Access & use menus & toolbars
F10 or ALT
Select the menu bar (menu bar: The horizontal bar below the title bar that contains the names of menus. A menu bar can be the built-in menu bar or a custom menu bar.). or close an open menu and submenu at the same time.
TAB or SHFT+TAB
When a toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar. press ALT and then SHFT+F10.) is selected. select the next or previous button or menu on the toolbar.
CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHFT+TAB
When a toolbar is selected. select the next or previous toolbar.
ENTER
Open the selected menu. or perform the action for the selected button or command.
SHFT+F10
Display the shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu. right-click an item or press SHFT+F10.) for the selected item.
ALT+SPACEBAR
Display the window shortcut menu (Control menu).
DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW
When a menu or submenu is open. select the next or previous command.
LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW
Select the menu to the left or right. When a submenu is open. switch between the main menu and the submenu.
HOME or END
Select the first or last command on the menu or submenu.
ESC
Close an open menu. When a submenu is open. close only the submenu.
SHFT+DOWN ARROW
When a menu is selected. display the list of commands.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW
When a personalized menu is open. display the full set of commands.
Access & use task panes
F6
Move to a task pane (task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.) from another pane in the program window. (You may need to press F6 more than once.)
CTRL+TAB
When a menu or toolbar (toolbar: A bar with buttons and options that you use to carry out commands. To display a toolbar. press ALT and then SHFT+F10.) is active. move to a task pane. (You may need to press CTRL+TAB more than once.)
CTRL+F1
Open or close a task pane.
CTRL+SPACEBAR
Open a drop-down menu for the selected task pane.
TAB or SHFT+TAB
When a task pane is active. select the next or previous option in the task pane.
CTRL+DOWN ARROW
Display the full set of commands on the task pane menu.
DOWN ARROW or UP ARROW
Move among choices in a selected submenu. move among certain options in a group of options.
SPACEBAR or ENTER
Open the selected menu. or perform the action assigned to the selected button.
SHFT+F10
Open a shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item. To display a shortcut menu. right-click an item or press SHFT+F10.). open a drop-down menu for the selected gallery item.
HOME or END
When a menu or submenu is visible. select the first or last command on the menu or submenu.
PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN
Scroll up or down in the selected gallery list.
CTRL+HOME or CTRL+END
Move to the top or bottom of the selected gallery list.
Access & use smart tags
ALT+SHFT+F10
Display the menu or message for a smart tag. If more than one smart tag is present. switch to the next smart tag and display its menu or message.
DOWN ARROW
Select the next item in a smart tag menu.
UP ARROW
Select the previous item in a smart tag menu.
ENTER
Perform the action for the selected item in a smart tag menu.
ESC
Close the smart tag menu or message.
In the Help window
TAB
Select the next hidden text or hyperlink. or Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic.
SHFT+TAB
Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink. or the Browser View button at the top of a Microsoft Office Online Web site article.
ENTER
Perform the action for the selected Show All. Hide All. hidden text. or hyperlink.
ALT+LEFT ARROW
Move back to the previous Help topic.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Move forward to the next Help topic.
CTRL+P
Print the current Help topic.
UP ARROW AND DOWN ARROW
Scroll small amounts up and down. respectively. within the currently displayed Help topic.
PAGE UP AND PAGE DOWN
Scroll larger amounts up and down. respectively. within the currently displayed Help topic.
ALT+U
Change whether the Help window appears connected to (tiled) or separate from (untiled) the active application.
SHFT+F10
Display a menu of commands for the Help window. requires that the Help window have active focus (click an item in the Help window).
Managing Web Pages
F8
Run the accessibility checker.
CTRL+N
Create a new Web page.
CTRL+F4
Close a Web page.
F5
Refresh a Web page. refresh the Folder List. when in Split view. refreshes Code view changes in Design view.
CTRL+TAB
Switch between open Web pages.
CTRL+SHFT+TAB
Switch between open Web pages in reverse order.
CTRL+SHFT+B
Preview a Web page in a Web browser.
ALT+F4
Quit Microsoft FrontPage.
CTRL+ SHFT+8
Display nonprinting characters.
CTRL+ /
Display HTML tags in Design view.
CTRL+F
Find text or HTML on a Web page.
F3
Find the next occurrence of the most recent search.
SHFT+F3
Find the previous occurrence of the most recent search.
CTRL+F3
Find the next occurrence of the current selection.
CTRL+SHFT+F3
Find the previous occurrence of the current selection.
CTRL+H
Replace text or HTML on a Web page.
F7
Check spelling on a Web page.
SHFT+F7
Look up a word in the thesaurus.
CTRL+Z or ALT+BACKSPACE
Undo an action.
CTRL+Y or SHFT+ALT+BACKSPACE
Redo or repeat an action.
ALT+F6
Move through open dialog boxes.
