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IBM Home Page Reader Keyboard Shortcuts
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Note
This information is maintained for historical purposes only. IBM Home Page Reader is no longer being developed or supported by IBM. As such, it is no longer a viable option for people with disabilities or developers wishing to use it in accessibility evaluation.
General Keyboard Shortcuts
| Keystroke | Function |
|---|---|
| Play | Spacebar |
| Stop speech | Ctrl |
| Next link or Ctrl | Tab |
| Next link or Ctrl | Shift + Tab |
| Activate a link or Ctrl | Enter |
| Top of page | Ctrl + Home |
| Bottom of page | Ctrl + End |
| Back | Alt +  |
| Forward | Alt +  |
| Cancel connection | Escape |
| Headings reading mode | Alt + 1 |
| Links reading mode | Alt + L |
| Show links list | Ctrl + L |
| Next element | |
| Previous element | |
| Beginning of current element | Home |
| Current element |  |
| End of current element | End |
| Page summary | Ctrl + F1 |
| Where am I? | Alt + F1 |
| Next block of text or links. | Ctrl + |
| Previous block of text or links | Ctrl +  |
Common Table Keyboard Shorcuts
| Keystroke | Function |
|---|---|
| Table navigation mode | Alt + T |
| Next cell in row | |
| Previous cell in row | |
| Next cell in column | |
| Next cell in row | |
| Current cell | Spacebar |
| First cell in row | Home |
| Last cell in row | End |
| First cell in table | Ctrl + Home |
| Last cell in table | Ctrl + End |
| Top cell in column | PgUp |
| Bottom cell in column | PgDn |
Other table keyboard shorcuts
- Begin table browse at current cell. Ctrl + Spacebar in Table Navigation.
- Browse top cell in column. Ctrl + in Table Navigation.
- Browse bottom cell in column. Ctrl + in Table Navigation.
- Browse first cell in row. Ctrl + in Table Navigation.
- Browse last cell in row. Ctrl + in Table Navigation.
- Previous spanned cell in column. Shift + in Table Navigation.
- Next spanned cell in column. Shift + in Table Navigation.
- Previous spanned cell in row. Shift + in Table Navigation.
- Next spanned cell in row. Shift + in Table Navigation.
Frame Keyboard Shortcuts
| Keystroke | Function |
|---|---|
| Frame set dialog box | Ctrl + E |
| Next frame in frame set | Ctrl + Tab |
| Previous frame in frame set | Ctrl + Shift + Tab |
Other Miscellaneous Keyboard Shortcuts
- Dial connection to the Internet. Alt + D.
- Next page in history. Forward. Alt + .
- Previous page in history. Back. Alt + .
- Home page. Alt + Home.
- Refresh page. F5 or Ctrl + R.
- Help. F1.
- Status bar. Ctrl + Shift + F1.
- Keys reference - short. Shift + F1.
- Context menu for current view. Shift + F10.
- Previous word. Ctrl + .
- Next word. Ctrl + .
- Up 10 items. PgUp.
- Down 10 items. PgDn.
- Undo jump. Ctrl + PgUp.
- Fast forward. Shift + Spacebar.
- To and from menu bar. Alt or F10. Use Arrow keys to move across menu bar and up and down menus.
- Move between Address bar and views, forward. F6.
- Move between Address bar and views, backward. Shift + F6.
- Current view and reading mode. Ctrl + F6.
- Menu and dialog box review mode. Ctrl + F12.
- Previous menu/dialog item. Alt + .
- Current menu/dialog item. Alt + .
- Next menu/dialog item. Alt + .
- Repeats last menu/dialog reading. Ctrl + F3.
- Previous word of last menu/dialog reading. Ctrl + .
- Current word of last menu/dialog reading. Ctrl + .
- Next word of last menu/dialog reading. Ctrl + .
- Previous character of last menu/dialog reading. .
- Current character of last menu/dialog reading. .
- Next character of last menu/dialog reading. .
- Reading Modes menu. Alt + R or F4.
- Items reading mode. Alt + I.
- Words reading mode. Alt + W.
- Characters reading mode. Alt + C.
- Controls reading mode. Alt + O.
- Table Jumps reading mode. Alt + J.
- Windows Cursors reading mode. Alt + N.
- Select all in text or graphics view. Ctrl + A.
- Begin selection in text view. Ctrl + B.
- End selection in text view. Ctrl + D.
- Speak selected text. Ctrl + K.
- Selects multiple items in a select menu. Ctrl + Enter.
- File open or search. Ctrl + O.
- Save. Ctrl + S.
- Print. Ctrl + P.
- Close HPR 3.0. Ctrl + Q.
- Find. Ctrl + F.
- Find next. F3.
- Find previous. Shift + F3.
- Read current find result. Alt + F3.
- HTML source. Ctrl + U.
- Show Links List. Ctrl + L.
- Home Page Mailer. Ctrl + M.
- Favorites list. Alt + A.
- Increase speech rate by 10 words per minute. Alt + PgUp.
- Decrease speech rate by 10 words per minute. Alt + PgDn.
- Punctuation format. Ctrl + T.
- Automatic language detection on or off. Ctrl + 0.
- American English. Ctrl + 1.
- British English. Ctrl + 2.
- Spanish. Ctrl + 3.
- French. Ctrl + 4.
- German. Ctrl + 5.
- Italian. Ctrl + 6.
- Brazilian Portuguese. Ctrl + 7.
- Finnish. Ctrl + 8.
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