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Speaker 1: is the alt F four key do? Alt F four
Speaker 1: is a special key stroke that's wired into the Windows
Speaker 1: operating system. You hold down the alt key and hit
Speaker 1: F four simultaneously. It closes the current window. When you
Speaker 1: want to close a window, it takes a single key stroke.
Speaker 1: You might be familiar with some of these key strokes.
Speaker 1: For example, all plus tab will let you cycle through
Speaker 1: all the available windows and jump to the one you select.
Speaker 1: It turns out that there are several other hand key
Speaker 1: strokes like alt F four built into Windows. For example,
Speaker 1: control plus escape will pop up the start menu, and
Speaker 1: alt plus escape will bring the next window to the foreground.
Speaker 1: On keyboards that have that little Windows key down near
Speaker 1: the space bar, you probably know that you can press
Speaker 1: that key to open the start menu. You can also
Speaker 1: use that key with other keys. For example, the Windows
Speaker 1: key plus E will start the Windows Explorer. The Windows
Speaker 1: key plus F will start the Finding Files dialogue. The
Speaker 1: Windows key plus M minimizes all the windows and clears
Speaker 1: out your desktop. The Windows key plus shift plus M
Speaker 1: restores all those minimized Windows. The Windows key plus R
Speaker 1: starts the run dialogue. The Windows key plus F one
Speaker 1: starts Windows Help. You can learn about dozens of these
Speaker 1: special key strokes by hitting the Windows key with F
Speaker 1: one to pull up the help center, and then typing
Speaker 1: Windows keyboard shortcuts into the search field. Be sure to
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