ALT+SHFT+F6
Move through open dialog boxes in reverse order.
DELETE
Delete a Web page or folder in the Folder List or any dialog box.
BACKSPACE
Move up one level.
Views
F12
Preview the current page in a Web browser.
CTRL+PAGE DOWN or CTRL+PAGE UP
Move between Code. Design. Split. and Preview views.
ALT+PAGE DOWN or ALT+PAGE UP
Move between Code and Design panes in Split view.
ALT+F1
Show or hide the Folder List.
F2
Rename the currently selected file in the Folder List.
CTRL+J
Check out the currently selected file in the Folder List.
CTRL+SHFT+J
Check in the currently selected file in the Folder List.
UP ARROW. DOWN ARROW. LEFT ARROW. or RIGHT ARROW
In Hyperlinks view. move through hyperlink nodes.
SHFT+RIGHT ARROW
Expand the current node and move to the right in Hyperlinks view.
SHFT+LEFT ARROW
Expand the current node and move to the left in Hyperlinks view.
CTRL+T
Move through the AutoFilter settings for the columns in Reports view.
Working with Coding Tools
CTRL+F2
Insert temporary bookmark.
F2
Next temporary bookmark.
SHFT+F2
Previous temporary bookmark.
CTRL+ENTER
Insert code snippet.
CTRL+(Comma)
Insert start tag.
CTRL+/
Insert HTML comment.
CTRL+SPACEBAR
Complete word.
CTRL+;
Find matching tag.
CTRL+[
Go to definition of function.
CTRL+]
Find matching brace.
Format Text & Paragraphs
CTRL+SHFT+F
Change the font.
CTRL+SHFT+P
Change the font size.
CTRL+B
Apply bold formatting.
CTRL+U
Apply an underline.
CTRL+I
Apply italic formatting.
SHFT+TAB
In the More Colors dialog box. activate the color picker. Note SHIFT +TAB should activate. in order: Cancel. OK. Select. Custom. Value. and then the color picker.
LEFT. RIGHT. BACK. or FORWARD ARROW KEY
Use the color picker (follow the instructions for the previous entry first).
CTRL+PLUS SIGN
Apply superscript (superscript: Describes text that is slightly higher than other text on a line. such as a footnote reference mark.) formatting.
CTRL+EQUAL SIGN
Apply subscript (subscript: Describes text that is slightly lower than other text on a line. Subscripts are often used in scientific formulas.) formatting.
CTRL+ SHFT+C
Copy formatting.
CTRL+SHFT+V
Paste formatting.
CTRL+SHFT+Z or CTRL+SPACEBAR
Remove manual formatting.
CTRL+E
Center a paragraph.
CTRL+L
Left align a paragraph.
CTRL+R
Right align a paragraph.
CTRL+M
Indent a paragraph from the left.
CTRL+ SHFT+M
Indent a paragraph from the right.
CTRL+ SHFT+S
Apply a style (style: Styles are used to control the font. alignment. and spacing of text. appearance of background pages. and other HTML attributes. A collection of styles is called a style sheet.).
CTRL+SHFT+ N
Apply the Normal style.
CTRL+ALT+1
Apply the Heading 1 style.
CTRL+ALT+2
Apply the Heading 2 style.
CTRL+ALT+3
Apply the Heading 3 style.
CTRL+ALT+4
Apply the Heading 4 style.
CTRL+ALT+5
Apply the Heading 5 style.
CTRL+ALT+6
Apply the Heading 6 style.
CTRL+ SHFT+L
Apply the List style.
Editing / Moving Text & Graphics
BACKSPACE
Delete one character to the left.
DELETE
Delete one character to the right.
CTRL+BACKSPACE
Delete one word to the left.
CTRL+DELETE
Delete one word to the right.
CTRL+C or CTRL+INSERT
Copy text or graphics.
CTRL+X or SHFT+DELETE
Cut selected text to the Microsoft Office Clipboard.
CTRL+V or SHFT+INSERT
Paste the Clipboard contents.
SHFT+ENTER
Insert a line break.
CTRL+SHFT+SPACEBAR
Insert a nonbreaking space.
Selecting Text & Graphics
SHFT+RIGHT ARROW
Move one character to the right.
SHFT+LEFT ARROW
Move one character to the left.
CTRL+SHFT+RIGHT ARROW
Go to the end of a word.
CTRL+SHFT +LEFT ARROW
Go to the beginning of a word.
SHFT+END
Go to the end of a line.
SHFT+HOME
Go to the beginning of a line.
SHFT+UP ARROW
Move one line up.
SHFT+DOWN ARROW
Move one line down.
CTRL+SHFT+DOWN ARROW
Go to the end of a paragraph.
CTRL+SHFT+UP ARROW
Go to the beginning of a paragraph.
SHFT+PAGE DOWN
Move one screen down.
SHFT+PAGE UP
Move one screen up.
