Welcome to the new version of the Patents Manual. Please note there are changes to the numbering and sequence of the chapters and pages in the manual. You are encouraged to take the time to explore and familiarise yourself with this new structure.

2.2 Navigating the Manual

Date Published

Keyboard Shortcuts

Basic Navigation

  • The Up Arrow and the Down Arrow on the keyboard scroll up and down the page
  • Page Up and Page Down scroll up or down the page in larger increments
  • End takes you to the end of the page
  • Home takes you to the top of the page
  • Tab moves through the hyperlinks
  • Enter to follow a hyperlink
  • ​​​​​​​Alt + Left Arrow takes you to previously viewed pages
  • Alt + Right Arrow takes you forward to more recent pages viewed
  • Ctrl + W closes the current page
  • Ctrl + T opens a new tab in the current window
  • Ctrl + N opens a new window
  • Ctrl + Left Click opens a hyperlink in a new tab

Copying and pasting

  • Ctrl + A selects all the text in the right hand pane
    OR
  • use the mouse to select the text to copy (there are no keyboard shortcuts for selecting parts of a web page)
  • Ctrl + C copies the selected text
  • Ctrl + V pastes the selected text

Printing

  • Ctrl + P prints the current manual page

Amended Reasons

Amended Reason Date Amended

Removed redundant In this Section subheading and outdated navigation menu guidance

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