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If you are using a 101 keyboard and not a 104 your keyboard wont have the little windows key. On a 104 this key is between the Ctrl and Alt keys on either side of the space bar. On a 101 keyboard you can press Ctrl+Esc and emulate the windows key. boldt@ca.ibm.com wrote: > > Chapin wrote: > >Hans, > >I'd guess you know these things, but in rebuttal of your last two > statements: > > > > -You can use <Windows>+M to minimize all windows and expose the desktop > >icons and <Windows>+<Shift>+M to restore them to their previous size. > >(Right-clicking on the task bar gives you these options, too.) > > -You can drag the upper edge of your task bar up as far as you like and > the > >truncated text for each task will become descriptive again. (And you can > >reduce your Windoze font size so more fits...) > > > >This does not contradict your general point, but the examples you give are > >not problems for me. (Like Don, I'm also a heavy user of <ALT>+<TAB> > between > >full-screen windows, and I name my AS/400 sessions for clarity.) > > Thanks for the tips! No, I didn't know these. > > But still, yuccchhhh! I think MS has one heck of a > lot to learn about usability. But then again, I > suppose a monopoly really doesn't have to worry > about things like that. > > Now another question: Where's the <Windows> key on > my keyboard? No, I'm not giving up my old-style PC > keyboard. Never! > > Cheers! Hans > > Hans Boldt, ILE RPG Development, IBM Toronto Lab, boldt@ca.ibm.com > > +--- > | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! > | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. > | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. > | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. > | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com > +--- -- L. S. Russell Programmer/Analyst Datrek Professional Bags, Inc. 2413 Industrial Drive Springfield, TN. 37172 mailto:leslier@datrek.com http://www.datrek.com -- +--- | This is the Midrange System Mailing List! | To submit a new message, send your mail to MIDRANGE-L@midrange.com. | To subscribe to this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-SUB@midrange.com. | To unsubscribe from this list send email to MIDRANGE-L-UNSUB@midrange.com. | Questions should be directed to the list owner/operator: david@midrange.com +---
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