Some Windows |
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by M. L. Giggleman |
Make life easy
Cycle between open windows: Alt+Tab, Alt+Tab, Alt+Tab, etc.
To cycle through open windows and minimized programs: Alt+ESC
Quickly minimize or maximize windows: Double-click on the Title Bar to minimize or maximize, depending on the current state.
Quickly move open windows: Click anywhere on the Title Bar, hold and drag.
Quickly arrange open windows: SHIFT+F4 - Tile - arrange open windows so all are visible and there is no overlapping.
Quickly arrange open windows: SHIFT+F5 - Cascade - stack open windows so only the title bars of all but the top window are visible.
Windows: Reserved Character Codes For Paintbrush, Notepad And Cardfile
Microsoft included a list of reserved character codes for use in printed output for Paintbrush, Notepad and Cardfile:
Code &d for current date
Code &f for current filename
Code &p for current page number
Code &t for current time
Formatting codes include:
Code &c to center text
Code &l to left justify text
Code &r to right justify text
Windows Write: Quick Text Selection
All commands below are used with the mouse pointer positioned to the left of a line. The mouse pointer is positioned correctly when it appears as an arrow rather than an I-beam. Many of these commands will also work in other Windows applications.
To highlight one line of text move mouse pointer to left of line, click once
To highlight entire line plus as above, hold down Shift key
To highlight paragraph move mouse pointer to left margin of paragraph, double-click
To highlight paragraph plus as above, hold down Shift key
To highlight paragraphs below continue double-clicking
To highlight entire document put mouse pointer in left margin, press Ctrl key while clicking
The following keystrokes may be used to select items in any document window:
To highlight one line of text UP, SHIFT+Up Arrow
To highlight one line of text DOWN, SHIFT+Down Arrow
To highlight current position to beginning of document SHIFT+Ctrl+Home
To highlight current position to end of document SHIFT+Ctrl+End
Windows Clipboard: Manipulating Selected Items
Once selected items are marked, use the following commands:
To cut highlighted area to clipboard press Ctrl+X or SHIFT+Del
To copy highlighted area to clipboard press Ctrl+C or Ctrl+Ins
To paste contents of clipboard press Ctrl+V or SHIFT+Ins
To copy entire screen to clipboard press PrintScrn
To copy active window to clipboard press Alt+PrintScrn
To undo last editing action press Ctrl+Z or ALT+BackSpace
Note that "Cut" removes the highlighted area from the source, while "Copy" does not.
Windows: Closing Windows And Quitting Applications
To quit Windows or to quit an application (if in Program Manager) press ALT+F4
To close active document window or group window press CTRL+F4
Windows Write: Keystroke Shortcuts To Position Pointer
Note: Use 5 on the Numeric Keypad ONLY with NUM LOCK off.
To move to next sentence press 5+Left Arrow
To move to previous sentence press 5+Right Arrow
To move to next paragraph press 5+Down Arrow
To move to previous paragraph press 5+Up Arrow
To move to next page(only if document has been paginated) press 5+PgDn
To move to previous page press 5+PgUp
Windows Write: Insert Manual Pagebreak
Position cursor where the Page Break should occur and press CTRL+Enter.
Windows Paintbrush: Keystroke Shortcuts
To simulate mouse:
To move cursor with Arrow Key
To click left press Ins
To click right press Del
To double-click left press F9+Ins
To drag press Ins+Arrow Key
Moving around
To move to left side of drawing press SHIFT+Home
To move to right side of drawing press SHIFT+End
To move to top press Home
To move to bottom press End
To move left one screen press SHIFT+PgUp
To move right one screen press SHIFT+PgDn
To move down one screen press PgDn
To move up one screen press PgUp
Windows Program Manager: Keystroke Shortcuts
To Move between groups press CTRL+F6 or CTRL+Tab
To Move between items within a Group Window press Arrow Key
Windows: Keystrokes To Switch Between Applications
To switch: Between applications press ALT+Tab
To switch: To next application press ALT+Esc
To switch: To previous application press SHIFT+Alt+Esc
To switch: To Task List press CTRL+Esc
To switch: To DOS Box: toggle press ALT+Enter
Windows: Bypass The Startup Group
Hold down the SHIFT key while Windows is loading to bypass the Startup Group.
Dos: Bypass The DOS Startup Files
Hold down the SHIFT key while DOS loads to bypass the CONFIG.SYS and AUTOEXEC.BAT.
M. L. Giggleman is a HAL-PC member who works contract as a PC Systems Specialist/Network Administrator.
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