Re: Meaning of keyboard keys
From: Justme (spam_at_spam.com)
Date: 03/19/04
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 2004 23:01:45 GMT
The Win logo key does a whole lot more than just get you into the System
Properties screen quickly. Search "list of keys" in Help and Support and
you'll find over a dozen shortcuts using the win logo key.
"R. C. White" <RCWhite@msn.com> wrote in message
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> Hi, Bruce.
>
> > > (2) What does the Pause/Break key do?
>
> > 2) A hold-over from MSDOS and other CLI operating systems; I'm not
> > aware of any function it serves in Windows.
>
> Au contraire, Bruce!
>
> First, the Pause function works in many places, even before Windows loads,
> to halt whatever the computer is doing. (Some people have even been known
> to cheat at computer games by Pausing while they look up clues in a book.)
> It doesn't always work, but it's worth a try. When the computer is first
> booting, for example, and those black screens are flashing on and off so
> quickly, the Pause key will give you a chance to read the BIOS information
> or other text. Press almost any other key to continue.
>
> The Break function doesn't always work in Windows. When it does, it
doesn't
> just Pause the action, but interrupts it - and might exit the program.
>
> But my favorite use of this key is with the Windows logo key (between Ctrl
> and Alt). Hold the Win key and press Pause/Break and the System
Properties
> screen should pop up in front of you. Just as if you had clicked Start |
> Control Panel | System - but quicker. ;<)
>
> RC
> --
> R. C. White, CPA
> San Marcos, TX
> rc@corridor.net
> Microsoft Windows MVP
>
> "Bruce Chambers" <bchambers@nospamcableone.net> wrote in message
> news:105mcqude158l92@corp.supernews.com...
> > Greetings --
> >
> > 1) Pressing the <PrtScn> key copies the entire display to the
> > clipboard. Pressing <ALT>+<PrtScn> copies only the active Window to
> > the clipboard (iow, into RAM). To view the screen capture, open a
> > graphics program, such as MS Paint, and press <CTRL>+V. This will
> > paste the contents of the clipboard (your screenshot) into the open
> > file, and allow you to view it or save it as a file for later use.
> >
> > How to Capture Screen Shots in Windows Using the Print Screen Key
> >
>
http://support.microsoft.com/search/preview.aspx?PR=1&scid=kb;en-us;Q173884
> >
> > 2) A hold-over from MSDOS and other CLI operating systems; I'm not
> > aware of any function it serves in Windows.
> >
> > 3) The <Insert> key is used to toggle on/off character
> > insertion/replacement at the cursor location when typing within a text
> > or word processing file.
> >
> >
> > Bruce Chambers
> > --
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> >
> > You can have peace. Or you can have freedom. Don't ever count on
> > having both at once. -- RAH
> >
> > "Kay" <anonymous@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:d5fd01c40dd1$db53e190$a601280a@phx.gbl...
> > > (1) Print Screen/SysRq - doesn't print anything. Why?
> > > (2) What does the Pause/Break key do?
> > > (3) How do you use the Insert key?
> >
> >
>
>
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