Shortcut Keys (Help Viewer)

You can navigate in the Microsoft Help Viewer by using the shortcut keys in the following table:

Area	Keystroke	Action
General Application	Space	Use instead of Enter anywhere except in edit fields.
General Application	F1	Open Help about current UI element.
General Application	F11	Toggle between full-screen view and regular view.
Toolbar	Backspace -OR- Alt + Left Arrow	Display the previous page.
Toolbar	Alt + Right Arrow	Display the next page.
Toolbar	Alt + Home	Display the Help Reviewer Home page.
Toolbar	Ctrl + S	Highlight the current topic in the table of contents (on the Contents tab).
Toolbar	Ctrl + D	Add the current topic to the Favorites tab.
Toolbar	Ctrl + F	Display the Find bar in the topic area so that you can search for text within the current topic.
Toolbar	Ctrl + P	Print the current page.
Toolbar	Ctrl + F2	Display a print preview of the current page.
Toolbar	Ctrl + O	Display the Viewer Options dialog box.
Toolbar	Ctrl + Shift + M	Display the Manage Contents tab.
Navigators	Alt + C -OR- Ctrl + Shift + C	Display the Contents tab.
Navigators	Alt + I -OR- Ctrl + Shift + I	Display the Index tab.
Navigators	Alt + F -OR- Ctrl + Shift + F	Display the Favorites tab.
Navigators	Alt + S -OR- Ctrl + E -OR- Ctrl + Shift + S	Display the Search tab.
Navigators	Alt + M -OR- Ctrl + Shift + M	Display the Manage Content tab.
Topic	Shortcut Menu key OR Shift + F10	Display the shortcut menu for the current UI element.
Topic	Up Arrow	Scroll toward the start of the document one line at a time.
Topic	Down Arrow	Scroll toward the end of the document one line at a time.
Topic	Page Up	Scroll toward the start of the document one screen at a time.
Topic	Page Down	Scroll toward the end of the document one screen at a time.
Topic	Home	Move to the start of the document.
Topic	End	Move to the end of the document.
Topic	Ctrl + F	Find search text on this page.
Topic	F5	Refresh the current page.
Topic	Ctrl + P	Print the current page.
Topic	Ctrl + F2	Display a print preview of the current page.
Topic	F4	Display the Properties dialog box for the current page.
Topic	Ctrl + T	Open another content tab in the foreground.
Topic	Ctrl + Click	Open a link on a new tab in the foreground.
Topic	Ctrl + Tab	Switch among tabs from left to right.
Topic	Ctrl + Shift + Tab	Switch among tabs from right to left.
Topic	Ctrl + W	Close the current tab.
Topic	Ctrl + Number	Switch to a specific tab where Number is between 1 and 9 and indicates which tab in sequence.
Topic	Ctrl +Alt + F4	Close other content tabs.
Topic	Ctrl + Shift + Plus Sign	Increase zoom by 10%.
Topic	Ctrl + Minus Sign	Decrease zoom by 10%.
Topic	Ctrl + 0 (zero)	Change zoom to 100%.
Index	Tab	Shift focus from keyword entry to keyword list.
Index	Ctrl + K	Switch between showing entries that contain the keyword that you specify and entries that start with the keyword that you specify.
Favorites	Ctrl + Shift + Del	Clear your browsing history.
Favorites	Del	Delete the specified item.
Favorites	Ctrl + N	Create a folder within Favorites.
Favorites	F2	Rename the specified favorite or folder.
Contents & Index & Search	Ctrl + D	Add the specified topic to the Favorites tab.
Contents & Index & Search & Favorites	Ctrl + P	Print the specified topic.
Contents & Index & Search & Favorites	Ctrl + F2	Display a print preview of the specified topic.
Contents & Index & Search & Favorites	Ctrl + Click	Open the topic in a new tab.
Search	Esc	Clear the search text box.
Viewer Options	Alt + T	Change focus to the Text Size list.
Viewer Options	Alt + S	Change focus to the Maximum Search Results list.
Viewer Options	Alt + H	Change focus to the Maximum History entries saved list.
Viewer Options	Alt + E	Select or clear the Include English content in all navigation tabs and F1 requests check box if it is enabled.
Viewer Options	Alt + O	Select or clear the Go online to check for content updates check box.
Find	Enter	Change focus to the next item.
Find	Shift + Enter	Change focus to the previous item.
Find	Esc	Hides the Find text box.
Status bar	Alt + E	Open the Error dialog box if the status bar shows that an error has occurred.
Status bar	Alt + U	Download content if the status bar shows that updates are available

Window Management

Keystroke	Action
Ctrl + L	Reset the Help Viewer layout to the default layout, and close all topic tabs.
Ctrl + Tab	The first keystroke gives focus to the Tab Selection menu. The next keystroke gives focus to the top menu item, and subsequent keystrokes give focus to the menu items in sequence from top to bottom. When a menu item has focus, the Enter key makes that item the active tab.
Ctrl + Shift + Tab	The first keystroke gives focus to the Tab Selection menu. The next keystroke gives focus to the bottom menu item, and subsequent keystrokes give focus to the menu items in sequence from bottom to top. When a menu item has focus, the Enter key makes that item the active tab.
Alt + I, Alt + S, Alt + C, Alt + F, Alt + M	These shortcut keys don't work when the navigation and content-management tabs are undocked.

Manage Content

Keystroke	Action
Alt + D	Change the installation source to disk.
Alt + O	Change the installation source to online.
Tab	Change focus to the Local store path text box.
Tab	Change focus to the Move… button.
Alt + V	Open the Move Content dialog box.
Ctrl + Alt + F	Change focus to the Filter Documentation text box.
Tab	Change focus to the documentation list.
Up Arrow and Down Arrow	Scroll through the documentation list.
Space	Add an item to the Pending changes list.
Tab	Change focus to the Pending changes list.
Up Arrow and Down Arrow	Scroll through the Pending changes list.
Space	Remove an item from the Pending changes list.
Alt + T	Apply all pending changes.