Accessibility features in Help

The Help window displays Help topics and other Help content.

TAB

Select the next hidden text or hyperlink, or Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic

SHIFT+TAB

Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink, or Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic

ENTER

Perform the action for the selected hidden text or hyperlink, or Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic

ALT+LEFT ARROW

Move back to the previous Help topic

ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Move forward to the next Help topic

CTRL+P

Print a Help topic

UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW

Scroll small amounts up and down, respectively, within a Help topic

PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN

Scroll larger amounts up and down, respectively, within a Help topic

UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW

Select the previous and next item, respectively, in a table of contents

RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW

Expand and collapse the selected item, respectively, in a table of contents

SHIFT+F10

Display a menu of commands for the Help window; requires that the Help window have active focus (click an item in the Help window).

1. In Windows XP Control Panel, click Network and Internet Connections, and then click Internet Options.

   In Windows 2000 Control Panel, double-click the Internet Options icon.

2. On the General tab, click Accessibility, and then click Ignore colors specified on Web pages.
3. Click OK.
4. Do one or both of the following:

   Change the color of the background or text in Help

   • On the General tab, click Colors, and then select the options you want.

   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 Help topics in the Help window, the change also affects the font and background color of Web pages that you view by using Microsoft Internet Explorer.

Many Help topics use hidden text and expandable hyperlinks to show or hide additional information within the topics. This way, you don't have to jump to a different Help topic to see information, and the content is easy to scan. You can use the expandable hyperlinks one at a time, or use Show All or Hide All to open or close all of the expandable hyperlinks in the topic.

Press TAB to select the next hidden text or hyperlink, or to select Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic. Within the Help window, press SHIFT+ TAB to select the previous hidden text or hyperlink, or to select Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic.

Note  If you are using a screen reader to read Help topics, you must first expand all the links in the topic by using the Show All button.

The Help task pane is part of each Office program and it provides access to all Office Help content.

F1

Display the Help task pane

F6

Switch between the Help task pane and the active program

TAB

Select the next item in the Help task pane

SHIFT+TAB

Select the previous item in the Help task pane

ENTER

Perform the action for the selected item

UP ARROW and DOWN ARROW

Select the previous and next item, respectively, in a table of contents

RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW

Expand and collapse the selected item, respectively, in a table of contents

ALT+LEFT ARROW

Move back to the previous task pane

ALT+RIGHT ARROW

Move forward to the next task pane

CTRL+SPACE

Open the menu of task pane options

CTRL+F1

Close and reopen the current task pane

CTRL+RIGHT ARROW

Expand a +/- list

CTRL+LEFT ARROW

Collapse a +/- list

Press F10 or ALT to select the menu bar, and then press TAB until the insertion point appears in the Ask a Question box. Type your question, and then press ENTER.

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