What does Alt + W do?

The keyboard shortcut Alt+W is most frequently used to launch the View tab in Office applications featuring the Ribbon.

How to utilize the Alt+W keyboard shortcut?

Hit and hold any Alt key, then while holding, press W to use this keyboard shortcut.

What does Alt + W do in Microsoft Excel?

Pressing Alt+W in Microsoft Excel brings up the Ribbon's View tab. After utilizing this shortcut, you may choose a View tab choice by pressing a different key. To open a spreadsheet's Page Layout view, for instance, use Alt+W followed by P.

What does Alt + W do in Microsoft Word?

Pressing Alt+W in Microsoft Word brings up the Ribbon's View tab. After utilizing this shortcut, you may choose a View tab choice by pressing a different key. For instance, you may hit U to access a document's Outline view after pressing Alt+W.

What does Alt + W do in Microsoft PowerPoint?

The View tab on the Ribbon of Microsoft PowerPoint is opened by pressing Alt+W on the keyboard. If you want to choose a View tab choice after applying this shortcut, you can hit another key. For instance, you may hit I to access a presentation's Slide Sorter view after pressing Alt+W.

What does Alt + W do in popular programs?

Below are the popular programs using this keyboard combination.

1) Text Editing

• Microsoft Word 2019 - Open the View tab to select a document view or mode, like Outline view or Read way. Additionally, you may manage several document windows and adjust the zoom magnification.
• Notepad3 (v5.21) - Blanks for strip trailing.
• Metapad - Remove the trailing whitespace
• Microsoft OneNote - Activate the View tab
• Nano - Re-run the last search

2) System Tools

• ZOC 7.23 - Close the tab or window
• FastStone Capture 9.2 - Upload a picture to Microsoft Word
• i3 (window manager) - Tabbed

3) Imaging

• ACDSee Free - Restores your desktop's background to the configuration you had before using an ACDSee Free wallpaper
• PhotoDirector 10 - On the current image, use the auto white balance.
• FastStone Image Viewer - Send the picture to Microsoft Word
• Harmony 20 (macOS) - Centerline editor tool
• Tahoma2D 1.1 - Similar drawing comparison moving onward

4) Developer Tools

• Microsoft Visual Studio 2017 (All shortcuts) - RoundedRectangleTool
• Visual Studio Code (Windows) - whole word toggle
• AWS Cloud9 IDE (Windows) - Close Tab
• TouchDesigner - Window Placement
• Sublime Text 4 - whole word toggle

5) Games-PC

• Tibia - Remove each message one at a time from the game window in the sequence that it occurred.
• Jagged Alliance 2 (version 1.13) - Using the item ID in your primary hand, advance through the item list (if empty, will create an item)
• League of Legends - self-cast the champion's second ability (must be a support spell)
• Age of Empires IV - Pan the camera upwards, and the key there will now have its default binding on non-English keyboards.
• Albion Online (PC) - Slot 2 for Main Hand Spell (cast on me)

6) Web Applications

• TradingView - Put a sign on your watchlist.
• LastPass - Site search

7) Productivity

• Microsoft Excel 2019 - Open the View tab to see a preview of page breaks and designs, control windows and panes, manipulate zoom, display and conceal gridlines and headers, and see macros.
• Articulate Storyline - This key will send you to the menu window if you wish to alter the slide views.
• Microsoft PowerPoint 2019 (Creating presentations) - Open the View tab
• Screencastify - turn on/off the embedded webcam (tab recordings only)
• Steinberg Cubase 10.5 - Write automation to turn on/off all tracks.
• Virtual DJ 2021 - Deck Left pitch bend plus 2% for 200ms
• Epic - Put the cursor in the Sidebar's New Order field.
• Outlook 2019 and Outlook 2016 - Forward
• Sage 100 (MAS 90/200) - Launch the Budget Calculator wizard
• MetaTrader 5 - Call the managing chart window.
• Questrade IQ Edge - A price increase of 0.01
• Guitar Pro - Vibrato with a tremolo bar (wide)

8) Scientific

• GeoGebra - omega ω (Press Shift for upper-case: Ω)
• EasyEDA - Close the current tab
• Maple - Open Window Menu

9) Social and Messaging

• TalkDesk Callbar - Warm transfer