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UP TO SPEED DIALOG BOX BASICS
To the delight of the powerful Computer Keyboard Lobby, you can
manipulate almost every element of a Windows dialog box by pressing
keys on the keyboard. If you’re among those who feel that using the
mouse to do something takes longer, then you’re in luck.
The rules for navigating a dialog box are simple: Press Tab to jump
from one set of options to another, or Shift+Tab to move backward. If
the dialog box has multiple tabs, like the one shown here, then press
Ctrl+Tab to “click” the next tab, or Ctrl+Shift+Tab to “click” the
previous one.
Each time you press Tab, the PC’s focus shifts to a different control or
set of controls. Windows reveals which element has the focus by using
