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