Shortcut Keys

Shortcut keys let you press a combination of keys on your keyboard to quickly access a feature or complete an action. You can use several types of shortcut keys in Horizon, including these:

Navigation bar shortcuts. You can press F9 and a shortcut key to activate a process the navigation bar. You or your system administrator must set up these shortcuts. (For more information, see Using the Keyboard to Start a Process.)
Diacritic shortcuts. You can press F7 and a shortcut key to enter a diacritic or special character. You or your system administrator must set up these shortcuts. (For more information, see Using Diacritic Shortcuts from the Keyboard.)
Menu option shortcuts. You can press ALT and shortcut keys to access the menu bar and any submenus or menu options. The shortcut key is the underlined letter in the menu option:

For example, in Circulation, you can press ALT+B to open the Borrower menu. Then, with the Borrower menu open, press F to access the Find Borrower menu option.

Function keys. For some menu options, you can also press a function key. (For example, in Circulation, you can press F5 to access the New Borrower menu option.) From anywhere in Horizon, you can press these function keys to access a certain window or command:

Press this function key

To do this

F2

Open the main search window, or open a specific type of search window, depending on where you are in the software. (For more information, see Doing a Basic Search.)

F7

Enter a shortcut for a diacritic or a composed string of characters. (For more information, see Using Diacritic Shortcuts from the Keyboard.)

F9

Activate the navigation bar, or enter the shortcut for a process in the navigation bar. (For more information, see Using the Keyboard to Start a Process.)

F10

Open the Send to menu. (For more information, see Sending Data to Another Process.)

Standard Windows shortcuts. You can use most standard Windows shortcut keys that you can use in other Windows programs. (For example, you can press CTRL+C to copy the contents of a field and CTRL+V to paste the contents in another field or another Windows program.) Here is a list of the Windows shortcut keys that you can use in Horizon:

Use this key combination

To invoke this command

CTRL+A

Select all text

CTRL+C

Copy

CTRL+F

Find

CTRL+N

New

CTRL+O

Open

CTRL+P

Print

CTRL+V

Paste

CTRL+X

Cut

CTRL+Y

Redo

CTRL+Z

Undo

DEL

Delete

CTRL+DEL

Clear an entire field

CTRL+ESC

Switch to the Start menu

CTRL+F

Close

CTRL+F6

Next window

CTRL+SHIFT+F6

Previous window

Alt and the space bar

Display the application system menu

Alt and a hyphen ( - )

Display the active window’s system menu

ALT+ESC

Switch to the next application

ALT+F4

Close application

ALT+ PRINT SCREEN

Copy an image of the active window to a clip board

ALT+TAB

Switch between applications

SHIFT+ALT+TAB

Switch to the previous application

PRINT SCREEN

Copy an image of the entire screen to the clipboard

 


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