You can navigate the information center by using the keyboard.
Navigating by keyboard
Use the following key combinations to navigate the help system by keyboard:
- In the Topic pane, to go to the next link, press Tab.
- To expand and collapse a node in the navigation tree, press the Right
and Left Arrows.
- To move to the next topic node, press the Down Arrow.
- To move to the previous topic node, press the Up Arrow.
- To go to the next link, button, or topic node from inside one of the views,
press Tab.
- To scroll all the way up or down in a pane, press Home or End.
- To go back, press Alt+Left Arrow; to go forward, press Alt+Right Arrow.
- To go to the next pane, press F6.
- To move to the previous pane, press Shift+F6.
- To print the active pane, press Ctrl+P.
- To open the pop-up menu, press Alt+M.
- To move to the previous item on the pop-up menu, press the Up Arrow.
- To move to the next item on the pop-up menu, press the Down Arrow.
- To select an item on the pop-up menu, move to the item and press Enter.
- To close the pop-up menu, press Esc.
- To move to the contents view, press Alt+C. (then press Enter if you are
using IE)
- To move to the Search Results view, press Alt+R. (then press Enter if
you are using IE)
- To move to the Index view, press Alt+I. (then press Enter if you are using
IE)
For JAWS 7 users
- To expand a node in the navigation tree, press Alt+O. JAWS says "Alt O".
- To collapse a node in the navigation tree, press Alt+B. JAWS says "Alt
B".
- To move down to the next topic node in the tree, press Ctrl+Shift+Down
Arrow.
- To move up to the previous topic node in the tree, press Ctrl+Shift+Up
Arrow.
- To scroll all the way up or down in a pane, press PageUp or PageDown.
- To move to the previous item on the pop-up menu, press Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow.
- To move to the next item on the pop-up menu, press Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow.
- To select an item on the pop-up menu, move to the item and press Enter.
- To switch among Contents view, Search Results view, Index view and Bookmarks
view, move to Selection of navigation views frame, and then use the key combinations
described in the previous section.
Use the other keyboard combinations as documented in the Navigating by
keyboard section.
For Home Page Reader 3.4 users
- To expand and collapse a node in the tree structure, press Enter.
- To open the pop-up menu, press Ctrl+L, then press End, then press Enter.
- To move to the previous item on the pop-up menu, press Shift+Tab.
- To move to the next item on the pop-up menu, press Tab.
- To select an item on the pop-up menu, move to the item and press Enter.
- To close the pop-up menu, press Alt+Shift+H.
- To switch among Contents view, Search Results view, Index view and Bookmarks
view, move to Selection of navigation views frame, and then:
- To move to the Contents view, press Alt+Shift+C.
- To move to the Search Results view, press Alt+Shift+R.
- To move to the Index view, press Alt+Shift+I.
Use the other keyboard combinations as documented in the Navigating by
keyboard section.