Keyboard+Menu+Magic

Keyboard Menu Magic

Have you ever noticed the underlined letter in the title of each menu at the top of your screen? (You know, the F, E, V, etc).

Ever wonder what that was all about The underlined letter is the "magic key" to using your keyboard to access the menus. To access a menu, simply hold down the Alt key, then the letter for the menu you're trying to access. (For example, F is for the File menu, E is for the Edit menu, A is for the Table menu, etc).

Those will open the corresponding menu. One way to continue is to use the up and down arrows to navigate through the menu choices. (When you come to a submenu, press the right arrow and the submenu will open where you can use the up and down arrows to navigate through it. To get out of the submenu, simply use the left arrow).

Another way to make your choice is to simply click the underlined letter of your menu choice. If there's a submenu available, it will open automatically. To move from menu to menu, you can use the left and right arrow keys (when you're not on a choice with a submenu).

When you find what you're looking for, just click the Enter key. This acts like a mouse click and starts whatever choice you made. If you decide that you just simply need out of the menus completely (or found that you've hit the Alt key accidentally), simply click the Esc key and poof! You're back on your way to creating the perfect masterpiece!  