Help Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts

If your mouse is unavailable or if you prefer using your keyboard, you can use the following keyboard commands to navigate within the Help Viewer.

Help Viewer keyboard shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+SPACEBAR	Display the system menu.
SHIFT+F10	Display the Help Viewer shortcut menu. Note Use this shortcut when the focus is in the topic pane.
ALT+TAB	Switch between the Help Viewer and other open windows.
ALT+O	Display the Options menu.
ALT+O, and then press T	Hide or show the navigation pane.
CTRL+TAB	Switch to the next tab in the navigation pane.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB	Switch to the previous tab in the navigation pane.
UP ARROW	Move up one topic in the table of contents, index, or search results list.
DOWN ARROW	Move down one topic in the table of contents, index, or search results list.
PAGE UP	Move up one page in the table of contents, index, or search results list.
PAGE DOWN	Move down one page in the table of contents, index, or search results list.
F6	Switch focus between the navigation pane and the topic pane.
ALT+O, and then press R	Refresh the topic that appears in the topic pane.
UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW	Scroll through a topic.
CTRL+HOME	Move to the beginning of a topic.
CTRL+END	Move to the end of a topic.
CTRL+A	Highlight all text in the topic pane.
ALT+O, and then press P	Print a topic.
ALT+O, and then press B	Move back to the previously viewed topic.
ALT+O, and then press F	Move forward to the next (previously viewed) topic.
ALT+F4	Close the Help Viewer.

Contents tab keyboard shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+C	Display the Contents tab.
RIGHT ARROW	Open a book.
LEFT ARROW	Close a book.
BACKSPACE	Return to the previous open book.
UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW	Select a topic.
ENTER	Display the selected topic.

Index tab keyboard shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+N	Display the Index tab.
UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW	Select a keyword in the list.
ALT+D or ENTER	Display the associated topic.

Search tab keyboard shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+S	Display the Search tab.
ALT+L	Start a search.
ALT+D or ENTER	Display the selected topic.

Favorites tab keyboard shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+I	Display the Favorites tab.
ALT+A	Add a topic to the Topics list.
ALT+P	Select a topic in the Topics list. Note Use this shortcut when the focus is in the topic pane and you want to move to the Topics list.
ALT+R	Remove a topic from the Topics list.
ALT+D	Display a topic from the Topics list.

See Also

Printing a Help Topic

Bookmarking a Help Topic

Searching for a Help Topic

Using Language Filtering

Copying a Help Topic

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