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Tips &
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Keyboard Tips

    Quick keystrokes that can save you miles of mouse travel and tons of "Clicks". These tips on this page are intended for those of you who may not have a "windows" keyboard, or if your "Windows" keys are inoperable. The complete listing, an online version and a printable, graphics free version is also available, of all Microsoft Windows Keyboard shortcuts is available here.

1.  Shift-F10: Right-mouse-click selected item
   Same as the "Menu" key on Windows Keyboards
2.  Ctrl-Esc: Display Start menu
   Same as the "Windows" key on Windows Keyboards
3.  Alt-[underlined letter]: Select menu command
4.  Alt-Esc: Switch to Taskbar's "next" open window
5.  Alt-Tab: Switch among open windows (hold Alt and continue to press Tab)
6.  Alt-F4: Close active window
7.  Alt-spacebar, N: Minimize active window
8.  Alt-spacebar, X: Maximize active window
9.  Alt-spacebar, R: Restore active window
10.  Alt-spacebar, C: Close active window
11.  Ctrl-F10: Switch focus to menu commands (in any Explorer window)
12.  Ctrl-Tab: Rotate through dialog box tabs
13.  Ctrl-Shift-Tab: Rotate through dialog box tabs in reverse
14.  Ctrl-Alt-Del: Display Close Program dialog box
15.  Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Shift-F10: Right-mouse-click Start button
16.  Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Tab, Tab: Shift focus to desktop icons
17.  Ctrl-Esc, Esc, Tab, Shift-F10, M: Minimize open windows

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