Changing Cells Changing Vern cells is easy. Activate Vern (hit the Vern activate hotkey or click on the Vern icon in the System Tray) and switch between cells by clicking on the destination screen. Any programs running in the current screen have now been displaced by the windows in the destination Virtual Screen. Vern is capable of displaying dozens of virtual screens but you will probably want to limit the number to between 5 and 10, depending on your own taste. I prefer having a column of between 6 and 8 Vern cells on the right hand side of the screen. If the Auto Activate option has been turned on, Vern will automatically switch to the currently active window. Clicking on a program button in the Windows task bar or using the Alt-TAB task switcher will automatically switch you to the virtual screen where your program is located. After closing or minimizing a program Windows always activates the next window in the active window list but that window may not be in the current desktop. Vern tries not to switch to another Virtual screen after closing or minimizing another program -- this can be annoying. If the Hide offscreen option is selected then windows on other Virtual Screens will not be visible on the Windows taskbar which can greatly reduce taskbar clutter. Of course with this option selected one is forced to use Vern to change Virtual Screens. You can set hotkeys to change desktops as well. See the Vern Properties Hotkey tab for details. For example, I set the following as Win+U, Win+D, Win+R and Win+L.
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