Pressing an access key assigned to an element gives focus to the element. The action that occurs when an element receives focus depends on the element. At this web-site access keys are assigned to menus accessible from every page on the web-site.
The invocation of access keys depends on the underlying system. For instance, on machines running MS Windows, one generally has to press the "alt" key in addition to the access key. On Apple systems, one generally has to press the "cmd" key in addition to the access key. Here we have presented the access keys as on a machine running MS Windows.