If, like me, you prefer to use your keyboard rather than your mouse you might know – or want to know – that Microsoft introduced “KeyTips” in Office 2007, offering a quick way to select commands using your keyboard. One of the favourite KeyTips of my dear friend Danijela is ALT, F, X which will select the Exit command from the File tab.
Here’s how:
- Press ALT, F, X. (Or Press ALT + F4.)
- When prompted, type the underlined letter s (Save) or n (Don’t Save) or press the ESC key to cancel the operation.
This will close down the whole application, not just the active document, as described in tip 272.
I’ll update the shortcut archive but in the meantime a big thank you to Dani for this week’s tip inspiration!
Related tips:
Selecting commands without using your mouse
Close a window without clicking in the upper-right corner