- From: Dr Geoffrey Kantaris <egk10@cam.ac.uk>
- Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2004 18:07:16 -0000
- To: "Stephane Gully" <stephane.gully@inrialpes.fr>, <www-amaya@w3c.org>
Here (below) is a long list of accessibility shortcut key combinations
(taken from an Office Help File). It's pretty exhaustive, but a lot is
already implemented, some of it won't be relevant or won't be possible to
implement, and in any case no user knows all of these. In Amaya 9(Pre4)
there is a problem with accessibility of the Tools task pane (on the left of
the user interface): menus such as Attributes which used to be accessible
from the main menu (File/Edit/XHTML/... etc.) and so used to have Alt-
accelerator keys, are no longer accessible with the keyboard. The Office
solution would be to use F6 to move to a task pane and then Tab to tab
between the different "tabs" (XHTML, Attributes, Maths, XML...). But
standard menu accelerator keys would do too (the little underlined letters
you press with the Alt- key to select a menu).
I would say that from the list below, the most common shortcuts are:
Ctrl-c, Ctrl-v, Ctrl-x, Ctrl-y (redo), Ctrl-z (undo), Ctrl-i (for emphasis),
Ctrl-b (for strong), Ctrl-o (for file open), Ctrl-s, F12 (save as), Ctrl-l
(align left), Ctrl-r (align right), Ctrl-e (align centre), Ctrl-f (find),
Ctrl-h (replace), Ctrl-j (justify), Ctrl-k (insert/modify hyperlink), Ctrl-a
(select all, entire page), Alt-F4 (quit), Ctrl-F4 and Ctrl-w (close doc), F7
(spell), F5 (refresh), Shift-Enter, Alt-Ctrl-c (copyright symbol © - an
Alt-Ctrl-e euro symbol € would be cool too!). Plus, it's very neat to
be able to format heading levels with Alt-Ctrl-1, Alt-Ctrl-2, Alt-Ctrl-3,
etc.
Work with and manage Web pages
CTRL+N
Create a new web page
CTRL+O
Open a web page
CTRL+F4
Close a web page
CTRL+S
Save a web page
F12
Save as
CTRL+P
Print a web page
F5
Refresh a web page
CTRL+TAB
Switch between open web pages
ALT+F4
Quit
CTRL+ SHIFT+8
Display non-printing characters
CTRL+ /
Display HTML tags
CTRL+F
Find text or HTML on a web page
CTRL+H
Replace text or HTML on a web page
F7
Check spelling on a web page
SHIFT+F7
Look up a word in the thesaurus
ESC
Cancel an action
CTRL+Z
or ALT+BACKSPACE
Undo an action
CTRL+Y
or SHIFT+ALT+BACKSPACE
Redo or repeat an action
DELETE
Delete a Web page or folder in the folder list or any dialog box
BACKSPACE
Move up one level
Format text and paragraphs
CTRL+SHIFT+F
Change the font
CTRL+SHIFT+P
Change the font size
CTRL+B
Apply bold formatting (this should do <strong>..</strong>)
CTRL+U
Apply an underline
CTRL+I
Apply italic formatting (this should do <em>..</em>)
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+MINUS 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+ SHIFT+C
Copy formatting
CTRL+SHIFT+V
Paste formatting
CTRL+SHIFT+Z
or CTRL+SPACEBAR
Remove manual formatting (character or paragraph)
CTRL+E
Center a paragraph
CTRL+L
Left align a paragraph
CTRL+R
Right align a paragraph
CTRL+J
Justify a paragraph
CTRL+M
Indent a paragraph from the left
CTRL+ SHIFT+M
Indent a paragraph from the right
CTRL+ SHIFT+S
Apply a style (this should start the apply CSS style dialogue)
CTRL+SHIFT+ 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+ SHIFT+L
Apply the List style
Edit and move text and 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 SHIFT+DELETE
Cut selected text to the Clipboard
CTRL+V
or SHIFT+INSERT
Paste the Clipboard contents
SHIFT+ENTER
Insert a line break
CTRL+SHIFT+SPACEBAR
Insert a nonbreaking space
ALT+CTRL+C
The copyright symbol
ALT+CTRL+R
The registered trademark symbol
ALT+CTRL+T
The trademark symbol
ALT+CTRL+period
An ellipsis
Select text and graphics
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Move one character to the right
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW
Move one character to the left
CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW
Go to the end of a word
CTRL +SHIFT +LEFT ARROW
Go to the beginning of a word
SHIFT+END
Go to the end of a line
SHIFT+HOME
Go to the beginning of a line
SHIFT+UP ARROW
Move one line up
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
Move one line down
CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
Go to the end of a paragraph
CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW
Go to the beginning of a paragraph
SHIFT+PAGE DOWN
Move one screen down
SHIFT+PAGE UP
Move one screen up
CTRL+A
Select the entire page
ALT+ENTER
Display the properties of a selection
Work with tables, graphics, and hyperlinks
SHIFTt+CTRL+ALT+T
Insert a table
TAB
Select the next table cell's content
SHIFT+TAB
Select the preceding table cell's content
Hold down SHIFT and press an arrow key repeatedly
Extend a selection to adjacent table cells
Click in the column's top or bottom cell,
then hold down SHIFT and press the UP ARROW
or DOWN ARROW key repeatedly.
Select a column
CTRL+K
Create a hyperlink on a web page
CTRL+SHIFT+F5
Edit a bookmark
Online Help
F1
Display the Help window
Office basics
Display and use windows
ALT+TAB
Switch to the next window
ALT+SHIFT+TAB
Switch to the previous window
CTRL+W or CTRL+F4
Close the active window
CTRL+F5
Restore the size of the active window after you've maximized it
F6
Move to a task pane. You may need to press F6 more than once.
SHIFT+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+SHIFT+F6
Switch to the previous window
CTRL+F7
When a document window is not maximized, performs the Move command (on the
Control menu for the window). Use the arrow keys to move the window, and,
when finished, press ESC.
CTRL+F8
When a document window is not maximized, performs the Size command (on the
Control menu for the window). Use the arrow keys to resize the window, and,
when finished, press ESC.
Access and use menus and 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 SHIFT+TAB
When a toolbar is selected, select the next or previous button or menu on
the toolbar
CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+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
SHIFT+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 SHIFT+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.
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW
When a menu is selected, display the list of commands
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