These tips work in Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10 (all versions)<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n Some shortcuts make managing windows quicker and easier. For instance,\u00a0 you can quickly switch between your email, browser, e-mail, graphic programs, messenger, and other programs without using your mouse or touchpad.\u00a0 <\/span><\/p>\n Here are a few of them:<\/span><\/p>\n Minimize a window to your taskbar<\/strong><\/span> Maximize a window so it takes up your whole desktop<\/strong><\/span> Switch to the last window you had open<\/strong><\/span> Switch to any open program\/window<\/strong><\/span> Close a window<\/strong><\/span> Restore a window so it\u2019s visible but does not take up your whole desktop<\/strong><\/span> If you use these shortcuts often you’ll know them by heart and they will save you time. If you don’t use them often you’ll forget them, but at least now you know they exist.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Control Active Windows Using Your Keyboard These tips work in Windows 7, Windows 8x and Windows 10 (all versions) Some shortcuts make managing windows quicker and easier. For instance,\u00a0 you can quickly switch between your email, browser, e-mail, graphic programs, messenger, and other programs without using your mouse or touchpad.\u00a0 Here are a few of them:\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":13977,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[3296,322,1700,70,2116,62],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17141"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17141"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17141\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17143,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17141\/revisions\/17143"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/13977"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17141"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17141"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17141"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nWith the window you want to minimize in focus (on top) press ALT + SPACEBAR + N (in sequence)<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWith the window you want to maximize in focus (on top) press Alt + SPACEBAR + X (in sequence)<\/span><\/p>\n
\nHold down ALT, then click TAB key<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWhile holding down the ALT key, press TAB key until the window you want is visible\/on top<\/span><\/p>\n![\"Cloudeight](\"http:\/\/thundercloud.net\/infoave\/images\/2019\/alttab.png\")
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\nWith the window you want to close in focus (on top), hold down the ALT key and tap F4<\/span><\/p>\n
\nALT + SPACEBAR + R (in sequence)<\/span><\/p>\n