Keyboard Shortcuts

There are many keyboard shortcuts you can use to increase your productivity. Many users find it more appropriate to use these keyboard shortcuts to access topics, instead of clicking.

General Help Viewer Shortcuts

To	Press
Close the Help Viewer	ALT+F4
Display the Options menu	ALT+O
Hide or show the Navigation pane	ALT+O, and then T
Print a topic	ALT+O, and then P
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
Turn on or off search highlighting.	ALT+O, and then O
Return to the help file home page	ALT+O, and then H
Switch between the Navigation pane and the Topic pane	F6
Scroll through all the links in a topic or through all the options on a Navigation pane tab	TAB
Display context (right click) menu [see the User Preferences section]	SHIFT+F10

Contents Tab Shortcuts

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

Index Tab Shortcuts

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	ENTER or ALT+D

Search Tab shortcuts

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	ENTER or 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"	ALT+M
Only search through topic titles	ALT+R

Favorites Tab Shortcuts

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	ENTER or ALT+D
Remove the selected topic from the list	ALT+R

Topic Pane Shortcuts

To	Press
Index Lookup	Select the words you would like to look up and press F1
Find on page	CTRL+F, and then adjust options
Refresh page	F5