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Switch between applications faster [1]

April 23, 2020 by UIS Communications [2]

Trying to navigate between too many applications? Find what you are looking for with ease using this week’s keyboard shortcut.

Press Alt+Tab (Command+Tab in MacOS) to open a quick application switcher, which shows you all open files to quickly identify the one you want. Holding down Alt keeps the application switcher open. From there, use your mouse select the window you want or click Tab to cycle through open windows, releasing Alt once the desired window is highlighted.

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