Help Accessibility Shortcut Keys
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used for navigation in the HTML Help Viewer. Some of these options may not be available in your version of the viewer, depending on which help file you are viewing.
For more information about accessibility features and services, visit the Microsoft Accessibility and Disabilities Web site.
Shortcut keys for the Help Viewer
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Close the Help Viewer. |
ALT+F4 |
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Switch between the Help Viewer and other open windows. |
ALT+TAB |
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Move back to the previous topic. |
ALT+LEFT ARROW |
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Move forward to the next topic (provided you have viewed it just previously). |
ALT+RIGHT ARROW |
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Refresh the topic that appears in the Topic pane (this is useful if you have linked to a Web page or if you are willing to turn off search highlighting). |
F5 |
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Switch between the Navigation pane and the Topic pane. |
F6 |
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Scroll through a topic. |
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW, or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN |
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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
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Display the Contents Tab. |
ALT+C |
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Open and close a book or folder. |
LEFT ARROW and RIGHT ARROW |
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Select a topic. |
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW |
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Display the selected topic. |
ENTER |
Shortcut keys for the Index Tab
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Display the Index Tab. |
ALT+N |
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Type a keyword to search for. |
ALT+W and then type the word |
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Select a keyword in the list. |
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW |
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Display the associated topic. |
ALT+D |
Shortcut keys for the Search Tab
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Display the Search Tab. |
ALT+S |
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Type a keyword to search for. |
ALT+W and then type the word |
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Start a search. |
ALT+L |
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Select a topic in the results list. |
ALT+T, and then UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW |
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Display the selected topic. |
ALT+D |
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The following options are only available if full-text search is enabled. |
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Search for a keyword in the result list of a prior search. |
ALT+U |
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Search for words similar to the keyword. For example, to find words like "running" and "runs" for the keyword "run" |
ALT+M |
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Only search through topic titles. |
ALT+R |
Shortcut keys for the Favorites Tab
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Display the Favorites Tab. |
ALT+I |
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Add the currently displayed topic to the Favorites list. |
ALT+A |
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Select a topic in the Favorites list. |
ALT+P, and then UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW |
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Display the selected topic. |
ALT+D |
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Remove the selected topic from the list. |
ALT+R |
There are also shortcut menu commands that can be accessed through the keyboard.
Shortcut keys also work in secondary and popup windows.
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.
