Help Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts
If your mouse is unavailable or if you prefer using the keyboard, you can use keyboard commands to navigate within the Help Viewer. The following sections in this topic identify the keyboard shortcuts that are available in each section of the Help Viewer window:
Help Viewer keyboard shortcuts
Contents tab keyboard shortcuts
Help Favorites tab keyboard shortcuts
Index tab keyboard shortcuts
Search tab keyboard shortcuts
Help Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts
Press |
To |
|---|---|
ALT+C |
Display the Contents pane. |
ALT+I |
Display the Index pane. |
ALT+S |
Display the Search pane. |
ALT+H, P |
Display the Help Favorites pane. |
ALT+F4 |
Close the Help Viewer. |
ALT+LEFT ARROW |
Move back to the previously viewed topic. |
ALT+RIGHT ARROW |
Move forward to the next (previously viewed) topic. |
ALT+SPACEBAR |
Display the System menu for the document window that lets you move or resize the window. |
ALT+T, O |
Display the Options menu. |
ALT+V, Z, G |
Increase the font to maximum size in the document window. |
CTRL+P |
Print a topic. |
CTRL+A |
Highlight all text in the topic pane. |
CTRL+END |
Move to the end of a topic. |
CTRL+HOME |
Move to the start of a topic. |
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB |
Switch to the previous tab in the navigation pane. |
CTRL+TAB |
Switch to the next tab in the navigation pane. |
DOWN ARROW |
Move down one topic in the contents or search results list, or scroll down within a topic. |
F5 |
Update the topic that appears in the topic pane. |
PAGE DOWN |
Move down one page in the table of contents or search results list. |
PAGE UP |
Move up one page in the table of contents or search results list. |
SHIFT+F10 |
Display the Help Viewer shortcut menu. .gif "Note") Note:
Use this shortcut when the focus is in the topic pane.
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TAB |
Scroll through all the links in a topic or through all the options on a navigation pane tab. |
UP ARROW |
Move up one topic in the table of contents or search results list, or scroll up within a topic. |
Contents Tab Keyboard Shortcuts
Press |
To |
|---|---|
ALT+C |
Display the Contents tab. |
BACKSPACE |
Return to the previous open book. |
ENTER |
Display the selected topic. |
LEFT ARROW |
Close a book. |
RIGHT ARROW |
Open a book. |
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW, or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, or HOME and END |
Move through the topic list. |
Help Favorites Tab Keyboard Shortcuts
Press |
To |
|---|---|
ALT+A |
Add a topic to the Help Topics list. |
ALT+H, P (Help Favorites) |
Display the Help Topics list. |
ALT+P |
Select a topic in the Help Topics list. Note:
Use this shortcut when the focus is in the topic pane and you want to move to the Help Topics list.
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DELETE |
Remove a topic from the Help Topics list. |
ENTER |
Display a topic from the Help Topics list. |
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW, or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, or HOME and END |
Move through the Help Favorites list. |
Index Tab Keyboard Shortcuts
Press |
To |
|---|---|
ALT+I |
Display the Index tab. |
ENTER |
Display the selected topic. |
TAB |
Move to the Look for or Filtered by drop-down list boxes, or to the keyword list. Note:
The Filtered by menu selection is only active when two or more help collections exist in Document Explorer.
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UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW, or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, or HOME and END |
Move through the keyword list. |
Search Tab Keyboard Shortcuts
Press |
To |
|---|---|
ALT+S |
Display the Search tab. |
ENTER |
Display the selected topic. |
TAB |
Move to the search box, filter options, or the Search button. |
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW, or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, or HOME and END |
Move through the search results list. |