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ALT key

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Alt key

A keyboard key that is pressed with a letter or digit key to command the computer. For example, in Windows, holding down the Alt key and pressing F displays the File menu if it is a current option on screen. Pressing Alt-Tab toggles between applications. See Flip 3D.


ALT key [′ȯlt ′kē]
(computer science)


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To move back, hold down the Alt key and press the left arrow key; to go foreward, press the right arrow key.
After downloading the free GuruNet utility, users simply place their cursor on a word or phrase, hold down the ALT key and left click.
All Microsoft did was give you the option: full time underlines or only when you press the Alt key.
 
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