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Windows Keyboard Secrets Event by Rick Archibald

Learn keyboard shortcuts and secrets to enhance your computer interaction. Discover the efficiency of keyboard over mouse. Join us for a special event!

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Windows Keyboard Secrets Event by Rick Archibald

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  1. Welcome to Windows Keyboard Secrets a HAL-PC Special Event presented by Rick Archibald Welcome

  2. Acknowlegements • Thanks • Sign-in • Sign-up for Labs • Donate !

  3. Who am I? • Started in 1964 in College • 1981 built a Heathkit -- CP/M • 2001 joined HAL-PC & HLUG • Linux Workshop SIG Leader • Helpdesk Volunteer • Instructor – “Basic Computer Use” et.al. • "Raised" on Command Line • Late-comer to "Winders" & Mice

  4. Who are You? Please raise your hands when I ask each question: • HAL-PC Members? • Future HAL-PC Members? • MS Windows Users? • Have Command Line (CLI) experience? • (CP/M, MS DOS, other DOS's, Unix/Linux/BSD) • Had RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury)? from • your mouse? ...your keyboard? ...something else? • Wants to interact faster with your computer?

  5. Why are we here? • Has your mouse ever died? • Tired of switching hands between mouse and keyboard? • Do you suffer from Mouse Wrist or Mouse Arm? • RSI (Repetitive Strain Injury) from too much mousing • Wonder what the underlined letters in your menus are for? • Tired of running out of room on the mouse pad? • Do you waste time moving "el raton" all around the screen? • Are you looking for a faster, easier way? • Do you just hate mice?

  6. Why are we all mouse-aholics? • It's our teachers' fault :) • Let's compare themouse to keyboard on the next 2 slides • Remember both are occasional RSI culprits

  7. Mouse-aholics 2 Mouse is: • Easy to teach • Easy to use in unfamiliar places • Very inuitive ("Point & Click") • Consistent speed: • SLOWER than a fast keyboard • FASTER than a slow keyboard

  8. Mouse-aholics 3 Keyboard is: • Harder to teach • Easy to use in _familiar_ places • Not inherently intuitive • Inconsistent speed • Much FASTER -- only if you "know the strokes"

  9. Keyboard Tour By Section: • Top Row • Esc / Function or F keys ("Fn") / Special • Typing • Tab, Enter, Backspace • Navigation • Number Pad – duplicated elsewhere • Numbers | Navigation or “Mouse on a keyboard” (MouseKeys)

  10. Helper Keys Overview • What are they? • What do they do? • How do they work • Where are they? • Who are they? • Who aren't they? • How do you use them?

  11. Helper Keys 1 What are they? • Fancy name "Meta Keys" • Confusing name "Shifting Keys" • Easy name "Helper Keys" What do they do? • Change the meaning of other keys

  12. Helper Keys 2 How do they work • Fancy name: "Chording" • as in chords on a guitar or piano • Easy idea: 2 (or more) keys at once • Example: "3 finger salute"Ctrl-Alt-Del Where are they? • Bottom 2 rows of the Typing (Main) Section • 2 of each -- right & left • Usually identical -- either one does what you want • Sometimes, fairly rarely, you must use a particular one

  13. Helper Keys 3 Who are they? • Control -- "Ctrl" • Alt -- "Alt" • Shift -- "Shift" • Windows Logo Key -- dual purpose • Windows Menu Key -- not strictly a helper key

  14. Official names: Menu Application key Menu key Windows Keys 2 keys added for MS Windows 95 Official names: • Logo • Windows logo key • WIN • Windows Key Unofficial: Flag & List

  15. Helper Keys 4 Helper Keys do not include the locking keys Those toggle (turn on & off) something Each has a light to show its state ("on" or "off") • Caps Lock (is not a Shift lock) • Num Lock (Number pad: numbers or navigation) • Scroll Lock (usually does nothing)

  16. Helper Keys 5 How do you use them? • Press Helper key(s) first • Press Action Key • Release Action Key • Release Helper key(s)

  17. The Best Secret of All • Most Simple • Most General • Most Intuitive • Easiest to Remember • In short -- the Most Important ALT + the underlined letter

  18. On the Desktop 1 -- OS shortcuts • ALT + TAB (Quick) • Toggles between 2 most recently used windows • ALT + TAB (& Hold) • Cycles though open windows, most recent first • ALT + SHIFT + TAB (& Hold) • Cycles though open windows, earliest first • MENU or SHIFT + F10 (mouse 2) • "Context Menu" • ALT + SPACE (upper left corner icon • Application Menu

  19. On the Desktop 2 -- LOGO Key • LOGO alone • toggle (display / hide) the Start (Main) Menu LOGO + ... • E Open Windows Explorer / My Computer • R Open the Run dialog box • F1 Open Windows Help • F Search for a file or folder • BREAK Open System Properties • (mouse 2 - My Computer)

  20. On the Desktop 3 -- More LOGO LOGO + ... • D Toggle show the desktop • M Minimize all windows • SHIFT + M Restore minimized windows • U Open Utility Manager • (& Magnifier)

  21. On the Desktop 3 -- LOGO & XP LOGO + ... • B Set focus on a notification • L Lock your computer ... or switch users Lock your computer if you are connected to a network domain, or switch users if you are not connected to a network domain.

  22. Function Keys • F1 Help • F2 Edit / Rename • F3 Search / Find Again • F4 Display Items • Address bar list in Windows Explorer • Active list in a dialog box • F5 Refresh • F6 Switch panes • F10 Menu bar • F11 Full Screen (sometimes)

  23. Navigation • TAB Moves between fields & buttons • Ctrl + TAB Moves between Tabs • Adding Shift moves backwards • Arrows also work inside panels • SPACE toggles: • Radio buttons • Check boxes

  24. Editing Ctrl + ... • X Cut (Move to Clipboard) • C Copy (to Clipboard) • V Paste (from Clipboard) • Z Undo • A Select All • Y Redo Del Deletes – lost, gone, no recovery

  25. Accessibility Options Control Panel | Accessibility Options • StickyKeys • FilterKeys • ToggleKeys • High Contrast • MouseKeys

  26. Resources • My home page: http://plato.smx.com • HLUG “Twiki”: http://twiki.hlug.org Contact me: 713 / 862 – 7368 M – F 6 – 9 RickArchibald+WinKeys@hal-pc.org

  27. Q & A Thank you for your attention It's your turn to ask the questions

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