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Tab from One Program to Another. A popular Windows shortcut key is Alt + Tab, which allows you to switch between all of your open programs. While continuing to hold down the Alt key, choose the program you want to open by clicking Tab until the correct application is highlighted, then release both keys. How can the answer be improved? Based on my knowledge, there is no such shortcut to switch only on different Office programs. Also, we can only use Alt + Tab or Windows + Tab to switch the recent 2 viewed windows by pressing once. We can only customize some keyboard shortcut to open some certain programs but cannot customize such strokes to switch Windows.
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What are some ways that I can switch between applications in Windows 8, using the keyboard and/or mouse?
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There are a variety of ways to switch between open applications in Windows 8.
- Put the mouse cursor in the very top, left-hand corner, where a small preview of another open program appears. Just keep clicking in the very corner until you reach the open application you want to view.
- Another way to do this with the mouse is to put the mouse cursor in the very top, left-hand corner and then drag the cursor down, while keeping the mouse against the edge of the screen, it will reveal a list of open programs.
- Still another way is to put the mouse cursor in the very upper left-hand corner and, when the small application preview is visible, just click the preview and drag the cursor right, it will drag the next application into view.
- Alt+Tab still works in Windows 8 - just keep pressing Alt+Tab until you see the open application you want.
- Windows Key+Tab also still works in Windows 8 - this will bring up a sidebar with small previews of all the open applications - just press Windows Key+Tab until the app you want shows up.
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There are a few else keyboard only ways to switch between applications.
- AltEsc switches to the next application and AltShiftEsc switches to the previous application
- Windows Key1, Windows Key2 .. Windows Key0 switches (or start if it doesn't started) to the pinned application with corresponding number on application bar.
- Windows KeyT - cycle through apps in application bar from left to right. Windows KeyShiftT navigate in opposite order.
- Windows KeyCtrlTab is a variation of Windows Key+Tab. With this keyboard shortcut you do not have to permanently press Windows Key to scroll through applications.
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I am shortcut fanatic. The less I have to leave the home row the better. I know some general and ultimately useful windows shortcuts like
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win + arrow
to maximize/minimize/divide windowwin + d
to switch between desktop and currently open window(s)win + e
to open the file explorerctrl + t
to open new tab in browserctrl + shift + t
to open previously closed tabctrl (+shift) + tab
to navigate between tabsctrl + 1-9
jump to tabctrl + w
to close the current tabalt (+shift) + tab
to navigate between programs (one by one)
However, I don't know how to switch back and forth between two programs, two command prompts for example, if previous one is minimized.
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works if both windows are opened adjacently on desktop and doesn't use that said shortcut for tab navigation. Is there some more reliable shortcut to restore and focus previous windows quickly? I would also like to know how to jump between two tabs in a browser.Hot Key To Switch Between Screens
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Alt-Tab will swap between the two last visited programs. Suppose you have running programs A, B, C, and D, and D is currently in focus. Now, you want to start swapping between D and B:
- Press and hold Alt key,
- Press Tab key till you get to B,
- Release both keys.
Now, you would be with B in focus.
If you press ALT-Tab once, you go to D. If you press ALT-Tab again, you return to B (and so forth).
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Another way, which I recommend you, is combination
Win + 1-9
, it works such as Control + 1-9
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