Menus
Press Alt or F10 to jump to the menu bar (or show the menu if it??™s
hidden).
Drop-down listboxes
Use the up and down arrow keys to flip through items in a drop-down
box, or press Alt-down arrow to open the listbox.
Accessibility tools
Press Winkey+U to open the Ease of Access Center page in Control
Panel. Press Shift five times to toggle StickyKeys on and off. Hold Shift
for eight seconds to toggle FilterKeys on and off. Hold Num Lock for
five seconds to toggle ToggleKeys on and off. Press Alt-LeftShift-Num
Lock to toggle MouseKeys on and off. Press Alt+LeftShift+Print Screen
to toggle high contrast mode on and off.
Log off
Press Winkey+L to log off Windows.
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Massage the Start Menu
The Start menu has gotten a face-lift for Vista, and not a moment too soon.
It??™s easier to configure and its arrangement makes quite a bit more sense
than its predecessor, and if you find it too cluttered, you can get rid of just
about anything you don??™t use.
Unfortunately, each element??”or rather, elements in each region??”are configured
in slightly different ways, as shown in Figure 2-7.
The contents of Vista??™s standard Start menu are divided into seven sections:
Pinned items
At the top of the lefthand column, above the horizontal line, is a list of
programs you can customize. Right-click any application executable (.exe
file) and select Pin to Start Menu to add it to the list (the command isn??™t
available if you??™re using the ???classic??? Start menu discussed later).
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