This tip is for Windows 10 & 11<\/span><\/em><\/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, chat apps, and others using your keyboard. There are many of these time-saving keyboard tips. Here are a few of them:<\/span><\/p>\n Minimize a window to your taskba<\/strong>r<\/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\u2019ll know them by heart, and they will save you time. If you don\u2019t use them often, you\u2019ll forget them, but at least now you know they exist.\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Controlling Active Windows With Your Keyboard This tip is for Windows 10 & 11 Some shortcuts make managing windows quicker and easier. For instance,\u00a0 you can quickly switch between your email, browser, e-mail, graphic programs, chat apps, and others using your keyboard. There are many of these time-saving keyboard tips. Here are a few of them: Minimize\u2026 Read More »<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":22147,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4411,3948,4299],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30108"}],"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=30108"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30108\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":30110,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/30108\/revisions\/30110"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/22147"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=30108"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=30108"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thundercloud.net\/infoave\/new\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=30108"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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\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 the TAB key<\/span><\/p>\n
\nWhile holding down the ALT key, press the 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