Windows for the Beginning User by Richard Acquistapace

Author:Richard Acquistapace [Acquistapace, Richard]
Language: eng
Format: epub, azw3
Published: 2016-01-05T23:00:00+00:00

Windows Logo Key+D: Clear the screen and show the desktop. Press again to unclear the screen.

Windows Logo Key+L: Locks your computer (Windows 7 and 8).

ALT+ENTER: Locks your computer (versions earlier than Windows 7 and 8). Windows Logo Key+P: Switch your presentation mode. Windows Logo Key +

“+” or “-" keys:

Allows you to magnify your current view. The more times you press the plus “+” key the more magnification you will get. Pressing the minus “-" key zooms back out. Notice that the “Magnifier” opens in the Taskbar. You can close the Magnifier by right clicking on the icon and selecting “Close Window” to exit.

SHIFT+Left Mouse Click: Select a list of files.

CTRL+Left Mouse Click: Select random files or folders

Windows Logo Key+Up, Down, Left, Right arrows: Move windowed applications to various positions

Windows Logo Key+R: Brings up the “Run” box in Windows 7 and 8

Windows Logo Key+E: Opens “Windows Explorer”

Windows Logo Key+F1: Opens the “Help” feature.

F2: Allowsyoutorenameafile or folder.

F5: Find, replace text or go to a word in a document.

F7: Opens the spell checker in Microsoft Word.

SHIFT+F7: Opens the thesaurus in Microsoft Word. * With a program in “Windowed” mode, left click and hold the

mouse button down in the “Title Bar” and move it to the far left or far

right of screen to position the window where you want it. It is great for

“Split” Window viewing, that is, when you have two applications in

“Windowed” mode, you can view them side-by-side or one on top of

the other. Moving the “Windowed” application to the top of the screen

opens the program in “Full Screen” mode – just like double-clicking on

the title bar.

* Using “Split Screen” windows is great when you are looking up

something on the internet such as a recipe or “how-to” instructions that

you want to copy and then paste into an open document.

* Remember that if you copy information from any source and

claim it to be yours it is plagiarism. Be sure to cite the information in the

body of your document as well as at the end of your document. There

are many sites on the internet that instructs how to do this.

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