What are the keyboard shortcuts and other accessibility features?
This product uses standard Microsoft® Windows® navigation keys. The following tables provide additional information about navigating and completing actions in certain parts of the user interface.
Text chats
The following table describes the keyboard shortcuts or actions for common buttons in the user interface that perform actions.
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
OK |
Press Enter |
Cancel |
Press Esc |
Delete |
Press Del |
Browse button in chat history preferences and alert notifications preferences |
Press Alt+B |
Apply in Preferences |
Press Alt+A |
Restore defaults in Preferences |
Press Alt+D |
Done |
Press Alt+D |
Close |
Press Alt+C |
Next |
Press Alt+N |
Back |
Press Alt+B |
Move down |
Press Alt+D |
The following table identifies how to navigate in the contact list when it has focus.
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
To open Actions and Preferences |
Press Alt+S |
To move to individual names on the contact list |
Press the Up Arrow or Down Arrow |
To start a chat with a selected contact on the contact list |
Press Enter |
To display the right-click menu of options for a selected contact on the contact list |
Press Shift+F10 |
To give focus to the Find a person or number field at the beginning of the contact list window |
Press Ctrl+F. |
The following table describes how to navigate in the text chat window.
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
To give focus to the chat message transcript area so that you can scroll through the chat transcript |
Press Ctrl+T |
To give focus to the chat message entry area so that you can type a chat message |
Press Ctrl+M |
To change the direction you are typing in the chat message entry area, depending on the language that you are using |
Press Ctrl+G |
The following table describes how to navigate in, and adjust the width of, dialog box columns.
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
To select the first column in a dialog box |
Press Alt |
To move between columns in a dialog box |
Press Alt+Right Arrow or Alt+Left Arrow |
To adjust the column width in a dialog box |
Press Left Arrow and Right Arrow |
The following table describes how to create a snapshot of what is displaying on your screen to send to your chat partner after you click the screen capture icon.
Action | Keyboard shortcut |
---|---|
To move to the part of your screen you want to capture |
Press Right Arrow, Left Arrow, Up Arrow or Down Arrow |
To select the part of the screen you want to capture |
Press Shift+Right Arrow, Shift+Left Arrow, Shift+Up Arrow, or Shift+Down Arrow |
To open the Screen Capture Tool dialog box with your screen capture selection |
Release the Shift+Arrow keys |