Using ABBYY FineReader Help

Keyboard shortcuts for the Help window
Using the Contents, Index, and Search pane
Using the topic pane
Keyboard shortcuts for browsing search results
Changing the appearance of a Help topic

Keyboard shortcuts for the Help window

To	Press
Display the Help window	F1
Switch between the Help topic and the Contents, Search, or Index panes	F6
Display the Options menu to access any Help toolbar commands	ALT+O
Hide or show the pane with the Contents, Search, and Index tabs	ALT+O, and then press T
Display one of the previously viewed topics	ALT+O, and then press B to go back or F to go forward
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 (when viewing a Web page)	ALT+O, and then press R
Print all topics in the current book or the selected topic only	ALT+O, and then press P
Close the Help window	ALT+F4

Using the Contents, Index, and Search pane

Press F6 to switch from the Help topic to the Contents, Search, Index pane.

To	Press
Switch to the next tab	CTRL+TAB
Switch to the Contents tab	ALT+C
Switch to the Search tab	ALT+S
Switch to the Index tab	ALT+N
Open a selected book or Help topic	ENTER
Select the next book or Help topic	DOWN ARROW
Select the previous book or Help topic	UP ARROW
Display a shortcut menu	SHIFT+F10

Using the topic pane

Press F6 to switch from the Contents, Search, Index pane to the open Help topic.

To	Press
Go to the next Help topic	ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Go to the previous Help topic	ALT+LEFT ARROW
Select the next hidden text or hyperlink	TAB
Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink	SHIFT+TAB
Perform the action for the selected hidden text, or hyperlink	ENTER
Scroll toward the beginning or end of a Help topic	UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW
Scroll toward the beginning or end of a Help topic in large increments	PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
Go to the beginning or end of a Help topic	HOME or END
Print the current Help topic	CTRL+P
Select the entire Help topic	CTRL+A
Copy the selected items to the Clipboard	CTRL+C
Display a shortcut menu	SHIFT+F10

Keyboard shortcuts for browsing search results

To select a topic, use the UP or DOWN arrow keys, and then press ENTER to open the topic in the Help window.

Changing the appearance of a Help topic

From the Help menu, click Help.
In the Help window, click Options, and then click Internet Options.
On the General tab, click Accessibility, and then select the Ignore colors specified on Web pages check box.
Click OK.
In the Internet Options dialog box, do one or both of the following:
- To change the color of the background or text in Help, click the General tab, click Colors, and then select the options you want.
- To change the font in Help, on the General tab, click Fonts, and then select the options you want.

Note. If you change the font and background color of the Help topics in the Help window, the change will also affect the font and background color when you view a Web page in Microsoft Internet Explorer.