Most of the features of the help viewer are accessible from the keyboard. When you first open the viewer, keyboard focus is on the Back button. The traversal order goes from the toolbar to the selected tab to the left content pane and then to the right pane.
The following table lists the keystrokes most commonly used to navigate the viewer.
Keys | Action |
Ctrl-Tab | Shifts focus to the next component |
Ctrl-Shift-Tab | Shifts focus to the previous component |
Up arrow | Selects the previous item in the TOC or the index |
Down arrow | Selects the next item in the TOC or the index |
Ctrl-T | Shifts focus to the next link in a topic |
Ctrl-Shift-T | Shifts focus to the previous link in a topic |
Ctrl-spacebar | Follows a link in a topic |