[AccessD] F'n 2007

jwcolby jwcolby at colbyconsulting.com
Fri Jul 24 20:21:05 CDT 2009


Interesting.  Shows how much I know about Excel.

Office is a rather barbaric collection of trash if I do say so myself.

John W. Colby
www.ColbyConsulting.com


Asger Blond wrote:
> In Access ctl-F6 will toggle windows in the current file (not windows from
> any other file).
> In Excel tl-F6 will toggle windows in all open Excel-files (not windows from
> any other application).
> If you want to toggle different spreadsheets within the same Excel workbook
> you should use Ctl-PgDn or Ctl-PgUp, not Ctl-F6.
> 
> Asger
> 
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> 
> If you hold down Ctl, tap F6, and release Ctl, you will toggle back to the
> previous window.  If you 
> hold down Ctl, tap F6, and tap it again, you will start to move through ALL
> open windows.
> 
> This behavior is at the least an Office behavior, IOW if you have 6 sheets
> open in an excel workbook 
> then Ctl-F6-F6-F6 will move you through two other spreadsheets from the
> current.
> 
> Same idea in Word.
> 
> Ctl-F6-release both will just take you back to the immediate previous
> window.
> 
> I am of course talking about windows INSIDE of the current Office
> Application.  Alt-Tab does a 
> similar thing but between open APPLICATIONS.
> 
> John W. Colby
> www.ColbyConsulting.com
> 
> 
> Susan Jones wrote:
>> Ctrl+F6 might be what you're needing??  Not very convenient but still 
>> better than taking your hands off the keyboard completely.  You would 
>> think it would be Ctrl+Tab like every other app ever created, but, 
>> nope, it just sits there.  I struggled with how to move through the 
>> document tabs for almost a year before I finally found that Ctrl+F6 
>> does what I'd been trying to do.  Ended up creating a dummy db and 
>> just clicking through different combinations until I found it.
> Aaaaahhhhh!!!!!
>> Susan
>>
>>
>> At 01:11 PM 7/24/09, you wrote:
>>> Ok, so I was working on my Laptop last night with has O2K7.
>>>
>>> A lot of times when using access for developmental purposes need to
> switch
>>> between windows.
>>>
>>> Alt-W then choose the number of the window that I want.
>>>
>>> How the Hell does one accomplish this in A2007?  Especially when view a
>>> maximized report!
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