MasterView International
by Luigi Canali De Rossi
May 15th, 2003
Fred asked the following question:
QUESTION: I've seen this in other presentations, how do you
switch from power point to the desktop? I've used Alt-Tab but
if I have any other application running it will cycle through
all of them. I just want the desktop to show, any answers.. Fred
ANSWER: You can easily switch to your Windows desktop by
utilizing a good keyboard shortcut creation utility. These
programs allow you to assign a specific key combination to
execute any kind of action you select. A keyboard shortcut can
easily open up a Web page, a Word document, a specific
application, play a sound or launch a movie.
I personally use and recommend Finger Prince (USD $ 19.95) from
Milori http://www.milori.com/ttools/order/
pricing.asp as it is an extremely effective and well designed tool.
What I do to create the simple magic you have described is the
following:
a) I create a shortcut for the "Show Desktop" command which
is normally accessible at the bottom of your Windows desktop in the
taskbar. This is an icon with a blue background and a white
field in the foreground showing a small paper sheet and a
pencil. By right-clicking on this icon and selecting "Create
Shortcut" I am able to automatically create a shortcut icon on
the desktop that will be called "Shortcut to Show Desktop".
b) I rename the shortcut "DesktopShow!" and I launch Finger
Prince.
