Help Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts

If your mouse is unavailable or if you prefer using the keyboard, you can use keyboard commands to navigate within the Help Viewer. The following sections in this topic identify the keyboard shortcuts that are available in each section of the Help Viewer window:

• Help Viewer keyboard shortcuts

• Contents tab keyboard shortcuts

• Help Favorites tab keyboard shortcuts

• Index tab keyboard shortcuts

• Search tab keyboard shortcuts

Help Viewer Keyboard Shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+C	Display the Contents pane.
ALT+I	Display the Index pane.
ALT+S	Display the Search pane.
ALT+H, P	Display the Help Favorites pane.
ALT+F4	Close the Help Viewer.
ALT+LEFT ARROW	Move back to the previously viewed topic.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW	Move forward to the next (previously viewed) topic.
ALT+SPACEBAR	Display the System menu for the document window that lets you move or resize the window.
ALT+T, O	Display the Options menu.
ALT+V, Z, G	Increase the font to maximum size in the document window.
CTRL+P	Print a topic.
CTRL+A	Highlight all text in the topic pane.
CTRL+END	Move to the end of a topic.
CTRL+HOME	Move to the start of a topic.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB	Switch to the previous tab in the navigation pane.
CTRL+TAB	Switch to the next tab in the navigation pane.
DOWN ARROW	Move down one topic in the contents or search results list, or scroll down within a topic.
F5	Update the topic that appears in the topic pane.
PAGE DOWN	Move down one page in the table of contents or search results list.
PAGE UP	Move up one page in the table of contents or search results list.
SHIFT+F10	Display the Help Viewer shortcut menu. Note: Use this shortcut when the focus is in the topic pane.
TAB	Scroll through all the links in a topic or through all the options on a navigation pane tab.
UP ARROW	Move up one topic in the table of contents or search results list, or scroll up within a topic.

Contents Tab Keyboard Shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+C	Display the Contents tab.
BACKSPACE	Return to the previous open book.
ENTER	Display the selected topic.
LEFT ARROW	Close a book.
RIGHT ARROW	Open a book.
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW, or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, or HOME and END	Move through the topic list.

Help Favorites Tab Keyboard Shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+A	Add a topic to the Help Topics list.
ALT+H, P (Help Favorites)	Display the Help Topics list.
ALT+P	Select a topic in the Help Topics list. Note: Use this shortcut when the focus is in the topic pane and you want to move to the Help Topics list.
DELETE	Remove a topic from the Help Topics list.
ENTER	Display a topic from the Help Topics list.
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW, or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, or HOME and END	Move through the Help Favorites list.

Index Tab Keyboard Shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+I	Display the Index tab.
ENTER	Display the selected topic.
TAB	Move to the Look for or Filtered by drop-down list boxes, or to the keyword list. Note: The Filtered by menu selection is only active when two or more help collections exist in Document Explorer.
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW, or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, or HOME and END	Move through the keyword list.

Search Tab Keyboard Shortcuts

Press	To
ALT+S	Display the Search tab.
ENTER	Display the selected topic.
TAB	Move to the search box, filter options, or the Search button.
UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW, or PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN, or HOME and END	Move through the search results list.

See Also

Other Resources

How to Print a Help Topic

How to Bookmark a Help Topic

How to Search for a Help Topic

How to Use Language Filtering

How to Copy a Help Topic or Code Example