1 Ctrl + X Cut the selected item. 2 Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert) Copy the selected item. 3 Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) Paste the selected item

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1 Tips and Tricks Recorder Actions Library XPath Syntax Hotkeys Windows Hotkeys General Keyboard Shortcuts Windows Explorer Shortcuts Command Prompt Shortcuts Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts Excel Hotkeys As our users demand more and more functions in RPA Express to respond to the challenges of their business cases, we are striving to fulfill these demands with new releases. But it's not possible to cover all possible use cases with new actions or improvements and enhancements of the available ones. At the same time, most of the cases can be automated with the use of the implemented functions. Though, this approach requires deep knowledge of both RPA Express functionality and the subject area. The present section is aimed to share such knowledge and experience with the RPA Express users to give some useful hints for solving the automation tasks. Recorder Actions Library Use the link below as a reference to the functions implemented as Recorder actions. Recorder Actions in RPA Express User Guide XPath Syntax Use the link below to learn about XPath and a few practical cases about dealing with the elements and objects on the HTML pages with the help of XPath. XPath at w3schools web-site Hotkeys The section contains the sets of hotkeys in Windows and Windows applications and utilities. Windows Hotkeys Microsoft Windows keyboard shortcuts General Keyboard Shortcuts 1 Ctrl + X Cut the selected item 2 Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert) Copy the selected item 3 Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) Paste the selected item 4 Ctrl + Z Undo an action 5 Alt + Tab Switch between open apps 6 Alt + F4 Close the active item, or exit the active app 7 Windows logo key + L Lock your PC 8 Windows logo key + D Display and hide the desktop 9 F2 Rename the selected item

2 10 F3 Search for a file or a folder in File Explorer 11 F4 Display the address bar list in File Explorer 12 F5 Refresh the active window 13 F6 Cycle through screen elements in a window or on the desktop 14 F10 Activate the Menu bar in the active app 15 Alt + F8 Show your password on the sign-in screen 16 Alt + Esc Cycle through items in the order in which they were opened 17 Alt + underlined letter Perform the command for the selected letter 18 Alt + Enter Display properties for the selected item 19 Alt + Spacebar Open the shortcut menu for the active window 20 Alt + Left arrow Go back 21 Alt + Right arrow Go forward 22 Alt + Page Up Move up one screen 23 Alt + Page Down Move down one screen 24 Ctrl + F4 Close the active document (in apps that are full-screen, and let you have multiple documents open at the same time) 25 Ctrl + A Select all items in a document or a window 26 Ctrl + D (or Delete) Delete the selected item and move it to the Recycle Bin 27 Ctrl + R (or F5) Refresh the active window 28 Ctrl + Y Redo an action 29 Ctrl + Right arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next word 30 Ctrl + Left arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous word 31 Ctrl + Down arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph 32 Ctrl + Up arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous paragraph 33 Ctrl + Alt + Tab Use the arrow keys to switch between all open apps 34 Ctrl + Alt + Shift + arrow keys When a group or a tile is in focus on the Start menu, move it in the direction specified 35 Ctrl + arrow key (to move to an item) + Spacebar Select multiple individual items in a window or on the desktop 36 Ctrl + Shift with any arrow key Select a block of text 37 Ctrl + Esc Open Start 38 Ctrl + Shift + Esc Open Task Manager 39 Ctrl + Shift Switch the keyboard layout when multiple keyboard layouts are available

