Thread: Bypass your mouse

Bypass your mouse Although Vista's point-and-click interface makes it easy to navigate with a mouse, it's often much quicker to use keyboard shortcuts instead. And should a batte;powered mouse run out of juice, these shortcuts provide you with the power to carry on working without it. You can control almost every aspect of Vista using keyboard shortcuts. And, once you have Vista's Sidebar can be customised to mastered thenf, you'll find most house your favourite Gadgets and are both easier and quicker mini programs than using your mouse. Microsoft places great emphasis on Vista's sparkling interface, but there will be times when it's far quicker and easier to use something called the Commanq Prompt. Purely text-driven, the CommandPrompt is a no-nonsense way of finding out useful information, such as your computer's IP address, as well as running basic or even complex commands.