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Navigate Using Keyboard Shortcuts

Although the mouse is the norm for controlling Windows, there are some tasks that can be performed quicker using the keyboard and of course they're handy to know if your mouse stops working. Press the Alt key to move to the menu bar when you are in a window. If you see a menu name with a letter underlined, pressing that letter will take you to that menu item. Then if an item contained in that menu has an underlined letter, you can press that letter to select the item. Press the Tab key to move between buttons, boxes or text areas, and press Enter to 'click' on a button. If you want to close down, Alt+F4 will close the current application, or if there are no programs open, the keys will close Windows down.