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The alt keys (there are two of them) are easy to find on any Windows device—there’s one on either side of the space bar. It’s easy to make any accent or symbol on a Windows keyboard once you ...
The Alt keyAlt (pronounced / ɔː l t / AWLT or / ʌ l t / ULT) on a computer keyboard is used to change (alternate) the function of other pressed keys. Thus, the Alt key is a modifier key, used in a similar fashion to the Shift key. For example, simply pressing A will type the letter 'a', but holding down the Alt key while pressing A will ...
This did not work for characters not in the Windows Code Page (such as box-drawing characters). The new Alt+0### combination (which prefixes a zero to each Alt code), produces characters from the newer "Windows code pages." [a] For example, Alt+ 0 1 6 3 yields the character £ (symbol for the pound sterling) which is at 163 in CP1252. [2] [b]
Alt+Space then R [notes 10] Alt+F3 then X: Alt+F5: Ctrl+x, then r, then j, then letter of the window state register. Move the focused window Alt+Space then M [notes 10] then Arrow Keys and ↵ Enter (to save new location) Alt+Mouse / Alt+F3 then M then Arrow Keys. Alt+Mouse / Alt+F7 then Arrow Keys. Resize the focused window
COMMAND. ACTION. CTRL + E. Select the search box. CTRL + F (or F3) Start a search. CTRL + L. Put the cursor in the address bar. Alt + D. Select text in the address bar
COMMAND. ACTION. Ctrl/⌘ + C. Select/highlight the text you want to copy, and then press this key combo. Ctrl/⌘ + F. Opens a search box to find a specific word, phrase, or figure on the page
There are also key chord combinations, such as keying an en dash ('–') by holding ALT+0150 on the numeric keypad of MS Windows computers. The HTML codes can be used where a literal character would cause confusion, such as using code "[" or "]" to show the left or right square bracket ('[' or ']').
Mozilla Firefox 1.5 on Windows: hold Alt, press access key; Mozilla Firefox before version 14 on Mac OS X: hold Control, press access key; Safari 3 or earlier on Mac OS X: hold Control, press access key; Camino : hold Control, press access key; Opera 12 and lower: press and release ⇧ Shift+Esc, then press access key