Emacs switching out of terminal

Question

When running terminal mode in Emacs using M-x term using C-x C-o I cannot switch to another buffer to continue working on things. I know that this is p

Answer 1

With the assumption that you are using a Linux distro:

1. Ctrl + d to terminate the Terminal Emulator process
2. C-c k then ENTER to kill the associated buffer

Answer 2

In terminal mode you have to use C-c o to switch to the other buffer. C-c is the "terminal escape character"

http://www.gnu.org/s/libtool/manual/emacs/Terminal-emulator.html