Re: Cannot alt+tab between open Excel files

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And if you take great pains to be careful with the alt-tab, you still don't get
it to work?

Two wild guesses...

#1. The keyboard is one of those fancy programmable keyboards. And it's been
programmed weird???

#2. Something in Accessibility Options (under control panel) is set
differently. I couldn't break it when I experimented in WinXP Home, though.



goodmaj wrote:

Believe me, I've thought about that. Yes, I know Alt is another way to
access the main menu options in any application, not just Excel. But, they
way I used to do it is to hit and hold Alt while pressing Tab to scroll
through the applications. Once I got to the application, or in this case the
Excel file I wanted, I would release Alt and there you go.

I saw an earlier post on this also. I already have "Windows in Taskbar"
checked.

"Dave Peterson" wrote:

Maybe it's just a coordination issue between your thumb and forefinger???

If I hit and release the alt key, File on the menubar is highlighted.



goodmaj wrote:

I have a new computer and just reinstalled Office 2003. I usually have
several Excel documents open at once, and before I would simply hit alt+tab
to scroll between the documents as well as any other open applications. Now
that's not working between Excel files.

Here's the scenario. I open two Excel files. One of the files has the
focus. Then, when I try to alt+tab to the other file, when I select the file
in the box that pops up when I hit alt+tab the focus does not leave the first
file and the "File" menu item is highlighted.

Maddening! I have "windows in taskbar" checked and for the life of me I
can't figure out why it worked one way on the old computer and why it's now
doing this on the new computer!

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Dave Peterson


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Dave Peterson
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