Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts
On 19 Aug 2005 at 18:14, Barbara Touburg wrote: > "Phil Daley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > At 8/18/2005 06:36 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > > > >> My mistake, it's Windows+U > > > > > >Well, that does nothing on my Win2K PC. > > > > Appears to be a WinXP thing. > > It works on my system (Win2000SP3). Turns out I'd disabled the system service that runs it. I disable a lot of system services that are completely unnecessary for my use. I vaguely remember accidentally starting it in the past, and that's perhaps why I disabled the system service for it, just so I wouldn't have the annoyance. I doubt it's much of a security risk, which is the usual reason I judiciously disable system services. -- David W. Fentonhttp://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associateshttp://www.bway.net/~dfassoc ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts
It works on my system (Win2000SP3). - Original Message - From: "Phil Daley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Finale list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 19, 2005 1:15 PM Subject: Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts > At 8/18/2005 06:36 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: > > >> My mistake, it's Windows+U > > > >Well, that does nothing on my Win2K PC. > > Appears to be a WinXP thing. > > >What is the "Utility manager," in any event? I don't recognize the > >term. > > It is a shortcut to the accessibility stuff, the magnifier, the screen > reader, etc. > Phil Daley < AutoDesk > > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley > > > > ___ > Finale mailing list > Finale@shsu.edu > http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale > ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts
At 8/18/2005 05:05 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >So, I think it's a mistake to divide this list of shortcuts up the >way it's done, as it tends to suggest that the shortcuts apply in >circumstances narrower than they actually are. If you have a keyboard >shortcut that you like in one context, try it somewhere else -- it >just might work! Good point. Tell Microsoft. That list is from the Windows help file. Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts
At 8/18/2005 06:36 PM, David W. Fenton wrote: >> My mistake, it's Windows+U > >Well, that does nothing on my Win2K PC. Appears to be a WinXP thing. >What is the "Utility manager," in any event? I don't recognize the >term. It is a shortcut to the accessibility stuff, the magnifier, the screen reader, etc. Phil Daley < AutoDesk > http://www.conknet.com/~p_daley ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts
On 19 Aug 2005 at 0:24, Owain Sutton wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > On 18 Aug 2005 at 22:28, Owain Sutton wrote: > >>My mistake, it's Windows+U > > > > Well, that does nothing on my Win2K PC. > > > > What is the "Utility manager," in any event? I don't recognize the > > term. > > On my system it gives access to the narrator, an onscreen keyboard and > a magnifier - and the way the list is presented makes it look like > other accessibility options can be installed to appear there. OK, I guess that has to be loaded first in order for the system to respond to the command. Either that, or it's something specific to WinXP. There's some keystroke command that turns the screen upside down, too. I found out about it when somebody in the office I was working in happened to strike those keys accidentally and ended up with an upside-down screen. I was able to find the solution by Googling a bit. Ah, yes, just checking, it's Ctrl-Alt-Up Arrow, if your video card supports it (and it's a toggle -- it just rotates 180 degrees more each time you strike it). I think the only time it's useful would be if you're using a laptop with a screen projector, or in a kiosk scenario where for whatever reason, the screen has to be upside down. I notice at NYU they have these announcement boards that are large flat screen HDTV monitors turned vertically that happen to be driven by what looks like NT 4 -- one time I saw one with the NT 4 desktop, squished to be every tall and narrow. But I digress. . . -- David W. Fentonhttp://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associateshttp://www.bway.net/~dfassoc ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts
On 18 Aug 2005 at 22:28, Owain Sutton wrote: > David W. Fenton wrote: > > On 18 Aug 2005 at 20:45, Owain Sutton wrote: > > > >>Three more: > >> > >>Windows+R Run > >>Windows+F Find > >>Windows+N Utility manager > > > > This latter one means nothing to me. Is that WinXP-specific? It does > > nothing on my Win2K machine. > > My mistake, it's Windows+U Well, that does nothing on my Win2K PC. What is the "Utility manager," in any event? I don't recognize the term. > > To log off, I hit Windows key, then L (you have to have placed the > > Log Off shortcut on the start menu for this to work). > > Forgot this (although it may be XP-only): Windows+L locks the system > so the current user is the only one able to log back in On Win2K or NT 4, that's Ctrl-Alt-Del, then K. -- David W. Fentonhttp://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associateshttp://www.bway.net/~dfassoc ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts
