Next time you're in your favorite app, try out its Help menu functions to see how deeply they've been implemented. Related Forums: macOS High Sierra, macOS Mojave. 15 comments.

Universal keystrokes 1. Help. F1 is the Help key in almost every software program available, including all the Microsoft products. Ctrl+F1 displays or hides the ribbon menu bar in Word and Excel.

Hints reader mtaylorGT discovered a similar use for the Help menu search box: You can use it to find and then launch recently opened documents, too. The trick hinges on the fact that many apps ...