Keyboard Shortcuts
Updated: November 7,
2002
The following list describes the keyboard shortcuts you can use to quickly
perform a variety of tasks:
General shortcuts
Sort and Search shortcuts
To use the Go To menu on the Cover page
To use the Go To menu on the Settings screen
To use the Sort menu on the Annotations screen
To use the Search menu on the Annotations screen
To move through the Navigation menu buttons
To navigate through the Library List view
To navigate through the pop-up menus and drop-down
lists
To navigate from within a book using the Title
Bar menu
To navigate from within a book using the text
Riffle Control
To navigate from within a book using the Annotation
menu
To navigate from within a book's text to an annotation
icon in the margin
To navigate to the Cover page
To navigate the audio book's Cover page
To navigate the Annotations Settings menu
To navigate the Font Settings menu
To navigate the ClearType Settings menu
To navigate the Voice Settings menu
To navigate the Annotation Index menu
To navigate the audio playback options
To navigate the Application key ( ) menu from
the Library screen
To navigate the Application key menu from the
Annotations screen
For general Microsoft Reader keyboard shortcuts, press:
Esc - Close a menu, or Close a page
F11 - Toggle from full-screen view (immersed-reading) to windowpane view
F8 - Toggle visual guides on and off
F1 - Help (within the Reader)
F5 - Announces your position in a book, if you enable the Verbosity feature
ALT+F4 - Close the Reader application
TAB - Move forward through tab stops and lists of options in pop-up menus
SHIFT+TAB - Move backward through tab stops and lists of options in pop-up
menus
SPACEBAR or ENTER - Select or clear the check box if the active item
is a check box
CTRL+ENTER - To follow a hyperlink
CTRL+HOME - Move to the beginning of a Reader internal page, like the
Library, Annotations, and Settings screen
CTRL+END - Move to the end of a Reader internal page, like the Library,
Annotations, and Settings screen
CTRL+A - Select and highlight all text within notes and other edit boxes
ALT+P - Shop
ALT+S - Settings
ALT+R - Return
ALT+O - Sort
ALT+E - Search. This shortcut works only in the Library, in combination
with the Sort by Author or Sort by Title displays.
ALT+G - Go To
CTRL+C - Copy
CTRL+V - Paste (within text notes only)
CTRL+X - Cut (within text notes only)
CTRL+K - Bookmark
CTRL+H - Selected text or create highlight
CTRL+T - Selected text or create text note
CTRL+W - Create drawing
CTRL+R - Toggle the Riffle Control
F3 - Find
CTRL+L - Look up
Left Arrow - Move backward by one word
Right Arrow - Move forward by one word
PAGE UP - Move backward by one page
PAGE DOWN - Move forward by one page
SHIFT+Arrow - Highlight in word increments
ALT+Left Arrow - Move left by one paragraph
ALT+Right Arrow - Move right by one paragraph
CTRL+Left Arrow - Move left by one sentence
CTRL+Right Arrow - Move right by one sentence
ENTER or Spacebar - Saves your selection. These two keys perform
the same actions.
Esc - Closes dialog box, and displays the previous screen
Note: When Microsoft Reader is interrupted by another application, Reader
will return to your previous position in your book.
