Troubleshooting guide

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Using Microsoft Windows XP
Windows Shortcuts and Miscellaneous Tasks
Windows Shortcuts and Miscellaneous Tasks
This section provides a list of windows shortcuts (key combinations) that are useful
when you operate the instrument without an attached mouse and keyboard. (See also
“Navigating Windows Without a Mouse” on page 66.) Although these shortcuts are
available in any Windows XP system, they are not commonly used when a mouse
and keyboard are attached.
Windows shortcuts (key combinations)
You can use the following combinations of front panel keys to perform basic
windows tasks when using the instrument without an attached mouse and keyboard.
Windows shortcut key combinations
To do the following: Press:
Display the Windows Start Menu
Ctrl+Esc
Cycle through all open applications
Alt+Tab
Select the first menu of a menu bar
Alt
Move through menu headings
Left Arrow, Right Arrow
Open (drop down) a menu
Down Arrow
Move through items in an expanded menu
Up Arrow, Down Arrow
Close the current menu selection
Esc
Cancel the current menu bar selection
Alt
Open an application’s control menu (usually the
left-most menu on the menu bar, starting with File)
Alt+Select
In a dialog: move between tabs
Ctrl+Tab
In a dialog: move forward through dialog box items
Tab
In a dialog: move backward through dialog box items
Shift+Tab
In a dialog: open a list box
Alt+Down Arrow
In a dialog list box or check box: select or deselect
items
Select
In a dialog list box or check box: select or deselect
one item at a time
Shift+Up Arrow,
Shift+Down Arrow
In My Computer, expand a selected folder
Enter
In My Computer, open a folder one level up from
the current folder
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