Instructional Technology Fest


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Fullscreen Web browsing
Keyboard shorcuts



Esc

Stops the browser from downloading the current Web page. If you are having problems downloading a Web page, or it is taking a long time, stopping the download will allow you to carry on in a new direction.

F5

Refreshes the current Web page being viewed by downloading it again. Useful for Web authoring, or for Web pages that are regularly "updated" or changed.

Tab


Tab

+Shift
Allows you to tab between the address window and hyperlinks on a Web page. Links are selected going from the left to the right side of the page, and start at the top. Pressing the Shift button along with Tab will make the selections go backward, right to left, up the page.

Enter

Selecting a hyperlink using tab and then pressing Enter will take you to the selected Web page, as if you had clicked it with the mouse.

Home

Jumps between the top and the bottom of a Web page. Very useful for long pages that scroll endlessly.

Arrow keys Can be used to manuever around a Web page. The Up and Down arrow keys will scroll up and down the page in small increments. Using the Left and Right arrow keys will move across the page if it is too large to fit on your monitor and a scroll bar appears going across the bottom of the window.

Page Up/Page Down Can be used to manuever around a Web page. The Page Up and Page Down arrow keys will scroll up and down the page by exactly one page length. Very useful for finding a piece of information that is buried down a long Web document

Alt

+ L. Arrow
Goes back to the previously viewed page. Same effect as pressing the Back button.

Alt

+ R. Arrow
Goes forward to a previously viewed page, if the Back button (or keyboard shortcut) has been used. Same effect as pressing the Forward button.