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Q145851: Pregnancy: Keyboard Shortcuts

Article: Q145851
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 15-DEC-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Pregnancy and Child Care, Preview on MSN 
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SUMMARY
=======

Microsoft Pregnancy and Child Care is designed for use with a mouse. As a
result, some keyboard shortcut keys (hot keys) do not function. The following
article contains a complete list of the keyboard keys supported by Pregnancy and
Child Care.

MORE INFORMATION
================

The following is a list of keyboard shortcut supported in Pregnancy and Child
Care. The list is divided by menu items.

System Menu
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  ALT+SPACE        Displays System menu
  UP ARROW         Moves up one item on the System menu
  DOWN ARROW       Moves down one item on the System menu
  ENTER            Implements the currently selected item on the
                   System menu
  ALT+F4           Closes the application or window that has focus
  ESC              Closes the System menu

Toolbar
-------

  Keyboard            Action
  --------            ------

  ALT+H               Goes to Home Screen
  ALT+G               Displays the Go To menu
  ALT+(LEFT ARROW)    Goes back one screen
  ALT+(RIGHT ARROW)   Goes forward one screen
  ALT+F               Displays the Find window(You can toggle it by
                      pressing ALT+F again)
  ALT+O               Displays the  Options menu
  F1                  Displays or updates the Help menu
  UP ARROW            Moves up one item on the  Go To or Options menu
  DOWN ARROW          Moves down one item on the Go To or Options menu
  ENTER               Implements the currently selected item on the
                      Go To or Option menu
  ESC                 Closes Go To or Options menu if open.
  CTRL+P              Brings up Print Dialog window
  ALT+F6              Changes Focus from one pane to another when there
                      are multiple windows open

Home Screen, Libraries, Community Center, What's New and Glossary
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  UP ARROW         Moves up the list of selections
  DOWN ARROW       Moves down the list of selections
  RIGHT ARROW      Moves one selection to the right
  LEFT ARROW       Moves one selection to the left
  ENTER            Implements the currently selected item
  F1               Displays or updates Help for that particular
                   screen
  ALT+F6           Changes Focus from one pane to another when there
                   are multiple windows open

Help
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between hot-links in the current help article
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between hot-links in the current
                   help article
  ENTER            Jumps to the selected hot-link area
  UP ARROW         Moves Help text up one line
  DOWN ARROW       Moves Help text down one line
  PAGE UP          Moves Help text up one screen
  PAGE DOWN        Moves Help text down one screen
  HOME             Moves to the top of the Help text
  END              Moves to the bottom of the Help text
  ESC              Closes Help if it has the focus
  ALT+F6           Changes Focus from one pane to another when there
                   are multiple windows open

Find Window
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  ESC              Closes Find if it has the focus
  ALT+F6           Changes Focus from one pane to another when there
                   are multiple windows open

Find (By Word)
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between the Tabs, Edit Box, Start
                   Over, Selections and check box
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between the Tabs, Edit Box, Start
                   Over, Selections and check box
  SPACE            Selects article, word, toggles check box, or
                   operates Start Over (focus-dependent)
  ENTER            Selects article, word,toggles check box, or operates
                   Start Over (focus-dependent)
  LEFT ARROW       Tabs leftward between the three main Find
                   selections (when Tabs have focus)
  RIGHT ARROW      Tabs rightward between the three main Find
                   selections (when Tabs have focus)
  UP ARROW         Moves up one line in either Edit box or list of
                   articles
  DOWN ARROW       Moves down one line in either Edit box or list of
                   articles
  PAGE UP          Moves up one screen in either edit box or list of
                   articles
  PAGE DOWN        Moves down one screen in either edit box or list
                   of articles
  HOME             Moves to first selection in list of articles
  END              Moves to last selection in list of articles

Find By Symptom : Question Screen
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between questions, tabs and buttons
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between questions, tabs and
                   buttons
  SPACE            Selects a particular option box or activates a
                   button
  UP ARROW         Moves upward between options
  DOWN ARROW       Moves downward between options
  ENTER            Selects option or activates button

