Navigation Using Shortcut Keys
5/10/2007
The following table shows the keyboard shortcuts that can be used for navigation in Help.
| To | Press |
|---|---|
Close Help |
ALT+F4 |
Switch between Help and other open windows |
ALT+TAB |
Display the Internet Options dialog box to change Microsoft® Internet Explorer settings. The Internet Options dialog box also contains accessibility settings. To change these settings, choose the General tab, and then choose Accessibility. |
ALT+V and then press O |
Hide or show the navigation pane |
ALT+V and then press N |
Print the selected topic or print the selected heading and all subtopics |
ALT+F and then press P |
Move back to the previous topic |
ALT+LEFT ARROW - or - ALT+G and then press B |
Move forward to the next topic, provided you have viewed it just previously |
ALT+RIGHT ARROW - or - ALT+G and then press F |
Turn on or off search highlighting |
ALT+V and then press H |
Refresh the topic that appears in the topic pane, which is useful if you have linked to a Web page |
F5 - or - ALT+V and then press R |
Return to the home page |
ALT+G and then press H |
Stop Help from opening a page, which is useful if you have linked to the Web and want to stop a page from downloading |
ALT+V and then press P |
Switch between the navigation pane and the topic pane |
F6 |
Scroll through a topic |
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW - or - PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN |
Scroll through all the links in a topic or through all the options on a navigation pane tab. |
TAB |
The following table shows keyboard shortcuts that can be used on the Contents tab.
| To | Press |
|---|---|
Display the Contents tab |
ALT+C |
Expand and collapse a book or folder |
PLUS SIGN (+) and MINUS SIGN (-) - or - LEFT ARROW and RIGHT ARROW |
Select a topic |
DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW |
Display the selected topic |
ENTER |
The following table shows keyboard shortcuts that can be used on the Index tab.
| To | Press |
|---|---|
Display the Index tab |
ALT+N |
Place the cursor in the Type in the keyword to find box |
ALT+W |
Select a keyword in the list |
DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW |
Display the selected topic |
ALT+D - or - ENTER |
The following table shows keyboard shortcuts that can be used on the Search tab.
| To | Press |
|---|---|
Display the Search tab |
ALT+S |
Start a search |
ALT+L |
Select a topic in the results list |
ALT+T, and then UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW |
Display the selected topic |
ALT+D - or - ENTER |
Search for a keyword in the results list of a prior search or clear the Search previous results check box |
ALT+U |
Search for words similar to the keyword or clear the Match similar words check box |
ALT+M |
Search through topic titles only or clear the Search titles only check box |
ALT+R |
The following table shows keyboard shortcuts that can be used on the Favorites tab.
| To | Press |
|---|---|
Display the Favorites tab |
ALT+I |
Add the currently displayed topic to the Topics list |
ALT+A |
Select a topic in the Topics list |
ALT+P and then UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW |
Display the selected topic |
ALT+D |
Remove the selected topic from the list |
ALT+R |
Note
Every time you use a shortcut key in the navigation pane, you lose focus in the topic pane. To return to the topic pane, press F6. The Match similar words check box on the Search tab will be selected if you used it for your last search.