Voyager keyboard shortcuts

This page refers to the Voyager ILS, an Ex Libris product used at the Folger from 1996 to 2022. 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