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USING THE DESKTOP AND THE START MENU

windows as a rotating stack (see Figure 1.6), and then press Tab repeatedly to bring the window

you want to the front. When the window is at the front, release the Windows Key. Press Windows

Key+Shift+Tab to move backward through the stack of windows. As with the Alt+Tab version of

Windows Flip, the Desktop appears in the stack of windows, so you can use Windows Key+Tab

to display the Desktop.

Figure 1.5

Press Alt+Tab to

“Windows Flip”

(switch) from one

open program to

another. Select the

Desktop item (the

rightmost icon shown

here) to display the

Desktop, hiding all

programs.

Figure 1.6

Press Windows

Key+Tab to display the

open windows and the

Desktop as a rotating

stack. You can also

select a window in

the stack by clicking

it with the mouse.

This version of Win-

dows Flip works only

with the Vista Aero

user interface.

You Can Now Switch to the Desktop via Windows Flip

In a handy improvement over switching programs in earlier versions of Windows, Windows Vista

includes an entry for the Desktop in the Windows Flip list. Selecting this item hides all programs, allow-

ing you to see everything on the Desktop. (In earlier versions of Windows, to get the same effect, you

would right-click the notification area or open space in the Taskbar and choose Show the Desktop.)

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