As an alternative to using a mouse, you can navigate menus by pressing buttons on your keyboard. The following table lists the keyboard buttons used for navigation and their corresponding actions:
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Moves down the current menu. If a child menu is open, continues iterating through the child menu. |
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Moves up the current menu. |
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Expands a child menu. |
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Closes the current menu. |
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Opens the selected file. |
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Scrolls up the number of items that you specify in Page Up/Page Down scrolls spin control. |
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Scrolls down the number of items that you specify in Page Up/Page Down scrolls spin control. |
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Makes the last item in the currently active menu visible. This key has no effect if the menu fits into the screen. |
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Makes the first item in the currently active menu visible. This key has no effect if the menu fits into the screen. |
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Searches the currently active menu for an item having the name that matches the sequence of characters that you type. |
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Displays a contextual menu for the currently selected item. This key has no effect if nothing is selected |