Many people do this until they discover how much faster they can work by using the keyboard instead. When using Windows these tips may be useful:

  • Alt + Tab to change active window; Don't click on the taskbar.
  • Alt to activate the menus
  • Arrows to move around the menus
  • Space or Enter to click
  • Win or Ctrl + Esc to open the start menu
  • Win + R to open a run window;
  • Type the name of the program
  • Win + E to open Explorer
  • Type a http://www.awebsite.com in to the run window to load your default browsers to that page
  • Type mailto:anemail@address.com to fire up your default email client with an address already inserted