Thanks again.
Jan
On 7/31/17, David Goldfield <dgoldfield1211@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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I forgot to mention one additional tip about the Microsoft Word start
screen. You can also press the escape key when the start screen appears.
This will place you in a blank document. However, in a previous message I
gave you some instructions on how to permanently disable it from coming up
when you open Word.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit my Web
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On 7/30/2017 2:59 PM, Jan Lattuca wrote:
Thanks for this, too, David. I'd never heard about the quick links
keystroke. Sounds like fun.
Jan
On 7/28/17, David Goldfield <dgoldfield1211@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Hi, Jan.
If you want to get to the power option to shut down or restart your
computer, there's a quicker way of getting to it. Windows 10 has
something
called the Quicklinks menu, which you get to by pressing the Windows key,
along with the letter X. This is not a list of programs but it contains
links to items which are often more for performing advanced tasks such as
removing apps and features, opening device manager, network connections,
etc. However, one of these options is not technical at all and is labeled
as
"Shut Down or Sign Out." You can either find it by pressing down arrow
or,
as a shortcut, just press the letter U.
Once you're in this submenu, you'll see options such as Shut Down, Sign
Out,
Restart and Sleep.
So, here's the set of keystrokes to shut down.
1. Press Windows+X for the Quicklinks menu.
2. Press U for the Shutdown or Sign Out Menu.
3. Press the letter U again for Shutdown.
So, pressing Windows+X and the letter U twice will shut down your
computer.
There is also nothing wrong with pressing alt+F4 from the desktop as
you've
been doing.
However, it's possible that just pressing your Power button will shut
down
your computer.
If you go into Power Options you can adjust whether your power button
shuts
down your computer or if it just puts it to sleep.
If you press Windows+X for the quicklinks menu and press down arrow a few
times, you will find Power Options.
Once you press enter on Power options, press your tab key until you find
"additional power settings." Press enter on this option.
Next, press tab until you hear "choose what the power buttons do" and
press
enter.
Now, press tab and you'll see settings for the power buttons. You'll hear
something like
"when plugged in, combo box" followed by something like "shut down" or
"sleep."
If it doesn't say "shut down", press up or down arrow until you hear
"shut
down."
Next, press tab and look for the "save changes" button. Press enter at
this
point.
From now on, pressing your computer's power button will shut down your
computer. I would recommend that you close any running programs and, in
particular, save any open documents first.
David Goldfield, Assistive Technology Specialist Feel free to visit my
Web
site WWW.DavidGoldfield.Info
On 7/26/2017 4:54 PM, Jan Lattuca wrote:
Hi, all. I assume most or all of you know about this, but a friend of
mine just emailed me about a free iPhone app from, I believe,
Microsoft, called Seeing AI. I guess it reads menus, food packages,
etc. She loves it.
I also have a question or two. I'm beginning to try to learn my way
around Windows 10 and am finding two problems. First, there's the
right pane and the left pane and I can't figure out, for the life of
me, how to get from one to the other. Tabbing doesn't work. Also, in
the left pane, there are things like All Apps, Settings, etc.; but
when I go into Cortana window, all I really see is something called
Frequently used apps, or some such thing. When I tab, it get into
something called PINS, I think, which I don't understand. What the
heck am I missing here? Trying to get to the Power button requires so
much tabbing and arrowing that I find it easier to just alt 4 out of
everything and eventually get to shutdown. I presume that doing it my
way isn't good for the computer???
I probably need to hire a Windows 10 tutor; but if anyone can just
give me a couple of pointers, I'd be everlastingly grateful.
Thanks much.
Jan
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