Activation
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Select,
spacebar, or Control+spacebar
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Starts the action associated with a component (for example, an action choice).
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Backspace
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Backspace
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Deletes one character
to the left of the cursor or the current selection.
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Backtab
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Shift+Tab or Backtab
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Moves the cursor to the previous field.
The cursor is positioned either on the previous choice in that field or on
the currently set choice in that field. The cursor moves from right to left
and bottom to top. At the top-leftmost field, the cursor moves to the bottom-rightmost
field. Within a text-entry field, backtab moves the cursor to the character
position defined by the previous tab stop.
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Beginning of data
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Control+Home
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Moves the cursor to the top-leftmost position in the current
field.
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Beginning of line
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Home
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Moves the cursor to the leftmost choice in a group of choices, or to the beginning
of the current line in a text-entry field.
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Cancel
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Esc or Cancel
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Removes the window without applying any changes
that were not previously applied in that window.
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Cancel direct manipulation
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Esc or Cancel
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Cancels
the direct manipulation operation.
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Clear
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Delete or no assignment1
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Removes
selected element or group of elements from window without compressing the
space previously occupied by the element or group of elements.
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Close
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Alt+F4
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Closes active
window.
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Context-sensitive help
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F1, Shift+F1, Help
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Displays context-sensitive help for the element
relative to the current context, such as the cursor position or the process
currently in progress.
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Copy
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Control+C, Control+Insert
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Produces a duplicate of the selected
element or group of elements and places it on the clipboard.
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Cut
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Control+X, Shift+Delete
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Removes the selected element or group
of elements to the clipboard.
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Default action
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Enter, Return
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If the cursor is on
a component that can be activated, performs that action. If the cursor is
on a component that does not support activation performs the default action
for that window.
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Delete next character
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Delete [Assign the Delete key to either the Delete or Clear function,
if only one is provided. If both Delete and Clear functions are provided,
assign the Delete key to the Delete function]
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Deletes the
next character in text.
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Delete previous character
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Backspace
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Deletes the previous character in text.
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Delete selection
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Delete1
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Removes
a selected element or group of elements and, when appropriate for the window,
compresses the space it occupied.
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Deselect all
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Control+Backslash
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Removes selected-state
emphasis from all elements in the active window.
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Display drop-down list or drop-down
combination box
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Alt+down arrow
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Displays or removes the list for the drop-down
list or the drop-down combination box.
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End of data
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Control+End
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Moves the cursor to the bottom-rightmost position in the
current field.
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End of line
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End
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Moves the cursor to the rightmost choice
in a group of choices, or to the end of the current line in a text-entry field.
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Extend selection to beginning
of data
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Control+Shift+Home
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Extends the selection to the beginning of the data.
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Extend selection to beginning
of the line
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Shift+Home
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Extends the selection
to the beginning of a line.
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Extend selection down
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Shift+down arrow
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Extends the selection down a line.
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Extend selection to end of data
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Control+Shift+End
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Extends the selection
to the end of the data.
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Extend selection to end of line
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Shift+End
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Extends the selection to the end of
a line.
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Extend selection to the left
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Shift+left arrow
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Extends the selection to the left.
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Extend selection down one page
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Shift+Page Down
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Extends the selection down a page.
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Extend selection to the left one
page
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Control+Shift+Page
Up
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Extends the selection
a page to the left.
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Extend selection to the right
one page
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Control+Shift+Page Down
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Extends the selection a page to the right.
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Extend selection up one page
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Shift+Page Up
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Extends the selection up one page.
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Extend selection down one paragraph
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Control+Shift+down arrow
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Extends the selection
down one paragraph.
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Extend selection up one paragraph
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Control+Shift+up arrow
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Extends the selection
up one paragraph.
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Extend selection to the right
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Shift+right arrow
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Extends the selection to the right.
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Extend selection
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Shift+spacebar, Control+Shift+spacebar
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Extends
the selection to the cursor position (not valid in text).
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Extend selection up
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Shift+up arrow
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Extends the selection up a line.
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Extend selection word left
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Control+Shift+left arrow
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Extends the selection one word to the
left.
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Extend selection word right
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Control+Shift+right arrow
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Extends the selection one word to the
right.
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Help (Overview help)
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F2 (in
a Help window)
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Displays
a brief overview of each action, task, or both, that a user can perform within
the window.
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Help index
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F11 (in a Help window)
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Displays an alphabetic listing of help
topics for an object or a product.
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Help
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F1
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Displays context-sensitive help for the item that contains the cursor
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Hide
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Alt+F9
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Removes the window and all associated windows from the
screen.
