Voyager keyboard shortcuts

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For current documentation on using the catalog, see Category:Catalog.
For current documentation on staff use of the ILS, see Category:TIND ILS.


The following list of keyboard shortcuts can be used to speed up work in the Voyager cataloging module. These shortcuts apply to Voyager 8.2. This article was migrated directly from Bard Classic, the Folger's previous staff wiki, and may no longer be fully up-to-date; shortcuts that are confirmed to be correct are presented in bold.

"File" menu and beyond

Keyboard Shortcut Command Keyboard Equivalent
Open File Menu Alt-f
Close [the active open record] Alt-f, c
Close All [records] Alt-f, o
Ctrl-p Print Record Alt-f, p
Exit Alt-f, x

"Edit" menu and beyond

Keyboard Shortcut Command Keyboard Equivalent
Open Edit Menu Alt-e
Ctrl-x Cut Alt-e, t
Ctrl-c Copy Alt-e, c
Ctrl-v Paste Alt-e, p
F3 Insert Field Before Alt-e, b
F4 Insert Field After Alt-e, a
DEL Delete Field Alt-e, d
F11 Unselect Text Alt-e, u
F9 Insert Subfield Alt-e, s
F8 Edit Cell Alt-e, i
Ctrl-e Special Character Entry Alt-e, e
Ctrl-d Special Character Mode toggle on/off Alt-e, m
F2 Show MARC values Alt-e, w
Ctrl-l Show Holdings Locations Alt-e, l
Ctrl-u Insert URL from Browser Alt-e, r
Alt-l Open Leader
Alt-6 Open 006
Alt-7 Open 007
Alt-8 Open 008

"Record" menu and beyond

Keyboard Shortcut Command Keyboard Equivalent
Alt-s View System tab
Alt-y View history tab
Alt-m View MARC tab
Open Record Menu Alt-r
Search... Alt-r, s
Retrieve by record id Alt-r, i
Retrieve by record id: Authority... Alt-r, i, a
Retrieve by record id: Bibliographic... Alt-r, i, b
Retrieve by record id: Holdings... Alt-r, i, h
Retrieve by record id: Item... Alt-r, i, i
Retrieve by barcode... Alt-r, b
Unlink holding from bibliographic... Alt-r, u
Relink holding to bibliographic... Alt-r, r
Show Associated Records... Alt-r, w
Retrieve Holdings Alt-r, h
Create Holdings Alt-r, e
Retrieve Items Alt-r, m
Create Items Alt-r, t
Retrieve Authorities Alt-r, a
Ctrl-m View Line Items in Acquisitions Alt-r, q
Ctrl-n Get call number from bib record
Ctrl-k Verify 856 links Alt-r, k
Ctrl-h Validate Heading Alt-r, l
Ctrl-b Save to Database Alt-r, v
Ctrl-q Save to Database and Close Alt-r, o
Delete Alt-r, d
Import Alt-r, p
Import: From new file... Alt-r, p, n
Import: From previous file... Alt-r, p, v

Item records

Keyboard Shortcut Command Keyboard Equivalent
Ctrl-s View status Alt-s
Ctrl-t View statistics Alt-t
Ctrl-n View notes Alt-n

"Window" menu

Keyboard Shortcut Command Keyboard Equivalent
Open Window Menu
Tile Alt-w, t
Cascade Alt-w, c
Arrange Icons Alt-w, a
1, 2, 3, etc. [Name of Window] Alt-w, [1, 2, 3, etc.]

"Display" menu

Keyboard Shortcut Command Keyboard Equivalent
Open Display Menu Alt-d
Heading List Alt-d, h
Title index Alt-d, t

"Help" menu

Keyboard Shortcut Command Keyboard Equivalent
Open Help Menu Alt-h
Help Topics Alt-h, h
Endeavor on the Web Alt-h, e
Endeavor on the Web -> Endeavor Home Page Alt-h, e, h
Endeavor on the Web -> Endeavor Support Web Alt-h, e, s
About Cataloging... Alt-h, a