Help shortcuts

Command

Description

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

Opens 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 Close All.

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

Right-click, and then click Print.

Prints the topic.

Keyboard

Description

TAB

toogle controls

SHIFT+TAB

toogle controls backward

UP ARROW

Content tab - about single topics move up

DOWN ARROW

Content tab - about single topics move downward

LEFT ARROW

Content tab - open heading

RIGHT ARROW

Content tab - close heading

ENTER

Content tab - open/close/show heading or topic

PAGE UP

Content window - go to previous page

PAGE DOWN

Content window - go to next page

PAGE UP

Content tab - jump to first topic

PAGE DOWN

Content tab - jump to last topic

END

Content tab - jump to last topic

BACKSPACE

Content tab - jump to parent level topic

To

Press

Close the Help Viewer.

ALT+F4

Switch between the Help Viewer and other open windows.

ALT+TAB

Display the Options menu.

ALT+O

Change Microsoft Internet Explorer settings. The Internet Options dialog box contains accessibility settings. To change these settings click the General tab, and then click Accessibility.

ALT+O, and then press I

Hide or show the Navigation pane.

ALT+O, and then press T

Print a topic.

ALT+O, and then press P, or right-click in the

Move back to the previous topic.

ALT+LEFT ARROW, or ALT+O, and then press B

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

ALT+RIGHT ARROW, or ALT+O, and then press F

Turn on or off search highlighting.

ALT+O, and then press O

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

F5, or ALT+O, and then press R

Return to the home page (help authors can specify a home page for a help system).

ALT+O, and then press H

Stop the viewer from opening a page (this is also useful if you are linking to the Web and want to stop a page from downloading).

ALT+O, and then press S

Jump to a predetermined topic or Web page. The help author who builds a compiled help (.chm) file can add two links, on the Options menu, to important topics or Web pages. When you select a Jump command you go to one of those topics or Web pages.

ALT+O, and then press 1 or 2

Switch between the Navigation pane and the Topic pane.

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 options on a Navigation pane tab.

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

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

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

The following options are only available if full-text search is enabled.

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

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