Keyboard shortcuts for portal site tasks

The shortcut keys described in this Help topic refer to the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts may not correspond exactly to the keys on a keyboard using the U.S. keyboard layout. Keyboard shortcuts work in Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 and later.

Microsoft Office SharePoint Portal Server 2003 uses many of the same keyboard shortcuts as Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services (see Related Topics) but also has its own additional keyboard shortcuts.

Portal site pages tasks

The Home, Topics, News, and Sites pages of the portal and all other navigation areas added to the navigation bar use the keyboard shortcuts for Web Part Pages. For more information, see Web Part Page keyboard shortcuts.

My Site tasks

My Site uses the keyboard shortcuts for Web Part Pages. For more information, see Web Part Page keyboard shortcuts. The lists and pages that you can create from My Site use the keyboard shortcuts for Windows SharePoint Services.

Site Settings tasks

The following keyboard shortcuts are used on the Site Settings page to select and activate the management pages listed on the page. The management pages accessible from Site Settings use the Windows SharePoint Services keyboard shortcuts.

Note When you open the page, you must press the TAB key before using a keyboard shortcut. Some of the keyboard shortcuts for Site Settings are used for more than one command on the page. Press the keyboard shortcut twice to select the second command for the keyboard shortcut. When you use keyboard shortcuts to select a command, you must press ENTER to activate the command.

ALT+U: Manage users
ALT+S: Manage security and additional settings
ALT+B: Manage alerts settings; Manage crawls of Site Directory (press keyboard shortcut twice)
ALT+P: Change portal site properties and SharePoint site creation settings
ALT+M: Manage portal site structure
ALT+G: Manage top-level lists and document libraries
ALT+C: Use Topic Assistant; Enable or disable Topic Assistant (press keyboard shortcut twice)
ALT+I: Manage targeted links on My Site
ALT+J: Import SharePoint Portal Server 2001 data
ALT+W: Change document library settings
ALT+Z: Delete the document library associated with this portal site
ALT+X: Configure search and indexing
ALT+N: Manage search scopes
ALT+A: Use search scope from another portal site
ALT+Q: Manage keywords
ALT+K: Manage profile database
ALT+D: Manage audiences
ALT+R: Go to SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration

SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration tasks

The following keyboard shortcuts are used on the SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration page to select and activate the administration pages listed on the page. The administration pages accessible from SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration use the Windows SharePoint Services keyboard shortcuts.

Note When you open the page, you must press the TAB key before using a keyboard shortcut. Some of the keyboard shortcuts for SharePoint Portal Server Central Administration are used for more than one command on the page. Press the keyboard shortcut until the link that you want is selected. When you use keyboard shortcuts to select a command, you must press ENTER to activate the command.

ALT+I

Select some of the server configuration links in the following order:

Configure server topology
Configure configuration database server
Specify component settings database server
Specify content database server
Configure e-mail server settings
Configure HTML viewer (in Component Configuration section)

ALT+N

Create a portal site

ALT+L

List and manage portal sites

ALT+C

Select the following links in the Portal Site and Virtual Server Configuration section:

Extend an existing virtual server from the Virtual Server List page
Configure virtual server settings from the Virtual Server List page
Configure site quotas and locks from the Virtual Server List page

ALT+G

Select the following links, most of which are security configuration links:

Configure alternate portal site URLs for intranet, extranet, and custom access (in previous section of page)
Set SharePoint administrative group account
Manage site collection owners
Manage Web site users
Manage blocked file types
Configure antivirus settings

ALT+S

Select some of the component configuration links in the following order:

Manage the Search Service
Manage settings for single sign-on
Manage shared services for the server farm
Configure usage analysis processing

ALT+D

Configure document libraries (Web Storage System-based)

ALT+R

Configure diagnostic settings

Configure Server Topology page tasks

ALT+C: Configuration database server; Change components (press keyboard shortcut twice)
ALT+N: Content database server
ALT+M: Component settings database server
ALT+O: Single sign-on credentials; Global e-mail server (press keyboard shortcut twice)
ALT+R: Remove Server

Manage Web Site Users page tasks

ALT+W: View Users
ALT+U: Update (New User)
ALT+I: View
ALT+P: Update (Enter Site User)