1cat2ferrets Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 OK, my son and I are stumped on this question::confused: Keyboard shortcuts are most commonly used to bypass a program's: a. menu system b. dialog boxes c. active window d. toolbar buttons I think it's d, my son thinks it's b. What is the correct answer, please? TIA! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
forty-two Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 Well, how about a third choice :tongue_smilie: - I think it is A. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LUV2EDU Posted May 22, 2009 Share Posted May 22, 2009 (edited) My son says the menu system. He took computer classes when he was in high school. Click on this site http://jimcalloway.typepad.com/Keyboard%20shortcuts%20from%20OBA-MAP.pdf Edited May 22, 2009 by LUV2EDU Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1cat2ferrets Posted May 23, 2009 Author Share Posted May 23, 2009 Thanks very much for the answer, Ladies. We both appreciated the help.:001_smile: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G5052 Posted May 23, 2009 Share Posted May 23, 2009 Microsoft and many other vendors have gotten away from menus. If you use the Office 2007 Suite, there are almost none and what was the Toolbar in earlier versions is now called the Ribbon. The Ribbon has icon groups, and you use the Ribbon tabs to get to the different types of icons. :auto: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mom22ns Posted May 25, 2009 Share Posted May 25, 2009 The answer to the question is A. If it makes you and your son feel better though, dialog boxes can almost always be dispatched from the keyboard using enter and escape. If there are more choices, there are usually shortcuts given for them as well. Many toolbar items also have keyboard shortcuts. The way you get to something through a menu may be to first bring up a toolbar, then click on an item. It is still considered a menu shortcut. However, the most commonly used shortcuts are things like open, close, quit, cut, copy, paste, and undo and all of these are straight from the menus. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1cat2ferrets Posted May 25, 2009 Author Share Posted May 25, 2009 for the reassurance that it's "a". My son is taking an intro to computers class and that was one of the questions on his homework. We were both wrong, I guess! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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