Keyboard shortcuts for the help system in the product

You can use shortcuts to control the help system by using the keyboard.

Table 1. Help system keyboard shortcuts
Key combination	Context	Function
`F6`	Anywhere in the help browser	Puts focus in the next browser frame.
`F6+Shift`	Anywhere in the help browser	Puts focus in the previous browser frame.
`Right Arrow`	Navigation tree	Expand section
`Left Arrow`	Navigation tree	Collapse section
`Down Arrow` or `Tab`	Navigation tree	Move to next topic node
`Up Arrow` or `Shift+Tab`	Navigation tree	Move to previous topic node
`Enter`	Navigation tree	Displays the selected topic in the Content frame
`Tab`	Content frame	Next link or toolbar icon
`Home`	Content frame	Move to top of frame
`End`	Content frame	Move towards the end of frame
`Alt+Left Arrow`	Content frame	Back
`Alt+Right Arrow`	Content frame	Forward
`Ctrl+P`	Content frame	Print

Example

To open a topic by using keyboard shortcuts and have the content read by a screen reader:

Start the screen reader application.
Open the help system in the browser.
Press F6 three times to move the focus into the Contents pane.
Press Tab to navigate to a container that you want to open. Example: Installing
Press the Right Arrow to expand the section.
Press Tab to navigate to a topic that you want to open.
Press Enter to open the topic contents.
Press F6 three times to move the focus into the topic pane. If you are using Mozilla Firefox, the topic contents are read by the screen reader application.
If you are using Internet Explorer, press the Down Arrow to make the screen reader application read the topic contents.