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Basic Shortcut Keys

This appendix contains charts with the basic Polaris keyboard shortcuts. The cards are designed to be photocopied, trimmed, and put into transparent sleeves that attach to the computer monitor. You can order these sleeves from vendors such as Axzo Press at the following Web site:
http://www.axzopress.com/Products/Products_FlipCARDS.aspx

Polaris Keyboard Shortcuts Shortcut Bar: Menu Access Keys Find Tool Access Keys Workforms: Menu Access Keys Workforms: Shortcuts

Polaris Keyboard Shortcuts Select all CTRL+A Copy CTRL+C Delete CTRL+D Log on, log off CTRL+L New CTRL+N Open CTRL+O Print current view CTRL+P Print list view CTRL+SHIFT+P Reports CTRL+R Save CTRL+S Paste CTRL+V

Find Tool Access Keys Object box ALT+O By box ALT+B Type box ALT+Y For box ALT+F Search button ALT+S Stop button ALT+T New Search button ALT+N Help button ALT+H Retrieve all records in search results CTRL+SHIFT+A
SHIFT+F10

Display context menu

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Launch browser CTRL+W Cut CTRL+X Redo CTRL+Y Undo CTRL+Z Clear DELETE Topic or workform help F1 Open Check-in workform F2 Open Check-out workform F3 Refresh F5 Find patron (status) F6 Find patron (registration F7 Properties F8 Find bibliographic records F12

Workforms: Menu Access Keys File ALT+F Edit ALT+E View ALT+V Links ALT+L Tools ALT+T Help ALT+H

Workforms: Shortcuts Print (current view) CTRL+P Print (list view) CTRL+SHIFT+P

Display context menu

SHIFT+F10

Shortcut Bar: Menu Access Keys File ALT+F Acquisitions ALT+A Serials ALT+S Cataloging ALT+C Patron Services ALT+P Circulation ALT+R Administration ALT+M Utilities ALT+U Window ALT+W Help ALT+H

Expand tree SHIFT+ALT+* (numeric keypad) Collapse tree SHIFT+ALT+(numeric keypad) Move among open workforms
ALT+TAB

CTRL+TAB

Switch views in a workform Close workform ALT+F4 Save record CTRL+S Delete record CTRL+D Properties F8

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