Using shortcut keys in the Help viewer

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

To	Press
Print a topic	CTRL+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 press O
Refresh the current topic - this is useful if you have linked to a Web page	F5
Switch between the navigation pane and the topic	F6
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 commands on a navigation pane tab	TAB

For the navigation pane Contents tab

To	Press
Display the Contents tab	ALT+C
Open and close a book or folder	PLUS SIGN and MINUS SIGN on numberpad or LEFT ARROW and RIGHT ARROW
Select a topic	DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW
Display the selected topic	ENTER

For the navigation pane - Search tab

To	Press
Display the Search tab.	ALT+S
Type a keyword to search for	ALT+W and then type the word
Select or clear the option Search previous results after a search	ALT+U
Select or clear the search option Match similar words	ALT+M
Select or clear the search option Search titles only	ALT+R
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

For the navigation pane - Favourites tab

To	Press
Display the Favourites tab	ALT+I
Add the currently displayed topic to the Favourites list	ALT+A
Select a topic in the Favourites 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

Every time you use a shortcut key in the navigation pane, you lose focus in the topic. To return to the topic, press F6.

There are also right-click commands that can be accessed through the keyboard. See Help toolbar buttons and context menus.

Shortcut keys also work in secondary and pop-up windows.

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