Installation guide

Keyboard Shortcuts
Windows 2000, go to Display Control Panel, select Effects, and clear the
item Hide keyboard navigation indicators until I use the Alt key.See
your Windows documentation for details.
Following are some general s hortcuts that are not listed on m enu items.
Key Result
Enter
The equivalent of double-clicking, Enter performs the default action
for a selection. For example, press Enter while a statement in the
Command History w indow is selected to run that statement in the
Command Window.
For buttons in tools and dialog boxes, Enter executes the default button
(the butto n with a border around it). If there is no default button, press
the space bar to execute the active button(thebuttonwithadotted
outlineinsideit).See“DefaultButton and Active B utton ( Button with
Focus)” on page 2-42 for an illustration.
Esc (escape)
Cancels the current action. For example, if y ou select the Edit menu,
the menu items display. Pressing Esc retracts the menu items. Pressing
Esc in a dia log box is the same as selecting th e Cancel button.
Tab Advances to the next button o r field in a t oo l o r dialog box.
In the Command Window, completes a statement if the tab completion
preference is selected.
Space bar For b uttons in tools and dialog boxes, activates the active button. See
“Default Button and Active B utton (Button w ith Focus)” on page 2-42
for an illustration of selecting default and active buttons using keys.
+ or - or * on numeric
keypad
Use these keys on the numeric keypad to expand and collapse items in
tree views. The Help brow ser Help Navigator pane and the Command
History window use tree views. Use + to expand the selected item,
use - to collapse the selected item, and use * to recursively expand it,
meaning open all items contained in the s elected item.
Alt+S
Displays the Start button menu (except on Macintosh platforms).
Alt+Y
Provides acce ss to the curre nt directory field in the toolbar (except on
Macintosh platforms).
Ctrl+Tab Moves to the next ope n tool in the desktop, or to the next open group of
tools tabbed together.
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