Keys for Office Assistant
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To perform the following actions, the Microsoft Office Assistant must be turned on and
visible. To turn on or show the Office Assistant, press ALT+H to open the Help
menu, and then press O. With the Assistant visible, press F1 to display the
Assistant balloon.
- F1
- Display the Assistant balloon (if the
Assistant is turned off, F1 opens the Help window)
In the Assistant balloon
- ALT+number
- Select a Help topic from the list the Assistant displays. ALT+1 is the
first topic, ALT+2 is the second, and so on.
- ALT+DOWN ARROW
- Display more Help topics in the Assistant list
- ALT+UP ARROW
- Display previous Help topics in the Assistant list
- ESC
- Close an Assistant message or a tip
In some wizards or dialog boxes
- TAB
- Move to the Help
button in the wizard
- SPACEBAR, with the Help
button selected
- Show the Assistant in a wizard or dialog box. To hide the Assistant, press SPACEBAR again.
Note that not all wizards or dialog boxes have Help provided by the Assistant.
Note If you use a screen review utility
or other accessibility aid, you'll
get the best results with Help if you enter questions in the Answer Wizard tab in the
Help window rather than in the Office Assistant balloon or in the Ask a
Question box.