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Text keyboard shortcuts (Windows)
Use text keyboard shortcuts to edit and format text in fields and text on a layout.
Text deletion keyboard shortcuts
You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes.
To delete | Press |
Next character | Delete |
Next word | Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Backspace |
Previous character | Backspace |
Text editing keyboard shortcuts
You can use these keyboard shortcuts to edit field and layout text and to work with find requests.
To | Press |
Clear selected text | Delete |
Copy selected text | Ctrl+Ins or Ctrl+C |
Copy all text in a record | Ctrl+C with no objects selected |
Ctrl+Shift+C | |
Cut selected text | Shift+Delete or Ctrl+X |
Paste | Ctrl+V |
Paste text only | Ctrl+Shift+V |
Undo | Alt+Backspace or Ctrl+Z |
Redo | Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z |
Exit text edit mode | Enter (numeric keypad) |
Find/replace data | Ctrl+Shift+F |
Find the next occurrence of the specified data | Ctrl+G |
Reverse the current direction of a Find Again operation | Ctrl+Shift+G |
Replace the Find what data with the Replace with data, then search for and select the next occurrence | Alt+Ctrl+G |
Reverse the current direction of a Replace & Find Again operation | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+G |
Find the next occurrence of the selected data in the database | Alt+Ctrl+H |
Reverse the current direction of a Find Selected operation | Shift+Alt+Ctrl+H |
Insert a non-breaking space | Ctrl+Space bar |
Insert a tab in a field | Ctrl+Tab |
Open the Spelling dialog box when alerted of a misspelled word | Ctrl+Shift+Y |
NoteIf the current Find/Replace direction is Forward or All, the reverse keyboard shortcut switches the direction to Backward. If the current Find/Replace direction is Backward, the reverse keyboard shortcut switches the direction to Forward.
Text formatting keyboard shortcuts
Use these shortcuts to format text in fields, field labels, and text objects in Browse and Layout modes.
Text alignment keyboard shortcuts
To align selected text | Press |
Center | Ctrl+ \ |
Left | Ctrl+ [ |
Right | Ctrl+] |
Justified | Ctrl+Shift+ \ |
Text style keyboard shortcuts
To style selected text | Press |
Bold | Ctrl+Shift+B |
Italic | Ctrl+Shift+I |
Plain | Ctrl+Shift+P |
Underline | Ctrl+Shift+U |
Text size keyboard shortcuts
To change the point size of selected text | Press |
The next point size up on the Format menu | Ctrl+Shift+> |
The next point size down on the menu | Ctrl+Shift+< |
Up one point | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+> |
Down one point | Ctrl+Alt+Shift+< |
Text navigation keyboard shortcuts
You can use these keyboard shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes to move the insertion point to different areas of a text field or label.
To move the insertion | Press |
Beginning of the text | Ctrl+Home |
End of the text | Ctrl+End |
Beginning of the line | Home |
End of the line | End |
Beginning of the previous word | Ctrl+Left Arrow |
End of the next word | Ctrl+Right Arrow |
Previous character | Left Arrow |
Next character | Right Arrow |
Previous line | Up Arrow |
Next line | Down Arrow |
Text selection keyboard shortcuts
You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes to extend the selection in a field.
To extend selection to the | Press |
Beginning of line | Shift+Home |
Beginning of previous word | Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow |
Beginning of text | Ctrl+Shift+Home |
End of line | Shift+End |
End of next word | Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow |
End of text | Ctrl+Shift+End |
Next character | Shift+Right Arrow |
Next line | Shift+Down Arrow |
Previous character | Shift+Left Arrow |
Previous line | Shift+Up Arrow |
Entire contents of the active field | Ctrl+A |
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