PHMost of us know how to minimize programs to the Taskbar, and how to click the program buttons on the Taskbar to maximize the program to use . . . but here are a few tricks.
Open several programs to run at the same time on the PC. For example: ACIS, Word, TAO/GUI email
Trick # 1 -
Alt-Esc Keyboard strokes that will allow you to quickly switch between open programs that are currently running full screen. Hold the Alt key and hit the Esc key to toggle through the open full screen programs. Release the Alt key when you see the program you want to use.
Trick # 2 -
Alt-Tab Keyboard strokes that will allow you to quickly switch between open programs while the programs are minimized or not. This is also different than Alt-Esc because when you hit the Tab key a dialogue window is displayed with icons representing all open programs. As you Hold the Alt key and hit the Tab key, a blue box will move from one opened program icon to another displaying the program name below. Release the Alt key when the program name you want to use is displayed and has a blue box around its icon.
Trick # 3 -
“Show Desktop” button (located on the Taskbar in Quick Launch bar) Click this button to immediately minimize all full screen programs to the Taskbar allowing you to quickly return to the desktop. Click this button again to return open windows/programs back to their previous positions.
If this button is not displayed, then Right click on your Taskbar, Click “Toolbars”, Click “Quick Launch”
Tricks to move quickly through Menus Without the mouse
Trick # 1 -
Ctrl-Esc (or Keyboard Key with an “MS Windows” picture on it, ) Keyboard keys/strokes that will access your Start button menu.
Trick # 2 -
Underlined Letters When searching though menus, when there is a word with an underlined letter, you can usually hit this letter on the keyboard to select the menu item. However, when beginning a search through menus in a MS office program (e.g. Word, Excel etc.), you must select the main menu item (File, Edit etc.) by holding the “Alt” Key while hitting the “Underlined Letter”.
Trick # 3 -
Arrow keys When searching through menus, use the arrow keyboard keys to navigate.
Trick # 4 -
Enter key When a menu is displayed and your next selection is highlighted, hit the Enter key to select.
Trick # 5 -
Esc key Use the Esc key to escape a current menu either to a previous menu or out of menus.
Open several programs to run at the same time on the PC. For example: ACIS, Word, TAO/GUI email
Trick # 1 -
Alt-Esc Keyboard strokes that will allow you to quickly switch between open programs that are currently running full screen. Hold the Alt key and hit the Esc key to toggle through the open full screen programs. Release the Alt key when you see the program you want to use.
Trick # 2 -
Alt-Tab Keyboard strokes that will allow you to quickly switch between open programs while the programs are minimized or not. This is also different than Alt-Esc because when you hit the Tab key a dialogue window is displayed with icons representing all open programs. As you Hold the Alt key and hit the Tab key, a blue box will move from one opened program icon to another displaying the program name below. Release the Alt key when the program name you want to use is displayed and has a blue box around its icon.
Trick # 3 -
“Show Desktop” button (located on the Taskbar in Quick Launch bar) Click this button to immediately minimize all full screen programs to the Taskbar allowing you to quickly return to the desktop. Click this button again to return open windows/programs back to their previous positions.
If this button is not displayed, then Right click on your Taskbar, Click “Toolbars”, Click “Quick Launch”
Tricks to move quickly through Menus Without the mouse
Trick # 1 -
Ctrl-Esc (or Keyboard Key with an “MS Windows” picture on it, ) Keyboard keys/strokes that will access your Start button menu.
Trick # 2 -
Underlined Letters When searching though menus, when there is a word with an underlined letter, you can usually hit this letter on the keyboard to select the menu item. However, when beginning a search through menus in a MS office program (e.g. Word, Excel etc.), you must select the main menu item (File, Edit etc.) by holding the “Alt” Key while hitting the “Underlined Letter”.
Trick # 3 -
Arrow keys When searching through menus, use the arrow keyboard keys to navigate.
Trick # 4 -
Enter key When a menu is displayed and your next selection is highlighted, hit the Enter key to select.
Trick # 5 -
Esc key Use the Esc key to escape a current menu either to a previous menu or out of menus.