Several magical uses of ALT key in Windows system

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There is an ALT key on the PC key, just like the shift, CTRL, in general, we all use it in conjunction with the other keys, it doesn't seem to work very well. In fact, to think carefully, it in the role of Windows can be big, do not believe, please see below. Believe that after reading this article, you will definitely be on your keyboard ALT key.

1. Quickly set up shortcuts

You are not unfamiliar with the shortcuts in Windows, through shortcuts we can very "fast" access to the appropriate programs, files or files, Web pages, etc., greatly facilitate the user. However, in Windows 2000 we do not create shortcuts if we drag and drop a program or folder to a specified folder. Instead, copy it (not on the same disk) or move (on the same disk) to the specified folder, so that you can open the folder on a layer by right-clicking the mouse and then selecting new shortcut , find the location of these programs or folders to create shortcuts for them, very troublesome. In fact, when you drag a folder, file or program, try to press the ALT key, the cursor will become a link-like, at this time release the mouse, you can create a shortcut in the current position. This method also applies to Windows Me and Windows NT.

2, select the dropdown box content

Using the mouse in Windows is very convenient, but often our mouse will occasionally "strike", at this time, in addition to using the keyboard, we can use what? And there's a lot of content in Windows that is provided by the following dropdown box, the corresponding software is only the default contents of the Drop-down box selected, if you want to choose other content, of course, the mouse can be easily clicked with the mouse, while only the CD-ROM when you press the TAB key to switch focus to the dropdown box, and then press ALT + Up or down arrows can be selected.

3. Fast Switch focus

In Windows dialog boxes generally have more than one item, such as input boxes, drop-down boxes, buttons, options boxes, and so on, and sometimes click on the mouse instead of using the keyboard to choose easily. If you have a name (C) and a password (P) in one window, you can choose between at this point, as long as we press ALT+C can quickly switch to the name of the item, and press the ALT+P can quickly switch to the password entry, the law is to press the ALT key does not release, and then press the letter after the object (ie ALT + underlined letter It is convenient to execute the appropriate command or select the appropriate option.

4. Enter characters not on the keyboard

We can only enter some characters on the keyboard, in fact, hold down the ALT key, and then on the numeric keypad on the number of characters to enter the decimal code value of the key, and so on, the release of the ALT key can also enter the keyboard does not have characters.

If the first number you type is "0", the value is recognized as a code point or character value in the current input locale. For example, when the current input area is set to English (United States) (code page 1252:windows Latin-1), holding down the ALT key and typing "0163" on the numeric keypad will produce a pound sign ￡ (U+00A3). In the current input area is "Russia" (code page 1251:windows Cyrillic), the same key order produces the Cyrillic Capital Letter JE (u+0408).

If the first digit you type is any number of "1" through "9", the value is recognized as the code point in the System OEM code page. Depending on the Windows system locale specified in the Regional Options in Control Panel, the results are different. For example, if your system locale is English (United States) and the code page is 437 (MS-DOS Latin America), just hold down the ALT key and type "163" on the numeric keypad to enter ú (U+00FA, accented lowercase latin U). If the system locale is "Greek" (OEM code page 737 MS-DOS Greece), the same sequence will produce Greek lowercase MU (U+03BC).

So, did we give Windows "add" another input method?

5. Quickly open Windows Task Manager

When we want to end a deadlock-locked Windows program or process in Windows 9x and Windows Me, this is done through Windows Task Manager. In Windows 2000, you can open the Windows Security window by pressing the Ctrl+alt+del key in the case of a task, and then press the ALT+T key to turn on Windows Task Manager to select the task you want to end or add a new task.

6, copy the contents of the specified window

You must be familiar with the Printscreen keys on your keyboard, and you can use it to crawl content on the Windows desktop, including its open windows, onto the system's clipboard. However, pressing the Printscreen key to copy the entire screen image to the Clipboard, sometimes we do not need all the screen content, and only need a window, if the use of Printscreen key to the entire desktop content to the Clipboard and then paste after the trouble, Secondly, cutting is not necessarily ready, a bit of bad will have to start again. In fact, we press the Alt+printscreen key to copy the image of the currently active window to the Clipboard rather than the entire window, which is very precise. However, the author would like to remind you that using the Printscreen key or the Alt+printscreen key can crawl the contents of the screen or the current active window content to the Windows system Clipboard, but sometimes in order to get a more realistic effect, often need to grasp with the cursor together. At this time printscreen and Alt+printscreen keys can do nothing. At this time, we can use some professional capture software such as Hypersnap-dx Pro, Capture Professional and so on software, they all provide with the mouse cursor crawl function.

7. Fast switching tasks

Do you think it's hard to find a lot of tasks in a single window? Whenever you press the ALT + TAB key, you can cycle through open windows by providing you with a number of tasks that are already open in Windows, including dialog boxes as icons. When you select, loosen the ALT + TAB key to quickly switch focus to the task. Pressing ALT+ESC then loops through the tasks that are already open.

8. Close the window quickly

Is there a time to go into a program and found that it did not turn off the button or the corresponding close option to exit, and even press the Ctrl+alt+del key and win Button also does not help (this program ran Windows API function will be the system hotkey already screen)? However, it does not matter, regardless of how, try to press the ALT+F4 key, how, pour engraved between the familiar Windows desktop? If your current window is the desktop, the "Shut Down System" dialog box appears when you press the ALT+F4 key, which is much more convenient than clicking "Start" and "shutdown" on one layer at a time.

9. View the properties of the selected item

After selecting an object in Windows Explorer, we often want to look at its properties. In general, we all click the "Properties" button on the toolbar or right-click, and choose Properties from the Slide menu to view the property information for the selected item. However, have you ever tried to press the Alt+enter key (that is, enter) directly after the object is selected? How, the property window is not immediately present.

10. Shortcut keys for accessibility options

Windows 2000 design Accessibility options for disabled people with mobility disabilities This component allows disabled people to configure and use their systems to provide a more comfortable computing environment to help them minimize the impact of their activities on their work. At this point the ALT key is very useful for them. Press the left side of Alt + left Shift+print screen can switch high contrast on and off, and press the left side of Alt + left Shift+num LOCK can switch the mouse button on and off, of course, the top hotkey such as ALT + TAB, ALT+ESC, ALT + Underline word line and so on he also applies.

11, half angle input full angle punctuation mark

Under normal circumstances, we can not enter full-width punctuation in the case of a half-width, but in WPS 2000, the ALT + punctuation key, regardless of whether there is currently open Chinese input method and regardless of whether the current is in the Full-width state, can directly insert full-width punctuation. The keys and the input punctuation are as follows:

Key Full Angle punctuation

Alt +,,

Alt +. 。

Alt + <

Alt + >

Alt + ' ""

Alt +/,

Alt + ...

In this way, we have a lot of convenience, no longer in the full and half corner of the state switch back and forth, this method for the input of Chinese and English mixed paper most useful.