COMPUTER TIPS & TRICKS

September 2004

USE THE KEYBOARD FOR GETTING MENUS

It is often faster to use the keyboard instead of the mouse, here are some great keyboard tricks.

On the title of each menu at the top of your screen you will see that the F, E, V, I, o, T, a, W, H are all underlined.

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The underlined letter is the key to using the keyboard to open the menus.

To open a menu hit the Alt key and the underlined letter for the menu you want to open (F for the File, E for the Edit, etc.).

Use the up and down arrows to scroll through the menu choices.

When you get a sub-menu, click the right arrow key and it will open the sub-menu—then use the up and down arrows to scroll through the sub-menu. To depart the sub-menu click the left arrow key.

Another way to choose is to click the underlined letter of the menu. If there is a sub-menu, it will open automatically.

To move from menu to menu, click on the left and right arrow keys (when you’re not on a choice with a sub-menu). When you find what you want click Enter.

If you want to get out of the menus click on Esc.