Using accessibility shortcut keys in the Help Viewer
The following keyboard shortcuts can be used for navigation in the HTML Help Viewer. The help author who builds a compiled help (.chm) file can specify which buttons appear on the Help Viewer toolbar, so some of these options may not be available in your version of the viewer.
For more information about accessibility features and services, visit the Microsoft Accessibility and Disabilities Web site.
For the Help Viewer:
| 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 |
For the Contents 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 |
For the Index tab:
| 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 |
For the Search tab:
| 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 |
For the Favorites tab:
| 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 |
Notes
- There are also shortcut menu commands that can be accessed through the keyboard.
- Shortcut keys also work in secondary and pop-up windows.
- Every time you use a shortcut key in the Navigation pane, you lose focus in the Topic pane. To return to the Topic pane, press F6.
- The Match similar words check box, on the Search tab, will be selected if you used it for your last search.