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If you prefer to use the keyboard instead of the mouse, ArcGIS Explorer provides keyboard shortcuts that enable you to quickly perform tasks without reaching for the mouse.

##### To access any control in a few keystrokes

Access keys provide a way to quickly use a control by pressing a few keystrokes, no matter where you are in the program. Every control in ArcGIS Explorer can be accessed by using an access key. You can get to most controls by using two to four keystrokes.

1. Press and release the ALT key.
   The KeyTips are displayed over each feature that is available in the current view.
2. Press the letter shown in the KeyTip over the feature that you want to use.
3. Depending on which letter you pressed, you may be shown additional KeyTips. For example, if the Home tab is active and you pressed D, the application shows the Display tab, along with the KeyTips for the groups in that tab.
4. Continue pressing letters until you press the letter of the specific control or option that you want to use. In some cases, you have to first press the letter of the group that contains the control.

Tip To cancel the action that you are taking and hide the KeyTips, press the ALT key.