3 40 Ctrl + Spacebar Turn the Chinese input method editor (IME) on or off 41 Shift + F10 Display the shortcut menu for the selected item 42 Shift with any arrow key Select more than one item in a window or on the desktop, or select text in a document 43 Shift + Delete Delete the selected item without moving it to the Recycle Bin first 44 Right arrow Open the next menu to the right, or open a submenu 45 Left arrow Open the next menu to the left, or close a submenu 46 Esc Stop or leave the current task Windows Explorer Shortcuts 1 Alt + D Select the address bar 2 Ctrl + E Select the search box 3 Ctrl + F Select the search box 4 Ctrl + N Open a new window 5 Ctrl + W Close the active window 6 Ctrl + mouse scroll wheel Change the size and appearance of file and folder icons 7 Ctrl + Shift + E Display all folders above the selected folder 8 Ctrl + Shift + N Create a new folder 9 Num Lock + asterisk (*) Display all subfolders under the selected folder 10 Num Lock + plus (+) Display the contents of the selected folder 11 Num Lock + minus (-) Collapse the selected folder 12 Alt + P Display the preview panel 13 Alt + Enter Open the Properties dialog box for the selected item 14 Alt + Right arrow View the next folder 15 Alt + Up arrow View the folder that the folder was in 16 Alt + Left arrow View the previous folder 17 Backspace View the previous folder 18 Right arrow Display the current selection (if it's collapsed), or select the first subfolder 19 Left arrow Collapse the current selection (if it's expanded), or select the folder that the folder was in 20 End Display the bottom of the active window 21 Home Display the top of the active window 22 F11 Maximize or minimize the active window

4 Command Prompt Shortcuts 1 Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert) Copy the selected text 2 Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) Paste the selected text 3 Ctrl + M Enter Mark mode 4 Alt + selection key Begin selection in block mode 5 Arrow keys Move the cursor in the direction specified 6 Page up Move the cursor by one page up 7 Page down Move the cursor by one page down 8 Ctrl + Home (Mark mode) Move the cursor to the beginning of the buffer 9 Ctrl + End (Mark mode) Move the cursor to the end of the buffer 10 Ctrl + Up arrow Move up one line in the output history 11 Ctrl + Down arrow Move down one line in the output history 12 Ctrl + Home (History navigation) If the command line is empty, move the viewport to the top of the buffer. Otherwise, delete all the characters to the left of the cursor in the command line. 13 Ctrl + End (History navigation) If the command line is empty, move the viewport to the command line. Otherwise, delete all the characters to the right of the cursor in the command line. Dialog Box Keyboard Shortcuts 1 F4 Display the items in the active list 2 Ctrl + Tab Move forward through tabs 3 Ctrl + Shift + Tab Move back through tabs 4 Ctrl + number (number 1 9) Move to the nth tab 5 Tab Move forward through options 6 Shift + Tab Move back through options 7 Alt + underlined letter Perform the command (or select the option) that is used with the selected letter 8 Spacebar Select or clear the checkbox if the active option is a checkbox 9 Backspace Open a folder one level up if a folder is selected in the Save As or Open dialog box 10 Arrow keys Select a button if the active option is a group of option buttons Excel Hotkeys Microsoft Excel keyboard shortcuts

5 1 Ctrl + O Open a spreadsheet 2 Ctrl + W Close a spreadsheet 3 Ctrl + S Save a spreadsheet 4 Alt + H Go to Home tab 5 Alt + N Go to Insert tab 6 Alt + P Go to Page Layout tab 7 Alt + A Go to Data tab 8 Alt + W Go to View tab 9 Alt + M Go to Formula tab 10 Ctrl + C Copy 11 Ctrl + V Paste 12 Ctrl + Z Undo 13 Ctrl + X Cut 14 Alt + H, H Choose a fill color 15 Ctrl + B Bold 16 Alt + H, A, then C Center align cell contents 17 Alt + H, B Add borders 18 Alt + H, B Delete column 19 Alt + H, D, then R Delete row 20 Alt + H, D, then S Delete sheet 21 Delete key Remove cell contents 22 Ctrl + 9 Hide the selected rows 23 Ctrl + 0 Hide the selected columns 24 Shift + F10, or Context key Open context menu 25 Ctrl + Shift + 8 Select a range 26 Ctrl + G, or F5 Go to cell

Switch between open apps Close the active item, or exit the active app

Switch between open apps Close the active item, or exit the active app Ctrl + X Ctrl + C (or Ctrl + Insert) Ctrl + V (or Shift + Insert) Ctrl + Z Alt + Tab Alt + F4 L D F2 F3 F4 F5 F6 F10 Alt + F8 Alt + Esc Alt + underlined letter Alt + Enter Alt + Spacebar Alt + Left arrow