Keys for Help window
To use the Help window, the Microsoft Office Assistant must be turned off. To turn off
the Assistant, press F1 to display the Assistant. Press ALT+O to open the Options
dialog box. Press ALT+U to clear the Use the Office Assistant check box,
and then press ENTER. Press F1 to display the Help window.
- F1
- Display the Help window if the Assistant is turned off (if the Assistant
is turned on, F1 displays the Assistant balloon).
In the Help window
- F6
- Switch between the Help
topic and the Contents, Answer Wizard, Index pane
- TAB
- Select Show All or Hide All at the top of a
topic, or the next hidden text or
hyperlink
- SHIFT+TAB
- Select the previous hidden text, hyperlink, Show All,
or Hide All
- ENTER
- Perform the action for the selected Show All, Hide
All, hidden
text, or hyperlink
- ALT+O
- Display the Options menu to access any Help toolbar
command
- ALT+O, and then press T
- Hide or show the pane with the Contents, Answer Wizard, and Index tabs
- ALT+O, and then press B
- Display the previously viewed topic
- ALT+O, and then press F
- Display the next topic in a previously displayed sequence of topics
- ALT+O, and then press H
- Return to the specified home page
- ALT+O, and then press S
- 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 I
- Open the Internet Options
dialog box for Microsoft Internet Explorer, where you can change accessibility settings
- ALT+O, and then press R
- Refresh the topic (useful if you have linked to a Web page)
- ALT+O, and then press P
- Print all topics in a book or a selected topic only
- ALT+F4
- Close the Help window
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.