What does Alt + F do?

Alt + F is one of the keyboard shortcuts that can be performed by using the Alt and F keys on the keyboard. Alt + F is a keyboard shortcut that opens the file menu or file tab while using the program or application.

How to create the Alt + F keyboard shortcut on the Keyboard?

To create the Alt + F shortcut on the Keyboard, press the "Alt" key and hold it until you press the "F" key. The representation of the Alt + F shortcut is as in the image below. The Alt key is present on either side of the space bar key.

Alt + F usage in Excel and spreadsheet applications

When we use Alt + F keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Excel or other spreadsheet application programs, it opens and displays the file menu in the Ribbon.

Alt + F usage in Microsoft PowerPoint

When we use Alt + F keyboard shortcut in Microsoft PowerPoint, it opens and displays the file menu or files tab in the Ribbon.

Alt + F usage in Microsoft word

If we press the Alt + F keyboard shortcut in Microsoft Word or other word processors, it again opens and displays the file menu in the Ribbon.

Alt + F usage in Internet browsers

When we use the Alt + F in the Internet browsers like Google Chrome, and Mozilla Firefox, it will open the file menu or menu based on the browser.

The Alt + f in the Microsoft Edge browser opens the Setting and More menu, also called meatballs.

Alt + F usage in Popular programs

1) Alt + F in General

• Arch Linux - It shifts the cursor position to one word towards the right side.
• Ardour - It displays the rhythm ferret window
• Brave (Windows) - It opens the main menu
• Google Chrome - It opens the file menu or files tab
• Microsoft Edge - It opens the settings and more menus (meatballs menu "?")
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11 - It opens the file menu or files tab
• Mapedit (Blood) - It opens and sets the first wall
• Windows XP - It shows the File menu

2) Alt + F in Text editing

• Google Docs(PC) - It opens and displays the file menu
• QownNotes 19.10.10 - It searches notes in all subfolders and tags
• Most used text editing - It opens the file menu
• Microsoft Word 2019 - It opens the file page and helps to use the Backstage view.
• Nano - It turns on or off the numerous file buffers

3) Alt + F in Imaging

• Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - It activates the Filters
• Autodesk 3ds Max 2021 - It filters the chosen Polygons
• Autodesk Maya 2019 - It floods with a present value
• Blender - It fills up the design faces
• DesignSpark Mechanical 5.0 - It opens the file menu
• Gmsh 4.1.4 - It interchanges the redraw mode between fast or full
• Harmony 20 in macOS - It displays or conceals the functions
• Harmony - It displays or conceals the functions
• Lightworks - It pastes the saved database columns
• Microsoft Paint - It opens the file menu
• Modo 12.1 - It shows the Screen
• Nuke - It produces Flipbook for the node
• OpenToonz 1.4 - It displays or conceals the Full Screen
• Paint.Net - It exits the Paint.Net when we press the X key after using the Alf + F shortcut
• SketchUp - It opens the Follow me the tool
• Tahoma2D 1.1 - It displays or conceals the full-screen
• vecta.io - It does the fragment
• 3D Coat - It switches the frozen view

4) Alt + F in System tools

• Bash in Unix shell - It moves forward by one word
• i3(Window manager) - It switches the full-screen mode
• zsh - It shifts the cursor position by one word toward the right
• ZOC 7.23 - It selects the view and then opens Find in Scrollback

5) Alt + F in Developer tools

• Advanced Serial Port Terminal 6 - It discovers the text
• EOS Family 3.0.0 - It highlights the palette
• pgAdmin 4.19 - It filters the dialog
• TouchDesigner - It opens the File Explorer
• Tampermonkey Development Environment - It chooses similar parts to the present version
• Unreal Engine 5.0 - It displays the fog

6) Alt + F in File manager

• PuTTY - It shifts the cursor by one word towards the right in the present line
• PuTTY - It shifts towards the right(forwards)
• WinRAR - It opens the file menu

7) Alt + F in Media player

• GOM Player - It opens the Manage favorites menu
• MusicBee - It displays the present playing track finder
• PotPlayer 1.7 - It opens the Font settings
• Winamp - It turns up the main menu

8) Alt + F in Games(PC)

• Albion Online (PC) - It shows spell slot
• Irssi 1.2.3 - It shifts the cursor towards the right by one word
• Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - It keeps the Screen in view on the chosen merc during turn-based
• NetHack - It forces a lock
• RaceRoom - It sets FFB
• StarCraft 2 - It shows the Alliance options
• StarCraft - It switches the display of the production panel
• War Thunder(Tank) - It seals the radar indicator type
• Zoom - It enters or exits the Full Screen

9) Alt +F in Productivity

• Author-It - It opens the file menu in the library Explorer or the Editor
• Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - It fills the window with a selection
• Avid Pro Tools 2021.6 - It does the zoom and scrolls timeline, excluding MIDI events
• Bitwig Studio 4.2 - It switches the folded notes lanes
• Davinci Resolve 17 windows - It opens the enhanced viewer
• Edius Pro 9 - It shows the source clip
• Edraw Max 9.4 - It fills and shadows
• FL Studio 20 - It opens the Flam
• Google Sheets - It opens the file menu
• Google Docs - It opens the file menu
• iSpring QuizMaker 8 - It opens the Application menu
• LumaFusion - It opens Fit & Frame Editor
• Lacerte - It gets forms from the tab
• Microsoft Access 2019 - It opens the file page
• Microsoft Access 2019 - It turns up the wizard
• Microsoft Powerpoint 2019 - It opens the file page
• Microsoft Excel 2019 - It opens the file page and uses a backstage view
• Nimbus Note - It searches and replaces
• Nuendo 10 - It does the Invert
• Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - It chose the fields box
• Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 -It opens the print tab in the backstage view after pressing the P key
• Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - It prints an item from an open window after clicking P, F, and 1 key
• Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - It chooses the printer from the print view by clicking on the P and I keys on the Keyboard
• Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - It chooses the print options dialog box by clicking on the P, and R keys on the Keyboard
• Rekordbox 6 - It discovers the collection
• Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - It does the invert
• SAGE PE Batigest i7 - It gets access to change ofsupplier according to the purchase price or shipping times
• SAGE PE Batigest i7 - It opens the Fee window
• Screencastify - It highlights the mouse
• Smartsheet in Windows - It opens the file menu
• Studio One 5.4 - It opens the Event FX Editor
• Thinkorswim - It shows the Flat position
• Virtual DJ 2021 - It decks left pad 4
• Voyager - It opens the file menu
• Veritas eDiscovery Platform - It switches the full-screen mode
• Wondershare Filmora 10.1.6 - It appends the Freeze Frame

10) Alt + F in Scientific

• EasyEDA - It opens the footprint manager
• GeoGebra - It creates the phi(Press shift to get the upper-case phi)
• Maple - It opens the file menu
• Netcad GIS 8 - It opens the main menu
• UCAT - It attaches the flag to a question

How is Ctrl + F different from Alt + F?

Alt + F opens the file menu when used in browsers (like Chrome, Firefox, Edge) and applications (like Microsoft Excel, PowerPoint, and Word), whereas the Ctrl + F brings up the find box in the browsers and applications. The find box is used to search text and characters in long paragraphs or documents.

Alt key: Alt is a key that is present on the Keyboard. The full form of alt is alternate.Alt, a modifier key is located on either side of the space bar key for the compatible keyboards with IBM. In Apple computer keyboards, the Alt key is not used, but they use the "option key" instead.

When we press the Alt key on the Keyboard, it highlights the file menu in the computer or displays the shortcuts in Office applications and programs along with the Ribbon (Example: Microsoft Office).