By using the following keyboard shortcuts in Help, you can quickly accomplish many common tasks.
To do this | Use this keyboard shortcut |
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Display the Help window. |
F1 |
Switch the cursor between the Help topic pane and the navigation pane (tabs such as Contents, Search, and Index). |
F6 |
Change between tabs (for example, Contents, Search, and Index) while in the navigation pane. |
ALT + Underlined letter of the tab |
Select the next hidden text or hyperlink. |
TAB |
Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink. |
SHIFT+TAB |
Perform the action for the selected Show All, Hide All, hidden text, or hyperlink. |
ENTER |
Display the Options menu to access any Help toolbar command. |
ALT+O |
Hide or show the pane containing the Contents, Search, and Index tabs. |
ALT+O, and then press T |
Display the previously viewed topic. |
ALT+O, and then press B |
Display the next topic in a previously displayed sequence of topics. |
ALT+O, and then press F |
Return to the specified home page. |
ALT+O, and then press H |
Stop the Help window from opening a Help topic (useful if you want to stop a Web page from downloading). |
ALT+O, and then press S |
Open the Internet Options dialog box for Microsoft Internet Explorer, where you can change accessibility settings. |
ALT+O, and then press I |
Refresh the topic (useful if you have linked to a Web page). |
ALT+O, and then press R |
Print all topics in a book or a selected topic only. |
ALT+O, and then press P |
Close the Help window. |
ALT+F4 |