent all around source for Tips, Tricks, Keyboard Shortcuts, and lots of just good information. I heartily recommend subscribing to her blog.

And finally I am sure there are VB.NET specific versions of each of these. Google for them as needed.

If any of you find other resources of interest for this kind of information, please leave a comment or drop me a line and I will update this post.

Cheers,

Robert Porter

Files PDF's in ZIP format.