Frequently asked questions
Everything about alttab — practice environments for everyday office workflows.
What is alttab?
alttab is a free set of interactive practice environments for everyday office work. Each environment is a faithful recreation of a familiar tool — spreadsheet, email client, chat, docs, design canvas or CRM — where you work through short, timed exercises. It runs entirely in your browser, with no account and nothing to install.
What can I practise?
Inbox triage and email filing, phishing awareness, CRM pipeline stages, lead qualification, duplicate-record detection, spreadsheet accuracy and consolidation, keyboard speed, and design alignment and colour matching.
Which environments are available?
Seven so far: a spreadsheet (Excel), an email client (Outlook), two chat workspaces (Microsoft Teams and Slack), a document workspace (Notion), a design canvas (Figma) and a CRM (Salesforce). More may be added over time.
What does the Esc key do?
Esc switches the working area to a static reference view — a finished report, an email thread or a chat log — so you can step away from an exercise. Press Esc again to return to it.
Is it free? Do I need an account?
It is completely free and there is no sign-up or download. Just open the site and start.
What data does alttab collect?
Your results, preferences and streak stay on your device. When product analytics are enabled, alttab sends anonymous usage events to PostHog in the EU to understand visits and which environments are useful. Analytics use no cookies or persistent identifier, session replay or autocapture, and never include text you enter or interaction content.
Does it work on mobile?
It works best on a desktop or laptop with a keyboard, since the exercises use keyboard and pointer controls. It loads on phones too.
How closely do the environments match the real tools?
Each one is a careful visual match — layout, colours and typography — of the real tool's interface, so the exercises feel like the software you already use. alttab does not use any real company logos.
What languages is alttab available in?
Five: English, Spanish, German, Italian and French. The interface and the exercise content follow the language you choose.