List of Figures | Windows XP and Office 2003 Keyboard Shortcuts

Chapter 1: Keyboard Basicsand How to Enhance Your Keyboard

Figure 1-1: A standard 104-key keyboard layout
Figure 1-2: Standard PC keyboards have four modifier keys: [Shift] , [Alt] , [Ctrl] , and .
Figure 1-3: Using an [Alt] keyboard shortcut most effectively: press [Alt] to activate the first item on the menu bar (left), press the access key to display the menu (right), and then press the access key for the command.
Figure 1-4: You can change your keyboards repeat rate and the cursor blink rate in the Keyboard Properties dialog box.
Figure 1-5: Windows StickyKeys, FilterKeys, and ToggleKeys options can make keyboard shortcuts easier to press consistently.
Figure 1-6: Configure StickyKeys behavior in the Settings for StickyKeys dialog box.
Figure 1-7: FilterKeys (left) filters out repeated and misstruck keystrokes from your typing. Use the Advanced Settings for FilterKeys dialog box (right) to configure settings for ignoring quick keystrokes and slowing down the keyboard repeat rate.

Figure 2-1: Press - [Break] to instantly display the System Properties dialog box.
Figure 2-2: The freeware utility WinKey lets you use further shortcuts .
Figure 2-3: Pressing [F6] cycles through the screen elements in a window. Heres the order for a Windows Explorer window with all its task panes displayed in My Computer view.
Figure 2-4: Select the Do Not Move Files to the Recycle Bin. Remove Files Immediately When Deleted check box to delete files and folders immediately.

Figure 3-1: AutoCorrect can save you many keystrokes and much effort if you use it extensively.

Figure 4-1: Words Find feature provides a wide range of options for searching for text, formatting, and special characters .
Figure 4-2: The Customize Keyboard dialog box lets you assign a keyboard shortcut to almost any command, macro, font, AutoText entry, style, or common symbol.

Figure 5-1: You can use [Alt] -based shortcuts to manipulate the border controls on the Border tab of the Format Cells dialog box.

Figure 7-1: In the Create New Folder dialog box, enter the name for the new folder and specify its contents and the folder to create it in.

Figure A-1: An example of a split keyboard: the Kinesis Advantage keyboard
Figure A-2: Split and tilted keyboards like the Maxim keyboard from Kinesis (top) and the SafeType Ergonomic Keyboard (bottom) from SafeType put the hands and forearms in a more neutral and comfortable position than flat keyboards.
Figure A-3: The TouchStream keyboard from FingerWorks integrates mouse and gesture support in a zero-force keyboard.
Figure A-4: The DataHand Ergonomic Keyboard is strange looking and expensive, but its devotees swear by it.
Figure A-5: Instead of keys, the orbiTouch Keyless Keyboard has two domes, each of which you slide to any of eight positions .