Function Windows, Linux Keystroke Mac Keystroke
Application, Window and File Functions
Quit Blackboard Collaborate Alt+F4
Ctrl+Q
Command-Q
Hide Blackboard Collaborate Command-H
Hide other applications Command-Option-H
Close window (Notes, File Transfer, Activity, Closed-Captioning, Session Plan, Quiz, Multimedia, Calculator) Alt+F4
Ctrl+W
Command-W
Switch to Whiteboard Mode Ctrl+Alt+W Command-Option-W
Switch to Application Sharing Mode Ctrl+Alt+A Command-Option-A
Switch to Web Tour Mode Ctrl+Alt+U Command-Option-U
Move to the next main module in the user interface. The default order is Audio/Video panel, Participants panel, Chat panel and Collaboration toolbar. (If you change the order of the panels, the order will change.) F6 F6
Open the Action bars of Whiteboard Mode and Web Tour mode F6 F6
Move to the previous main module in the user interface. (See F6 above for the order of modules Shift+F6 Shift-F6
Move to the next user interface element (e.g., button, field, option) in in a main module or UI element. (For example, if focus is in the Collaboration toolbar, Tab and Shift-Tab can be used to move between the three modes (Whiteboard, Applicaton Sharing and Web Tour), the Information menu, the Load Content button and the Record button) Tab Tab
Move to the previous user interface element (e.g., button, field, option) in a main module (see example for Tab above) Shift+Tab Shift-Tab
Activate the currently selected function Space Space
Enable tabbing in toolbars of secondary windows (Closed Captioning, Notes, Activity Window, File Transfer, Session Plan, Quiz, Multimedia) Alt+F8 Option-F8
Move keyboard focus between open windows (Notes, File Transfer, Activity, Closed-Captioning, Session Plan, Quiz, Multimedia, Calculator) (For Windows machines, Alt+F6 only works on Windows XP) Alt+F6 Command-`
Open Options menu of the panel or toolbar in focus (Audio/Video, Chat, Participants, Whiteboard action bar, Whiteboard navigation bar or Web Tour) Ctrl+Shift+O Command-Shift-O
Open Preferences dialog box Ctrl+Comma Command-Comma
Create new Quiz, Whiteboard page or Whiteboard page group Ctrl+N Command-N
Open Multimedia file, Quiz, Session Plan, file for transfer or Whiteboard presentation Ctrl+O Command-O
Save Participants List, Chat conversation, Quiz, Session Plan or Whiteboard Ctrl+S Command-S
Print Participants List, Session Plan or Whiteboard Ctrl+P Command-P
Activity Window Functions
Open Activity Window Ctrl+/ Command-/
Close Activity Window Ctrl+/
Alt+F4
Ctrl+W
Command-W
Audio Functions
Press the Talk button (Note: this is a Hot Key) Ctrl+F2 Control-F2
Release the Talk button (Note: this is a Hot Key) Ctrl+F2 Control-F2
Adjust microphone level down Ctrl+Shift+Down Arrow Command-Shift-Down Arrow
Adjust microphone level up Ctrl+Shift+Up Arrow Command-Shift-Up Arrow
Adjust speaker level down Ctrl+Alt+Down Arrow Command-Option-Down Arrow
Adjust speaker level up Ctrl+Alt+Up Arrow Command-Option-Up Arrow
Video Functions
Start Video transmission (Note: this is a Hot Key) Ctrl+F3 Control-F3
Stop Video transmission (Note: this is a Hot Key) Ctrl+F3 Control-F3
Whiteboard Functions
Switch to Whiteboard Mode Ctrl+Alt+W Command-Option-W
Select all objects in Whiteboard Ctrl+A Command-A
Open Page Explorer window Ctrl+Shift+P Command-Shift-P
Open Object Explorer window Ctrl+Shift+T Command-Shift-T
Copy selected object(s) or text in Whiteboard Ctrl+C Command-C
Cut selected object(s) or text in Whiteboard Ctrl+X Command-X
Paste copied or cut object(s) or text to Whiteboard Ctrl+V Command-V
Group selected objects Ctrl+G Command-G
Group selected objects and send to background Ctrl+B Command-B
Ungroup selected objects Ctrl+U Command-U
Delete selected object(s) or text in Whiteboard Delete
Backspace
Delete
Backspace
Go to next page Alt+Page Down Option-Page Down
Go to previous page Alt+Page Up Option-Page Up
Move to first page at this topic level Alt+Home Option-Home
Move to last page at this topic level Alt+End Option-End
Application Sharing Functions
Send Application Sharing snapshot to Whiteboard (Note: this is a Hot Key) Ctrl+Print Screen Control-F13
Take back control of Application Sharing (Note: this is a Hot Key) Ctrl+Space Control-Space
Stop Application Sharing (Note: this is a Hot Key) Ctrl+Shift+S Control-Shift+S
Chat Functions
Move cursor to the Message text box of the Chat panel Ctrl+M Command-M
Select all Chat text in conversation pane Ctrl+A Command-A
Copy selected Chat text in conversation pane Ctrl+C Command-C
Paste copied Chat text to Chat Message text box, Whiteboard or external application Ctrl+V Command-V
Participant List Functions
Raise or lower your hand Ctrl+R Command-R
Show that you have stepped away or come back Ctrl+Shift+A Command-Shift-A
Show smiley face Alt+1 Option-1
Show LOL Alt+2 Option-2
Show applause Alt+3 Option-3
Show confusion Alt+4 Option-4
Show approval Alt+5 Option-5
Show disapproval Alt+6 Option-6
Show Slower (when you want the presenter to slow down) Alt+7 Option-7
Show Faster (when you want the presenter to speed up) Alt+8 Option-8
Show None (when you want to clear all displayed emoticons) Alt+0 Option-0
Notes Functions
Open Notes window Ctrl+E Command-E
Close Notes window Alt+F4
Ctrl+W
Command-W
Session Plans Functions
Go to the next item Ctrl+] Command-]
Go to the previous item Ctrl+[ Command-[
Close Session Plan window Alt+F4
Ctrl+W
Command-W
Recording Functions
Start or stop recording Ctrl+Shift+R Command-Shift-R
Add recording index entry Ctrl+Shift+I Command-Shift-I
Closed-Captioning Functions
Open Closed-Captioning window Ctrl+F8 Command-F8
Close Closed-Captioning window Alt+F4
Ctrl+W
Command-W
Polling Functions
Yes - polling response Ctrl+1 Command-1
No - polling response Ctrl+2 Command-2
A - polling response Ctrl+1 Command-1
B - polling response Ctrl+2 Command-2
C - polling response Ctrl+3 Command-3
D - polling response Ctrl+4 Command-4
E - polling response Ctrl+5 Command-5
None Ctrl+0 Command-0