Navigating in the information center
The information center provides a graphical user interface for navigating product documentation.
The Contents pane (
) on the left side of the help window displays
topics titles in a table of contents or navigation tree structure.
Click topic titles to display content in the pane on the right.
Use the Back (
) and Forward (
) buttons to navigate within the history
of viewed topics.
To return to the table of contents after running a search, click the Contents tab (
) at the bottom of the pane.
Synchronizing the table of contents
When you follow a link within a topic in the pane on the right, the navigation tree does not automatically change to display and highlight the new topic. To see where the new topic fits in the navigation tree and synchronize the two views, click the Refresh button (
) or the Show in Table of Contents (
) button. The topic title for the currently
displayed topic will be highlighted in the navigation tree.
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 active pane, press Ctrl+P.