CTRL+A
Select the entire page.
ALT+ENTER
Display the properties of a selection.
Tables, Graphics & Hyperlinks
SHFT+CTRL+ALT+T
Insert a table.
TAB
Select the next table cell's content.
SHFT+TAB
Select the preceding table cell's content.
Hold down SHFT and press LEFT or RIGHT ARROW repea
With the insertion point in a cell. extend a selection to adjacent cells in a row.
Hold down SHFT and press UP or DOWN ARROW repeated
With the insertion point in the top or bottom cell of a column. select a column.
CTRL +T
With the graphic selected. create an auto thumbnail (thumbnail: A miniature representation of a picture on a Web page. usually containing a hyperlink to a full-size version of the graphic. Thumbnails are used to load pages rich in graphics or pictures more quickly in a Web browser.).
CTRL+K
Create a hyperlink (hyperlink: Colored and underlined text or a graphic that you click to go to a file. a location in a file. a Web page on the World Wide Web. or a Web page on an intranet. Hyperlinks can also go to newsgroups and to Gopher. Telnet. and FTP sites.) on a Web page.
Help Task Pane
F1
Display the Help task pane.
F6
Switch between the Help task pane and the active application.
TAB
Select the next item in the Help task pane.
SHFT+TAB
Select the previous item in the Help task pane.
ENTER
Perform the action for the selected item.
DOWN ARROW and UP ARROW
In a Table of Contents. select the next and previous item. respectively.
RIGHT ARROW and LEFT ARROW
In a table of contents. expand and collapse the selected item. respectively.
ALT+LEFT ARROW
Move back to the previous task pane.
ALT+RIGHT ARROW
Move forward to the next task pane.
CTRL+SPACEBAR
Open the menu of pane options.
CTRL+F1
Close and reopen the current task pane.
RIGHT ARROW
Expand a +/- list.
LEFT ARROW
Collapse a +/- list.
Access & use windows
ALT+TAB
Switch to the next window.
ALT+SHFT+TAB
Switch to the previous window.
CTRL+W or CTRL+F4
Close the active window.
F6
Move to a task pane (task pane: A window within an Office application that provides commonly used commands. Its location and small size allow you to use these commands while still working on your files.) from another pane in the program window (clockwise direction). You may need to press F6 more than once.
SHFT+F6
Move to a pane from another pane in the program window (counterclockwise direction).
CTRL+F6
When more than one window is open. switch to the next window.
CTRL+SHFT+F6
Switch to the previous window.
Open & Save As Dialog Boxes
ALT+1
Go to the previous folder .
ALT+2
Up One Level button: Open the folder one level above the open folder.
ALT+3
Search the Web button: Close the dialog box and open your Web search page
ALT+4
Delete button: Delete the selected folder or file.
ALT+5
Create New Folder button: Create a new folder.
ALT+6
Views button: Switch among available folder views.
ALT+7 or ALT+L
Tools button: Show the Tools menu.
SHFT+F10
Display a shortcut menu (shortcut menu: A menu that shows a list of commands relevant to a particular item.
TAB
Move between options or areas in the dialog box.
F4 or ALT+I
Open the Look in list.
F5
Refresh the file list.
Dialog Boxes
TAB
Move to the next option or option group.
SHFT+TAB
Move to the previous option or option group.
CTRL+TAB
Switch to the next tab in a dialog box.
CTRL+SHFT+TAB
Switch to the previous tab in a dialog box.
Arrow keys
Move between options in an open drop-down list. or between options in a group of options.
SPACEBAR
Perform the action assigned to the selected button. check or clear the selected check box.
First letter of an optn in a drop-down list
Open the list if it is closed and move to that option in the list.
ALT+ the letter underlined in an optn
Select an option. select or clear a check box.
ALT+DOWN ARROW
Open a selected drop-down list
ESC
Close a selected drop-down list. cancel a command and close a dialog box.
ENTER
Perform the action assigned to a default button in a dialog box.
Edit Boxes Within Dialog Boxes
HOME
Move to the beginning of the entry.
END
Move to the end of the entry.
LEFT ARROW or RIGHT ARROW
Move one character to the left or right.
CTRL+LEFT ARROW
Move one word to the left.
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW
Move one word to the right.
SHFT+LEFT ARROW
Select or unselect one character to the left.
SHFT+RIGHT ARROW
Select or unselect one character to the right.
CTRL+SHFT+LEFT ARROW
Select or unselect one word to the left.
CTRL+SHFT+RIGHT ARROW
Select or unselect one word to the right.
SHFT+HOME
Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the entry.
SHFT+END
Select from the insertion point to the end of the entry.
Programming Applications
ALT+F8
Display. edit. or run macros.
SHFT+ALT+F11
Display the Microsoft Script Editor.
ALT+F11
Display the Microsoft Visual Basic Editor.