The whole idea of Windows is that you can have a bunch of screens (windows) all doing something at the same time. Think of it as a desk with a bunch of papers on it. Each of those papers is actually a computer, running its own program. The papers lie on top of one another, and so you have to learn how to get to the ones underneath. You can also move things from one paper to another.
Moraff's WorldNet is a multi-tasking game system that allows you to play several games at once, as well as talk to many people through private chat windows. When some of these windows disappear, you need to know how to get at them.
Focus: It is critical that you understand what it means for a window to have the 'Focus. The 'paper' that is on the 'top' of your desk is the one that has the focus. You can edit it, play with it, do whatever it is used for. If you type something at the keyboard, it goes to the window that has the focus, which is usually on top. There are exceptions, like the WorldNet Help Reader, which forces itself to the top, so that you can't lose it behind the other windows.
Example of Focus: You are playing MoreTris (the tetris type game), and a message pops up on your screen from someone in a chat room on a BBS. All of a sudden, the keys you hit don't have any effect on the falling blocks. The reason is that the message window now has the focus, not the MoreTris game. You have to change the focus back to MoreTris by closing the Message Window, or by clicking on the MoreTris window, or by using one of the methods listed below.
WINDOWS FOCUS COMMANDS (more simply - commands for bringing up windows so that they are on top, and take keyboard input):
Mouse Click: Simply click on the title bar of the window to give it the focus. If you click on the title bar and hold down the mouse button, you can drag the window around the screen.
Right Mouse Button: If you are playing a Moraff's WorldNet game, and it fills the entire screen (it is maximized), you can get a menu to pop up by hitting the right mouse button. This feature only applies to WorldNet programs. We use it to allow you to play our games in full screen mode without any annoying title bars or borders.
Alt-Esc: Press the 'Alt' key, and while you are holding it down, press the 'Esc' key. Each time you press the 'Esc' key, you will switch between all open windows. If an icon pops up in front of a window, and appears to be highlighted, you have set the focus on a 'Minimized' window. simply hit enter to bring it back up.
Alt-Tab: This switches back and forth between two applications. This command is most useful for swapping data between programs using the Windows Clipboard.
Alt-F4: Usually exits a program immediately.
CLIPBOARD COMMANDS:
Ctrl-Ins: Usually places selected material into the Windows Clipboard. This is a shortcut for the 'Edit' and 'Copy' menu commands many programs have.
Shift-Ins: Usually pastes whatever is in the Windows clipboard. It is a shortcut for 'Edit' and 'Paste'.
Ctrl-Del: Usually deletes whatever is currently selected.
Alt-Backspace: Usually undoes the previous action when entering text.|
