User Guide

A KEYBOARD SHORTCUTS
Press To
F1 Open the online help.
F2 Open the Technology Browser.
F3 First press opens the Planet Summary Report . Second press opens your Fleet Summary Report .
Third press opens the Other’s Fleet Summary Report . Fourth press opens the Battle Report . Fifth
press closes the report window.
F4 Open the Ship Design dialog.
F5 Open the Research dialog.
F6 Open the Battle Plans dialog.
F7 Open the Player Relations dialog.
F8 Open the View Race dialog.
F9 Generate a new turn, immediately.
F10 Display your score.
1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 Change the Scanner view: Normal (1), Surface Mineral (2), Mineral Concentration (3),
Planet Value (4), Population (5), No Player Info (6).
7, 8, 9, 0, SHIFT-0 Toggle these Scanner overlays: Radar Coverage (7), Mine Fields (8), Fleet Paths (9),
Planet Names (0), Ship Count (SHIFT-0)
Esc Close the displayed report.
CTRL F Find a planet or fleet in the Scanner.
+ / - Zoom in and out of the Scanner.
Up / Down arrow Displays the previous message and next messages.
Home / End Display the first and last messages in the Messages pane.
Enter Go from the Messages pane to the related dialog or location
Backspace / Delete Delete the selected waypoint.
p / n Display the previous or next planet or fleet in the Command pane.
P / N Display the previous or next planet with a starbase in the Command pane.
[ / ] Find previous or next fleet owned by another player. Requires the Other’s Fleet Report to be
open.
q Open the Production dialog.
v Find your location in the Scanner pane.
f Display your fleet or planet with the lowest ID number in the Command pane. If the fleet is
already selected the planet is displayed, and vice versa.
, Decrease the selected fleet’s warp speed to the current waypoint by one.
. Increase the selected fleet’s warp speed to the current waypoint by one.
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