Highlight document instances when using ALT-TAB

[Kieran Mathieson]

Sometimes when using Word (though this suggestion applies to all Office apps,
and maybe all Windows apps), I open several views of the same document - one
of the content, one of the reference list, one of a notes area, etc. I know
which icon in the app toolbar (the one showing the running applications)
corresponds to which view, because I know the order in which I opened the
views. However, when I press ALT-TAB, I can' t tell which icon is which in
the ALT-TAB screen, because the icons are ordered by most recent use, not by
the document's position in the app toolbar.

A simple solution is that, each time I press TAB and select an icon (but
before releasing ALT), the icon for the corresponding document (the one that
will receive the focus if I release ALT) flashes briefly.

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[Tony Jollans]

The Alt+Tab window does give you the Title of the window you would select if
you let go of Alt at that point - is that not enough?

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Enjoy,
Tony

Sometimes when using Word (though this suggestion applies to all Office apps,
and maybe all Windows apps), I open several views of the same document - one
of the content, one of the reference list, one of a notes area, etc. I know
which icon in the app toolbar (the one showing the running applications)
corresponds to which view, because I know the order in which I opened the
views. However, when I press ALT-TAB, I can' t tell which icon is which in
the ALT-TAB screen, because the icons are ordered by most recent use, not by
the document's position in the app toolbar.

A simple solution is that, each time I press TAB and select an icon (but
before releasing ALT), the icon for the corresponding document (the one that
will receive the focus if I release ALT) flashes briefly.

----------------
This post is a suggestion for Microsoft, and Microsoft responds to the
suggestions with the most votes. To vote for this suggestion, click the "I
Agree" button in the message pane. If you do not see the button, follow this
link to open the suggestion in the Microsoft Web-based Newsreader and then
click "I Agree" in the message pane.

http://www.microsoft.com/office/community/en-us/default.mspx?mid=64a25ce5-2c
8f-4263-bb4c-483f280296f5&dg=microsoft.public.office.misc