User's Manual

Getting Started

28 Keyboard Shortcuts

Keyboard Shortcuts

A variety of keyboard shortcuts are provided to enable you to

quickly access or action items on the desktop:

• Display the

: Shift + Esc

• Switch to next connection: Ctrl + Alt + Tab

• Next window: Ctrl + Alt + Up

• Previous window: Ctrl + Alt + Down

• Minimize window: Ctrl + F12

• Minimize all windows: Ctrl + Alt + End

• Close active window: Ctrl + Alt + F4

• Command prompt: Ctrl + Alt + X

• Run screen saver: Ctrl + Alt + L

• Display system info: Ctrl + Alt + I

You can change the default keyboard shortcuts and define your own

using the

Keyboard dialog which is displayed from the Control

Panel

. Refer to the section “Keyboard Shortcuts” on page 240 for

details.

Menu Item Selection If a menu item includes an underlined character, press that key on

the keyboard together with the Shift key to highlight the menu item.

You can then press the Return key to select or action the item.

Using the Keyboard to Navigate the Display

On the desktop, in menus and windows, pressing the Up, Down,

Left or Right arrow keys will cause the next or previous item on the

display to be selected, depending on which key was pressed. Press-

ing the Return key will action the selection.

In a dialog, if it displays two or more tabs of setup options, pressing

the Left or Right arrow keys will allow you to select the required