How to switch between application programs in Windows
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How to switch between application programs in Windows
You use different application programs to do different tasks: Word Processing programs to write, Graphics programs to create images, Database programs to manage and manipulate information and so on.
We've gone over how to launch different programs (click here to look at this). Now we'll look at how to switch between different open programs.
Why switch?
Some may wonder why you need to know how to switch between programs.
Let's say you have text in an e-mail that you want to put into a word processing document. If you open both your e-mail and your word processing program at the same time, you can copy the text from one program to the other! (We'll look at this later.) The rest of this lesson will show you how to move between different programs.
Activity: Switching between programs
1) Open several programs. (Click here if you're not sure how to do this.) Notice that each program you open creates a Tab on the Task Bar along the bottom of the screen.
2) To move between the different programs, click on the different tabs. Whichever looks like it's been "pressed in" is the application in the foreground.
That's all there is to it!
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