Information Technology Reference
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Figure.7 19
Right-click the status bar to choose what information should appear there.
More Keyboard Shortcuts
Each application has an extensive set of keyboard shortcuts available. Open the application's Help
system and search for
Keyboard Shortcuts
to see an article that lists the complete set. There are
separate sets of shortcuts for various situations. For example, there are shortcuts for moving the
insertion point, shortcuts for scrolling, shortcuts for selecting, shortcuts for commands, and so on.
Can't get enough of working with the keyboard? Each Ribbon tab and command has a keyboard
equivalent too. To see them, press the Alt key, as shown in Figure 7.20. Key tips appear next to
each tab and command name. Then press that key to choose that command. (You have to press
Alt each time to use these shortcuts.) This is how people who can't use a mouse navigate in Office
applications, by the way.
Figure.7 20
Press Alt to see keys you can use to select Ribbon tabs and commands.
More Application Options
For some of the more obscure settings in an application's options, check out the Advanced cat-
egory in the Options dialog box. You might be surprised at some of the changes you can make.
For example, in Word, you can set default behaviors for cutting, copying, and pasting data, and in
PowerPoint you can disable right-clicking during a slide show as a security measure to keep people
from stopping a slide show at an interactive kiosk.
