Practical Tips: "ALT"

Close the application: press Alt + F4 to close any application as soon as possible, instead of searching for and clicking exit or close in the File menu or toolbar ".

Switch application: Press and hold the Alt key, press the Tab key consecutively to display the icons of all programs currently running and the icons and names of the programs currently activated in a dialog box, you can immediately switch to the application by releasing the Alt key.

Open Control Menu: in the application, press Alt + Space key to open the system control menu.

Undo the previous step *: in the Windows 98 dialog box, you can use the Alt + Backspace key to undo all the operations on the edit box *. The effect is exactly the same as that of Ctrl + Z. This function is also applicable to Microsoft's word processing software, such as Notepad.

Pop-up drop-down list: in the dialog box, you can use the Alt + down arrow to bring up the selected drop-down list, so that you can move the mouse to find and click the drop-down arrow button in the list box.

Quick View attributes: press the Alt + Enter key combination or press and hold the Alt key while you left the mouse to double-click an object (such as folders, files, and icons on the desktop in the window on the right of the resource manager, the folder in the left window does not work), you can quickly open its "properties" dialog box. This function is equivalent to right-clicking and selecting "properties ".

Switch DOS window: press Alt + Enter to switch MS-DOS in the window and full screen mode.

Universal screenshot hotkey: when a beautiful screen appears on the screen when running a game or other application software, press Alt + PrintScreen, you can copy the content of the current active window or dialog box to the clipboard, and then call the "paint brush" or other tools.

Switch auxiliary options: for specific users who need to use the shortcut keys of the auxiliary options, the Alt key can also help. For example, you can press the left Alt + Left Shift + Print screen key to switch to the high contrast switch. Press the left Alt + Left Shift + Num Lock key to switch to the mouse key switch.

In Word 2000: When selecting text, if you press the Alt key and then drag the mouse, the column selection mode (otherwise, the row selection mode) is selected. When you drag a ruler or table line, you cannot see the exact data. However, if you press the Alt key before dragging or clicking, you can obtain the exact data.

Activate * as a command: press the Alt key to activate the menu bar of the activity window, so that the first menu of the menu bar becomes highlighted, press the Alt key and a letter to activate the menu items represented by the letter. For example, press Alt + F to activate the "File" menu in the current window. In addition, in the dialog box, press the Alt key and the underlined letter to select this option and execute the corresponding.

Terminate a process: Press Ctrl + Alt + Del to bring up a "close program" dialog box, select a process, and click "End Task" to terminate the process quickly. Press Ctrl + Alt + Del again to restart the computer.