With the anticipated roll-out of Windows 11, we can already sense the push to acquire its latest ad greatest benefits right away. We don’t want to feel left-behind, do we? Perhaps, the solution may not be so urgent given the fact we all will have transitions to make. Beginning to read about the changes makes a lot of sense.
And when we do, the realization hits! There are a lot of keystroke commands many folks have not heard of in Windows 10 and previous versions. That’s what I’ve been studying this morning while looking at shortcuts to the latest Microsoft Office apps.
If you feel nimble enough or have the dexterity of a well-trained pianist, there are commands you might appreciate work when pressing four or five keys at once. e.g. Try alt+control+windows+shift+letter (based on which program you want: Word, Excel, Teams, and so forth.
Or, for those of us not so daring, perhaps a keyboard shortcut on your desktop will just as easily take you there. As much as I use Microsoft 365, having the icon present as a quick shortcut key means that I only have to hit alt-m to go to my desktop, then press m until I get to Microsoft 365.
There are, after all, more than one way to skin a buck, let alone cook and consume the vinison.
For those blind or sighted computer users who may experience some degree of neuropathy, the four- or five-key combinations don’t prove so easily achieved especially when needing the time to locate all the keys in the first place.
In either way, consuming the new and improved or lesser known but newly discovered keystroke commands need not overwhelm us as if we need to learn them all yesterday. Consume them in bite-sized chunks. I hope that Boldly Blind and other blogs will help you roll with the changes.
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