Closing a filepro application Window

[John Esak]

Since I don't use a mouse... except when I'm trying to use ZoomText and then
not very much either, the keyboard shortcuts do it all for me. Vista is
totally shortcut'd. Absolutely everything has a shortcut. But so does XP
pretty much.

My favorites are Windows-R to jump right to the Run menu, and Windows-E to
jump right into Explorer.

The best shortcut of all though is the fact that you can quickly press a few
keys while you are in Explorer to jump right to a file or directory. For
example if you open Explorere press L to jump to Local Disk, press Right
Arrow to open that part of the tree and then pres "PRO" very fast, you'll
jump right to Program Files... and so forth. When I stopped using a mouse
about two years ago, this became a faster way to navigate. I know some folks
who can drill down to a file faster than sighted people can using their
mouse. It's enlightening to watch them go! :-)

Actually, I will be running my show at the Philly filePro Conference without
a mouse... you get to watch the screen flip around mysteriously! Should be a
gas!

By the way, for those who don't know, when I gripe about a program not being
"accessible", I mean it doesn't have keyboard shortcuts for everything. That
is essentially (mostly) what accessible means to a blind person. Others have
other needs.

Bob's Anzio is *very* friendly because it is so well written. Can run it
with my eyes closed! :-)

John


> -----Original Message-----
> From: filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com
> [mailto:filepro-list-bounces+john=valar.com at lists.celestial.com] On Behalf
> Of Bob Rasmussen
> Sent: Thursday, September 27, 2007 11:24 AM
> To: mike.appleton.wi at sbcglobal.net
> Cc: 'Filepro List'
> Subject: RE: Closing a filepro application Window
> 
> On Thu, 27 Sep 2007, Mike Schwartz wrote:
> 
> >      You're right.  When I teach my Windows classes at the local
> college,
> > about 3/4 of the way through the semester, I take the student's mice
> away
> > from them for 1/2 of an evening, which forces them to use the keyboards
> to
> > go through a series of maneuvers.  This proves to them that they can
> fully
> > operate Windows without a mouse.  (I do give then a cheat-sheet, though,
> so
> > that they don't go insane trying to remember the odd key combinations
> > required...)
> 
> That's a good technique. Do you also tell them how to find that info from
> Windows, after they lose their cheat sheet?
> 
> Start - Help and Support - search for "keyboard shortcuts" - select
> "Windows keyboard shortcuts overview".
> 
> My favorite is Window-key-M, which minimizes everything so you can see the
> desktop.
> 
> Regards,
> ....Bob Rasmussen,   President,   Rasmussen Software, Inc.
> 
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