Re: Z-order

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And Shift- send you backwards, usually to the place you
just came from if it's only one place off.

"Kathea Banshou"
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> Alt-tab cycles through ALL open documents/programs.
> In order to get to the
> window you are using rather than the main window, you
> need to alt-tab again.
> It goes to each open program/folder/document one at a
> time. There is a
> power toy that replaces the normal alt-tab menu with
> a larger/more detailed
> menu.
>
> http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/powertoys/xppowertoys.mspx
>
> You may find it useful though you'll pay a system hit
> for keeping it resident.
>
> "Sanford Aranoff" wrote:
>
>> I am having a terrible time with XP's Z order. I
>> open a program, go to
>> one of the windows. Alt Tab to another program.
>> Return to the original
>> program. I am on the main form, and have to go to
>> the window where I
>> was. Why cannot it go directly to the proper window?
>>
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>


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