Alt-Tab

TIP OF THE DAY
Alt-Tab

In the first TOTD ever, we discussed combining the Winkey (Windows key) with various letters to achieve certain shortcuts.  Here is another: the Alt and Tab key.  If you are running more than one program, hold the Alt key (next to the space bar) and press & release the Tab key (keep holding the Alt key).  In the middle of your screen you will see an icon of each program that you are running, with a box around one of thew programs.  Press the tab key (while still holding the alt key) until the program you want to switch to has a box around it.  When you release the Alt key, windows will switch to the program you chose.  You can return to the last program you were viewing by pressing Alt-Tab once.  This is a really useful shortcut for switching quickly between Word documents you are editing.