Hide Underlined Letters for Keyboard Navigation Until ALT Key is Pressed

By pressing keys that correspond to the underlined letters in menus, commands, or dialog box options, you can quickly select options using the keyboard, rather than the mouse. You can also choose to hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation and input indicators (the dotted rectangles around objects) until you start using the keyboard to navigate in Windows, generally with the ALT, TAB or arrow keys. This procedure tells you how to select this option through Display Properties in Control Panel.

Mouse actions

Keyboard actions

On the Start menu:

Select Control Panel

Display the Start menu by pressing CTRL+ESC (or the Windows logo key [image: Windows logo key] ).

Select Control Panel by pressing C.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View.
Select Display.

In Control Panel:

Be sure you are in Classic View (all Control Panel icons are showing).
If not, under Control Panel in the left pane, select Switch to Classic View by pressing TAB.
Press ENTER.
Press the RIGHT ARROW key, and then the LEFT ARROW key to select Display.
Press ENTER.

In the Display Properties dialog box:

Select the Appearance tab.
Select the Effects button.

In the Display Properties dialog box:

Move to the Appearance tab by pressing CTRL+TAB.
Select the Effects button by pressing ALT+E.

In the Effects dialog box:

Select Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key..
Select OK twice.

In the Effects dialog box:

Select Hide underlined letters for keyboard navigation until I press the Alt key. by pressing H.
Press ENTER.
Move to the OK button by pressing TAB.
Press ENTER.

To close Control Panel:

Select the Close button.

To close Control Panel:

Press ALT+F, C.

[image: Control Panel: Appearance tab: Effects dialog box: Hide underlined letters until I press the Alt key]

Control Panel: Appearance tab: Effects dialog box: Hide underlined letters until I press the Alt key

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Hide Underlined Letters for Keyboard Navigation Until ALT Key is Pressed

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