When you’re working in a Remote Desktop session, some of the standard Windows keyboard shortcuts don’t work exactly as you expect them to. The table lists the special keyboard shortcuts you can use in a Remote Desktop session.
| Shortcut | What It Does |
| Ctrl+Alt+Break | Toggles between full-screen and windowed views. |
| Ctrl+Alt+Pause | Similar to Ctrl+Alt+Break, but instead of maximizing the remote window to full screen, it displays the remote window against a black background. |
| Alt+Insert | Cycles between applications running on the remote desktop, the same as Alt+Tab on your local machine. |
| Alt+PageUp | Same as Alt+Insert. |
| Alt+PageDown | Similar to Alt+Insert, but reverses the order in which applications are cycled. This is the same as Alt+Shift+Tab on your local machine. |
| Ctrl+Alt+End | Sends a Ctrl+Alt+Del to the remote desktop. |
| Alt+Home | Brings up the Start menu on the remote system. |
| Alt+Delete | Opens the Windows menu on a window in the remote desktop. (The Windows menu is the one at the top left of every window, with options to move, resize, minimize, maximize, and close the window.) |
| Ctrl+Alt+Plus Sign (+) | Captures a screen image of the entire remote desktop and saves it to the Clipboard. This is the same as pressing Print Screen on your local machine. |
| Ctrl+Alt+Minus Sign (–) | Captures an image of the current window and saves it to the Clipboard. This is the same as pressing Alt+Tab on your local machine. |
