From the Article Window, certain keys can be used to quickly access some of WinVN's windows and menus. WinVN attempts to follow Microsoft Windows keynaming conventions whenever possible. Every menu option in WinVN has one underlined letter in its descriptive text. Pressing the ALT key and this underlined letter will perform the same action as clicking on that item with the mouse. The following table contains an additional list of keys available from WinVN's Article window:
SPACE Scroll Down till end of article - At end go to Next Unread Article F2 Find Next Unread Article F3 Find Next Article with same Subject F6 Switch between Windows Pg Dn Scroll Article Down a Page Pg Up Scroll Article Up a Page Down Arrow Scroll Article Down one Line Drag Mouse Highlight text for Copy to Clipboard Up Arrow Scroll Article Up one Line Right Arrow Horizontal Scroll to the right Left Arrow Horizontal Scroll to the left
Alt F4 Exit Ctrl A Select All Text for Copy Ctrl B Followup Article Ctrl C Copy Article to Clipboard Ctrl D Deselect All Text Ctrl F Find text in an Article Ctrl L New Article Ctrl N Goto Next Article Ctrl O Compose Mail Ctrl P Goto Previous Article Ctrl R Decode Article using ROT13 Ctrl U Update the list of ArticlesLocated directly below the Menu bar on the Article window is the Article Window Tool Bar. From this area of the screen it is possible to access the most frequently used menu items of the Menu bar via a single mouse click. This includes the ability to Copy Selected Text to the Clipboard, Search for Text, Create new articles or Mail, Save articles, Decode Articles, Print Articles, View Articles or Close the Article Window.
