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.
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.) |
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 |
|
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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