Navigation Shortcut Keys

The following keyboard shortcuts can be used for navigation in the HTML Help Viewer.

Shortcut keys for the Help Viewer:

To

Press

Close the Help Viewer.

ALT+F4

Switch between the Help Viewer and other open windows.

ALT+TAB

Move back to the previous topic.

ALT+LEFT ARROW

Move forward to the next topic (provided you have viewed it just previously).

ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Refresh the topic that appears in the Topic pane (this is useful if you have linked to a Web page).

F5

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

Shortcut keys for the Contents tab:

To

Press

Display the Contents tab.

ALT+C

Open and close 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

There are also commands on the shortcut menu that you can use to display information:

To

Press

Display the shortcut command menu.

SHIFT+F10

Open all books or folders in the table of contents. This command only works if the Contents tab is displayed.

Right-click in the table of contents, and then click Open All.

Close all books or folders. This command only works if the Contents tab is displayed.

Right-click in the table of contents, and then click Close All.

Shortcut keys for the Index tab:

To

Press

Display the Index tab.

ALT+N

Type a keyword to search for.

ALT+W, and then type the word

Select a keyword in the list.

UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW

Display the associated topic.

ALT+D

Shortcut keys for the Search tab:

To

Press

Display the Search tab.

ALT+S

Type a keyword to search for.

ALT+W, and then type the word

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

Search for a keyword in the result list of a prior search.

ALT+U

Search for words similar to the keyword. For example, to find words like "running" and "runs" for the keyword "run." The Match similar words check box, on the Search tab, will be selected if you used it for your last search.

ALT+M

Only search through topic titles.

ALT+R

Shortcut keys for the Favorites tab:

To

Press

Display the Favorites tab.

ALT+I

Add the currently displayed topic to the Favorites list.

ALT+A

Select a topic in the Favorites 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

 



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