Clear screen and switch between apps Mac and windows 10

Fast switching around applications and getting back quickly to the desktop

I am often asked how to get back to the home screen to find a screenshot, picture or other document that a client has placed there. On the Mac and PC it is not too difficult to do. Windows has had available Windows+D for some time and the Mac had the F3 task manager for showing whats going on and allowing you to pick the finder. I hope that this little table gives some pointers

Feature	PC	Mac
Imagine you are working on your masterpiece of fiction and you need to do some research on a plot line. What do you do? Easy... Save your work so far (ctrl+s (pc) cmd+s (Mac)) Open your browser and do your research Save your research Return to your novel and carry on So far so good. Now the practicalilty	Assuming you have Word on the screen you press the windows key to bring up the start screen and tap/click on the browser to open it. Browse and find your research material and either write it down or save it to OneNote, Keep, or Evernote. Now switch back to Word using the ALT+Tab keys	Assuming you have Word or Pages on the screen you press the F4 key to bring up launcher and tap/click on the browser to open it. Browse and find your research material and either write it down or save it to Notes, OneNote, Keep, or Evernote. Now switch back to Word using the cmd+Tab keys
Fast task switching between open apps	ALT+TAB	cmd+TAB
Task manager	Task view button on taskbar	F3 (or F11 on older models)
Show/hide desktop	WIN+D

Windows users seem to have had a tough time adjusting to the start screen beloved of tablet and iPad users to pic apps. However, both Mac and windows PC use the same feature for their app launchers.
Use the Rocket icon (F4 key) (Mac) or Windows icon (Windows Key) (PC)

There are many more shortcut keys and combinations that you can search across the internet. For now just look at the top row of your keyboard and try out some of the features for yourself.