WEBVTT - What happens when you press Alt and F4?

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<v Speaker 1>Welcome to brain Stuff from how stuff works dot com

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<v Speaker 1>where smart happens Him Marshall Brain with today's question, what

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<v Speaker 1>is the alt F four key do? Alt F four

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<v Speaker 1>is a special key stroke that's wired into the Windows

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<v Speaker 1>operating system. You hold down the alt key and hit

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<v Speaker 1>F four simultaneously. It closes the current window. When you

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<v Speaker 1>want to close a window, it takes a single key stroke.

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<v Speaker 1>You might be familiar with some of these key strokes.

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<v Speaker 1>For example, all plus tab will let you cycle through

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<v Speaker 1>all the available windows and jump to the one you select.

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<v Speaker 1>It turns out that there are several other hand key

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<v Speaker 1>strokes like alt F four built into Windows. For example,

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<v Speaker 1>control plus escape will pop up the start menu, and

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<v Speaker 1>alt plus escape will bring the next window to the foreground.

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<v Speaker 1>On keyboards that have that little Windows key down near

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<v Speaker 1>the space bar, you probably know that you can press

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<v Speaker 1>that key to open the start menu. You can also

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<v Speaker 1>use that key with other keys. For example, the Windows

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<v Speaker 1>key plus E will start the Windows Explorer. The Windows

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<v Speaker 1>key plus F will start the Finding Files dialogue. The

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<v Speaker 1>Windows key plus M minimizes all the windows and clears

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<v Speaker 1>out your desktop. The Windows key plus shift plus M

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<v Speaker 1>restores all those minimized Windows. The Windows key plus R

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<v Speaker 1>starts the run dialogue. The Windows key plus F one

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<v Speaker 1>starts Windows Help. You can learn about dozens of these

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<v Speaker 1>special key strokes by hitting the Windows key with F

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<v Speaker 1>one to pull up the help center, and then typing

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<v Speaker 1>Windows keyboard shortcuts into the search field. Be sure to

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