Main Symptom Screen
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between symptoms, tabs and buttons
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between symptoms, tabs and buttons
  SPACE            Selects a symptom or activates a button
  UP ARROW         Scrolls upward between options
  DOWN ARROW       Scrolls downward between options
  PAGE UP          Scrolls up one screen in either edit box or list
                   of articles
  PAGE DOWN        Scrolls down one screen in either edit box or list
                   of articles
  HOME             Scrolls to first selection in list of articles
  END              Scrolls to last selection in list of articles
  ENTER            Selects symptom or activates button

Suggested Reading Screen
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between suggestions, tabs and buttons
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between suggestions, tabs and
                   buttons
  SPACE            Activates selection or  button
  UP ARROW         Moves upward between suggestions or sub-selections
  DOWN ARROW       Moves downward between suggestions or sub-
                   selections

  Change Screen
  -------------

  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  ENTER            Activates selection, sub-selection or button
                   Change Screen
  TAB              Tabs between items and the Continue button
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between items and the Continue
                   button
  SPACE            Activates selection or  button
  UP ARROW         Moves upward between selections
  DOWN ARROW       Moves downward between selections
  ENTER            Activates selection or button

Find Recent Topics
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between tabs and list
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between tabs and list
  SPACE            Selects a topic
  UP ARROW         Scrolls upward between topics
  DOWN ARROW       Scrolls downward between topics
  PAGE UP          Scrolls up one screen in list of topics
  PAGE DOWN        Scrolls down one screen in list of topics
  HOME             Scrolls to first selection in list of topics
  END              Scrolls to last selection in list of topics
  ENTER            Selects a topic

Copy
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between options and buttons
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between options and buttons
  SPACE            Activates selection or  button
  UP ARROW         Moves upward between selections
  DOWN ARROW       Moves downward between selections
  ENTER            Activates selection or button
  ESC              Closes Copy dialog

Print
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between options and buttons
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between options and buttons
  SPACE            Activates selection or  button
  UP ARROW         Moves upward between selections
  DOWN ARROW       Moves downward between selections
  ENTER            Activates selection or button
  ESC              Closes Print dialog

Overview
--------

  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between hot-links
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between hot-links
  UP ARROW         Moves upward between hot-link menu selections
  DOWN ARROW       Moves downward between hot-link menu selections
  ENTER            Activates hot-link menu or menu selection

  Article
  -------

  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  TAB              Tabs between hot-links
  SHIFT+TAB        Tabs in reverse between hot-links
  UP ARROW         Moves upward between hot-link menu selections or
                   up one line in article
  DOWN ARROW       Moves downward between hot-link menu selections or
                   up one line in article
  PAGE UP          Scrolls up one screen in article
  PAGE DOWN        Scrolls down one screen in article
  HOME             Scrolls to the beginning of the article
  END              Scrolls to the end of the article
  ENTER            Activates hot-link menu, menu selection or hot-
                   link to article or extra

Extra
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Extra doesn't contain keyboard navigation capabilities.

Recent Articles
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  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  SPACE            Selects an article
  UP ARROW         Scrolls upward between articles
  DOWN ARROW       Scrolls downward between articles
  PAGE UP          Scrolls up one screen in list of articles
  PAGE DOWN        Scrolls down one screen in list of articles
  HOME             Scrolls to first selection in list of articles
  END              Scrolls to last selection in list of articles
  ENTER            Selects an article
  ESC              Closes Recent Articles if it has the focus
  ALT+F6           Changes Focus from one pane to another when there
                   are multiple windows open

Glossary Terms
--------------

  Keyboard         Action
  --------         ------

  SPACE            Play glossary term sound bite
  ESC              Closes glossary term window

Additional query words: multi media multimedia multi-media mmtitles kbmm microsoft net network msnet childcare pre-view

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Technology        : kbMSNSearch
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