Windows Tips & Tricks

Check here each month for tips and tricks to help make your computer use easier and smoother.

Move between windows without using your mouse

You are planning a trip to Hawaii. You have several browser windows open while you surf for the best hotel and flight fares. You have your email program open to
ask friends where to find the best beaches. You also have Word open so you can chart your itinerary. How do you move from window to window, program to program, without using your mouse?

It's toggle time.

Press Alt.
While holding down the Alt key, hit Tab. A dialog box appears.
Continue tapping the Tab key until you see the window you want to open.
Release the Alt key.

Toggling allows you to move from window to window and program to program without using your mouse. It's a shortcut that will save your wrists.