Shortcut to close multiple apps

I teach elementary school and we have a computer lab full of iMacs. Often when we go to the lab, many of the computers have several apps open. Currently we have to go to the doc and quit each app individually or go to the Apple and use force quit. Is there any keyboard shortcut we can use (or create) to close multiple open applications. Thanks.

Richard,
there’s no keyboard shortcut that closes all active apps (without also restarting or shutting down), but this might work for you.

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Nuff said.

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tqtclipper wrote:
hello, my eyesight issue happens occasionally, from time to time i run multiple apps that use the isight camera...
http://support.apple.
com/kb/HT2411: Your camera can be used by only one application at a time.
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tqtclipper wrote:
... Is there a way to use activity monitor to identify and kill the process controlling the isight? ...
http://support.apple.
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