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Keyboard help
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F9 (in a
Help window)
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Displays
a listing of all the key assignments for an object or a product.
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Maximize
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Alt+F10
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Enlarges the window to its largest possible size.
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Minimize
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Alt+F9
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Reduces the window to its smallest possible size and removes
all of the windows associated with that window from the screen.
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Move
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Alt+F7
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Allows a user
to move a window to a different location.
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Move cursor
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Arrow keys
or Control+arrow keys
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Moves the cursor left, right, up, or down. At the last choice, the cursor
wraps. For example, at the bottom-most choice, the cursor wraps to the top-most
choice to the right.
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Move cursor to and from menu bar
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F10
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Moves the cursor from within a window to its
menu bar or from the menu bar to within the window.
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Move cursor to the next field
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Tab or Control+Tab
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Moves the cursor to
the next field.
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Move cursor to the previous field
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Shift+Tab
or Control+Shift+Tab
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Moves the cursor to the previous field.
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Move cursor to the next associated
window (within a window family)
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Alt+F6
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Moves the input
focus to the next window within a window family.
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Move cursor to the previous associated
window (within a window family)
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Alt+Shift+F6
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Moves the
input focus to the previous window within a window family.
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Move cursor forward between unassociated
windows
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Alt+Esc
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Moves the input
focus forward between the groups of associated windows displayed from different
objects (if more than one object is displayed by an object).
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Move cursor between window families
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Alt+Tab
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Moves the input focus between open,
but not hidden, window families.
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Move cursor backwards between
window families
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Alt+Shift+Tab
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Moves the input focus
backwards between open, but not hidden, window families.
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Move cursor to another window
pane
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F6
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Moves the cursor in a clockwise direction
from one window pane to the next.
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New line
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Enter or Return
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Moves the cursor to the next line of text
in replace mode or adds a new line in text in insert mode.
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Page down
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Page Down
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A scrolling action that displays information below the currently visible window
area.
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Page left
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Control+Page Up
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A scrolling action that displays information
to the left of the currently visible window area.
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Page right
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Control+Page Down
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A scrolling action that displays information
to the right of the currently visible window area.
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Page up
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Page Up
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A scrolling action that displays information above the
currently visible window area.
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Paragraph down
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Control+down
arrow
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A scrolling action
that displays one paragraph below the currently visible window area.
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Paragraph up
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Control+up arrow
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A scrolling action that displays one paragraph
above the currently visible window area.
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Paste
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Control+V or Shift+Insert
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Copies the contents of the clipboard into the window at the specified location.
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Pop-up menu
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Shift+F10
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Displays a pop-up menu
for the indicated element or group of selected elements.
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Redo
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Shift+Alt+Backspace
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Reverses the effect of the last applied
undo action.
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Refresh now
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F5, Control+R
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Updates the window to reflect the underlying
data.
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Restore
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Alt+F5
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Returns the window to the size it was and the position
it was in before the user minimized or maximized the window.
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Select all
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Control+Slash
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Selects all elements in active window.
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Select element on which cursor
is positioned
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Spacebar (if it is not assigned to
any other function) or Control+spacebar
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Selects element on which cursor is positioned.
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Size
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Alt+F8
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Allows a user to change the size of the window.
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Space
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spacebar or Shift+spacebar
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Inserts a space in text.
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Tab
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Tab
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Moves the cursor to the next field. The cursor is positioned
either on the first choice in that field or on the currently set choice in
that field. The cursor moves from left to right and top to bottom. At the
bottom-rightmost field, the cursor moves to the top-leftmost field. Within
a text-entry field, Tab moves the cursor to the character position defined
by the next tab stop or resets the tab.
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Toggle between insert and replace
modes in text entry
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Insert
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Toggles between insert and replace modes.
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Toggle in or out of keyboard add
mode when in extended selection mode
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Shift+F8
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Toggles in or
out of keyboard add mode when extended selection is provided for a view. The
initial deselection is bypassed and the new selected objects are added or
removed from the current group of selected objects.
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Tutorial
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Shift+F2
(in a Help window)
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Displays
online educational information.
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Undo
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Alt+Backspace, Control+Z
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Reverses the action of the most recently performed user action.
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Using help
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Shift+F10
(in a pop-up window)
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Displays help information that describes how to use the help facility.
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Window list
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Control+Esc
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Displays the window list window from the window menu.
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Window menu
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Alt + Spacebar or Shift+Esc
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Displays window menu.
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Word left
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Control+left arrow
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Moves the cursor to the beginning of
the word to the left of the cursor.
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Word right
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Control+right arrow
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Moves the cursor to the beginning of
the next word to the right of the cursor.
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