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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Function Keys</div>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">Some of these function key operations may be specific to Windows.</p>
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      </table><a name="ndxgenid_roadmap634"></a><div class="title_division">F1 - Help</div>
      <p class="para_division">Press F1 to display help on the active command or dialog box.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Use F2 to edit expressions in the <b class="uiTerm">Part Navigator</b>. 
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      <p class="para_division">Select an expression in the <b class="uiTerm">User Expressions</b> folder, and either double-click or press F2 to edit the expression in place.
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_33.html');return(false);">Parameters</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_34.html');return(false);">Linked expressions</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_36.html');return(false);">Conditional expressions</a></p>
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      <p class="para_division">Press F3 to temporarily hide the current dialog box. </p>
      <p class="para_division">This is useful if the dialog box is blocking the graphics window you need to see.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Press F3 again to redisplay the dialog box.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Press F4 to display the Information window. </p>
      <p class="para_division">Press F4 again to hide the Information window without deleting its contents.</p>
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">Closing the Information window using the Close button in the upper right corner will clear the information. To hide the window but keep the information, use F4 or the Minimize button.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/05qt_parts_7.html');return(false);">Listing information</a></p>
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      <p class="para_division">Press F5 to refresh the display.</p>
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            <p class="para_item"><a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.openFile('roadmap/11qt_icon_function_map_98.html#qt_mm_11_1');return(false);">Refresh</a></p>
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            <p class="para_item"><img align="bottom" src="graphics/icons/icon-zoom.gif" border="0"> <b class="uiTerm">Zoom</b></p>
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      <p class="para_division">Press F6 to zoom in on a rectangle, the same as using the <b class="uiTerm">Zoom</b> command.
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                  <p class="para_tip_body">An easier way to dynamically zoom is to use the scroll wheel if you have a wheel mouse, or hold the control key while dragging mouse button 2.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">To rotate the display using F7:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Press F7 to turn on  dynamic rotation, the same as the <b class="uiTerm">Rotate</b> command.
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            <p class="para_item">Press and drag mouse button 1 to rotate the display.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">Press F8 to snap to the nearest orthogonal view, similar to F4 in I-deas.</p>
      <p class="para_division">Use the End and Home keys to snap to isometric and trimetric views.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">There are accelerator keys that can be used as shortcuts in NX. Command accelerator keys are shown with each item in the menus. Other global accelerator keys are available. For example, press CTRL+S to save your file. Press CTRL+Z to undo the last command. To list these options, see the menu:</p>
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