Accessibility in the help system

Accessibility features help users with physical disabilities, such as restricted mobility or limited vision, to use software products successfully. The major accessibility features in this product enable users to do the following:
In addition, the product documentation was modified to include the following features to aid accessibility:

Navigating by keyboard

Use the following key combinations to navigate the help system by keyboard:
  • To go to the next link, button or topic node from inside a pane in the help browser, press Tab.
  • To expand and collapse a node in the tree, press the Right and Left arrows.
  • To move to the next topic node, press the Down arrow or Tab.
  • To move to the previous topic node, press the Up arrow or Shift+Tab.
  • To scroll all the way up or down, 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 Ctrl+Tab.
  • To move to previous pane, press Shift+Ctrl+Tab.
  • To print the the active pane, press Ctrl+P.
Related concepts
About the help system
Navigating the help system
Searching the help system
Setting bookmarks and printing in the help system
Viewing languages in the help system

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