On 18 Aug 2005 at 20:45, Owain Sutton wrote: > Three more: > > Windows+R Run > Windows+F Find > Windows+N Utility manager This latter one means nothing to me. Is that WinXP-specific? It does nothing on my Win2K machine. Also, keep in mind that the Start Menu is a *MENU* and you can use the Windows key to activate it and then single letter keys to choose specific items listed on it. This is one reason I always rename the shortcuts for Microsoft's Office programs, since they all start with "Microsoft," which makes keyboard activation useless. For instance, to shut down my computer, I hit Windows key, then U, then ENTER. To log off, I hit Windows key, then L (you have to have placed the Log Off shortcut on the start menu for this to work). -- David W. Fentonhttp://www.bway.net/~dfenton David Fenton Associateshttp://www.bway.net/~dfassoc ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts
On 18 Aug 2005 at 8:33, Phil Daley wrote: > Using "Windows" key > > Minimize all open windows Windows+M > Bring them back Shift Windows+M > Reveal the desktop Windows+D > Bring them back Windows+D again > Another way to switch programs Windows+Tab Enter use multiple tabs to > cycle The traditional method being Alt-Tab. The difference is that Alt-Tab uses a separate window to display the icons for the running programs, where as Windows-Tab uses the TaskBar. Alt-Tab will show programs that don't have a TaskBar icon. > Using shortcut keys in Windows > > Activate the menu bar in programs F10 The Alt key by itself does the same thing, which, to me, makes far more sense than using F10, since you're going to need Alt to choose something from the menu with the keyboard. > Carry out the corresponding command on the menu ALT+underlined letter in menu > Close the current window in Multiple Document Interface (MDI) >programs. CTRL+F4 > Close the current window or quit a program ALT+F4 > Copy CTRL+C > Cut CTRL+X Paste Ctrl-V > Delete DELETE > Display Help on the selected dialog box item F1 > Display the current windows system menu ALT+SPACEBAR > Display the shortcut menu for the selected item SHIFT+F10 Or the Windows context menu key, the orphan key in the righthand shift key row, between the right Windows key and the right Ctrl key. > Display the Start menu CTRL+ESC Or the Windows key by itself. > Display the system menu for MDI programs ALT+HYPHEN (-) > Paste CTRL+V Why so out of order for this? > Switch to the window you last used > -Or- > Switch to another window by holding down ALT while repeatedly > pressing TAB > ALT+TAB > > Undo CTRL+Z This is not fully implemented system-wide in Windows, and it's not always implemented in every aplplication. But it's worth trying any time you want to UNDO something. And I'd add: Redo Ctrl-Y OR Redo SHIFT-Ctrl-Z > -- > > Using Shortcut keys in dialog boxes > > Cancel the current task ESC And Escape can be used multiple times to cancel multiple tasks. For instance, the reason ESC cancels a dialog box (if it does) is that the programmer has set the Cancel or Close button as the default key to respond to ESC. So, you could, say, drop down the Look In list, and hit ESC to collapse it, and then hit ESC again to close the dialog. > Click a button if the current control is a button > -Or- > Select or clear the check box if the current control is a check box > -Or- > Click the option if the current control is an option button >SPACEBAR Option groups (radio buttons) can also be navigated with the arrow keys, once the option group has the focus. For buttons, the ENTER key may also work as equivalent to the mouse click or the SPACEBAR, but in a dialog it may also activate the OK or CLOSE button (which may be mapped as the default for the ENTER key). This is a confusing aspect of the implementation of Windows dialog boxes in which there are really two focus points, the one highlighted with the dotted line outline inside the button, and the dark highlight around the outside of the 3D area of the button. The former shows which button the SPACEBAR command will be sent to, while the latter indicates the default button in the dialog, the one that will receive the ENTER command. The ENTER key will work on command buttons only when no default has been mapped for the ENTER key, something you can tell only by looking very carefully at the OK/CLOSE button. > Click the corresponding command ALT+underlined letter > Click the selected button ENTER Again, whether or not this will work as expected will depend on the context, as outlined in the paragraph above. > Move backward through options SHIFT+TAB > Move backward through tabs CTRL+SHIFT+TAB > Move forward through options TAB > Move forward through tabs CTRL+TAB Note that some versions of the Mozilla browser family have implemented this differently. Non-Windows UIs define different behaviors for Tab/Ctrl-Tab, and those were implemented in the first tabbed versions of Mozilla. Firefox implemented Windows standard behavior (as above) from the beginning, because one of the missions of the Firefox project was to create a version of Mozilla that was very specifically adapted to the UI conventions of the OS on which it was running (and they started with the Windows version, in part because at the time, the Windows version of Mozilla was quite slow, because of the overhead of the XUL layer in which the UI was implemented; i.e., it was using non-native UI widgets). After Firefox adapted Windows-standard Tab/Ctrl-Tab navigation, the keyboard shortcut was folded into the larger Mozilla project. All current versions of Mozilla use Tab/Ctrl-Tab for tab navigation. But this is an area where there is a wide variety of implementations, partly because Microsoft over the years has provided many diffe
Re: [Finale] OT: Windows Keyboard shortcuts
Phil Daley wrote: FYI: Here's the list I have: *Using "Windows" key * Minimize all open windows Windows+M Bring them back Shift Windows+M Reveal the desktop Windows+D Bring them back Windows+D again Another way to switch programs Windows+Tab Enter use multiple tabs to cycle Three more: Windows+R Run Windows+F Find Windows+N Utility manager ___ Finale mailing list Finale@shsu.edu http://lists.shsu.edu/mailman/listinfo/finale