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To use the Sort and Search menus, press:
T - Sort by title
A - Sort by author
L - Sort by last read
B - Sort by book size
D - Sort by date acquired
A - Show all
E - Search by word
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To use the Go To menu on the Cover page, press:
T - View the Table of Contents
M - View most recent page
B - Begin reading
P - Begin audio playback
F - View the last page read
A - View a list of annotations
O - View about this title
I - View cover image
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To use the Go To menu on the Settings screen, press:
F - View font settings
C - View ClearType settings
S - View screen settings
O - View voice settings
A - View annotations
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To use the Sort menu on the Annotations screen, press:
T - Sort by type
P - Sort by page number
D - Sort by date created
L - Sort by last modified
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To use the Search menu on the Annotations screen,
press:
A - Show all titles
H - Show a list of all highlights only
B - Show a list of all bookmarks only
W - Show a list of all drawings only
T - Show a list of all text notes only
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To move through the Navigation menu buttons, press:
Arrow Up - Move up the navigation buttons
Arrow Down - Move down the navigation buttons
ENTER - Execute navigation button, and display more menu options
Arrow Down - Move down navigation button, menu items
Arrow Up - Move up navigation button, menu items
ENTER - Execute the menu option
ESCAPE - Dismiss menu
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To navigate through the Library List view, press:
Arrow Up - Move up the book list by each title
Arrow Down - Move down the book list by each title
ENTER - Open book
Arrow Down - Move down the list of menu options
Arrow Up - Move up the list of menu options
ENTER - Execute the menu option
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To navigate through the pop-up menus and drop-down lists,
press:
Arrow Down - Move down the menu list
Arrow Up - Move up the menu list
ENTER - Execute menu option
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To navigate from within a book using the Title Bar menu,
press:
ALT+C - Display the Cover page
ALT+T - Display the Table of Contents
ALT+A - Display Annotations menu
ALT+L - Display the Library
ALT+S - Display the Settings menu
ALT+R - Return to previous location
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To navigate from within a book using the text Riffle Control,
press:
Arrow Right - Moves the slide bar to the right or advances one page
Arrow Left - Moves the slide bar to the left or goes back one page
ENTER - Execute button option
TAB - To move through all Riffle Control options
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To navigate from within a book using the Annotation menu,
press:
Arrow Down - Move down through lines of text in the menu
Arrow Up - Move up through lines of text in the menu
ENTER - Select or highlight text
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To navigate from within a book's text to an annotation
icon in the margin, press:
TAB - Move from text line to an annotation icon in the margin
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To navigate to the Cover page, press:
ENTER - Displays the last page you accessed in the book.
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To navigate the audio book's Cover page, press:
ENTER - Execute button option
TAB - Move around button or menu options
CTRL+U or F10 - Increase sound volume
CTRL+D or F9 - Decrease sound volume
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To navigate the Annotations Settings menu, press:
ENTER - Select icon to turn it on/off
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To navigate the Font Settings menu, press:
Arrow Right - Move forward through font list items
Arrow Left - Move back through font list items
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To navigate the ClearType Settings menu, press:
TAB - To move through the list of font setting options.
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To navigate the Voice Settings menu, press:
Arrow Up - Move up audio setting list items
Arrow Down - Move down audio setting list items
CTRL + F10 - To increase the speed of the audio playback
CTRL + F9 - To decrease the speed of the audio playback
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To navigate the Annotation Index menu, press:
Arrow Up - Move up Annotations list items
Arrow Down - Move down Annotations list items
PAGE DOWN - Move forward one page in the annotation index
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To navigate the audio playback options, press:
End - Move to the end of an audiobook
Home - Move to the beginning of an audiobook
Ctrl + End - Move to the end of an audiobook
Ctrl + Home - Move to the beginning of an audiobook
CTRL+K - Set a bookmark within an audiobook
CTRL+SHIFT+B - Move to previous section of an audiobook
CTRL+B - Rewind within an audiobook
CTRL+P - Stop/Pause playback of an audiobook
CTRL+F - Forward within an audiobook
CTRL+SHIFT+F - Move to next section of an audiobook
CTRL+U or F10 - Increase sound volume
CTRL+D or F9 - Decrease sound volume
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To navigate the Application key ( ) menu from the Library
screen, press:
Application key - To view a menu with the following options that you
can choose from the Library, and then press:
D - To delete a book from the Library
M - To display the most recent page visited in your book
O - For information about the book
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To navigate the Application key menu from the Annotations
screen, press:
Application key - To view a menu with the following options that you
can choose from the Annotations screen, and then press:
D - To delete an annotation
R - To rename an annotation
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