By using the following keyboard shortcuts in Help, you can quickly accomplish many common tasks.
To do this | Use this keyboard shortcut |
Display the Help window | F1 |
Switch the cursor between the Help topic pane and the navigation pane (Contents, Search, and Index tabs) | F6 |
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 |