Using Help in the product

In‑product Help is available through the Help menu. After you start the Adobe Help Viewer, you can access Help for additional Adobe products installed on your computer. Topics may contain links to additional content on the web.

If you search for a phrase, such as “shape tool,” enclose it in quotation marks to see only those topics that include all the words in the phrase (applies to roman language versions of the software).

Accessibility features

Adobe Help content is accessible to people with disabilities—such as mobility impairments, blindness, and low vision. In‑product Help supports these standard accessibility features:

  • The user can change text size with standard context menu commands (Microsoft® Windows®) and standard menu commands (Apple Mac OS).

  • Links are underlined for easy recognition.

  • If link text doesn’t match the title of the destination, the title is referenced in the Title attribute of the Anchor tag. For example, the Previous and Next links include the titles of the previous and next topics.

  • Content supports high-contrast mode.

  • Images without captions include alternate text.

  • Each frame has a title to indicate its purpose.

  • Standard HTML tags define content structure for screen reading or text-to-speech tools.

  • Style sheets control formatting, so there are no embedded fonts.

Keyboard shortcuts for Help toolbar controls

Back button

Alt+Left Arrow (Windows)


Forward button

Alt+Right Arrow (Windows)


Print

Ctrl+P (Windows)


About button

Ctrl+I (Windows)


Help For menu

Alt+Down Arrow or Alt+Up Arrow to view Help for another application (Windows/UNIX)


Keyboard shortcuts for Help navigation

  • To move between panes, press Ctrl+Tab (forward) and Shift+Ctrl+Tab (backward) (Windows/UNIX).

  • To move through and outline links in a pane, press Tab (forward) or Shift+Tab (backward) (Windows/UNIX).

  • To activate an outlined link, press Enter (Windows/UNIX).

  • To change text size, press Ctrl+plus sign (+) or Ctrl+minus sign (-) (Windows).