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General keyboard shortcuts (Windows)

You can use these keyboard shortcuts to navigate, cancel an operation, and display information in your database file.

 

To	Press	In mode
Cancel an operation or dialog box	Esc	All
Click a selected button on a layout with the keyboard	Space bar	Browse, Find
Close a dialog box	Esc	All
Close certain dialog boxes without confirmation and discard changes	Shift-Esc	All
Close a file or window	Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4	All
Close all files or windows	Ctrl+Alt+W	All
Exit or quit FileMaker Pro	Alt+F4 or Ctrl+Q	All
Open FileMaker Pro Help	F1	All
Open a file	Ctrl+O	All
Use a specified account name and password to open a file	Shift key while opening the file	All
Open a remote file	Ctrl+Shift+O	All
Open the Manage Database dialog box	Ctrl+Shift+D	All
Open the Find/Replace dialog box	Ctrl+Shift+F	Browse, Find, Layout
Open the Manage Layouts dialog box	Ctrl+Shift+L	All
Open the Layout pop-up menu	F2	All
Play or edit a sound in a container field	Space bar	Browse
Print	Ctrl+P	All
Print without the Print dialog box	Ctrl+Alt+P	All
Reorder items in a list box, such as Script steps, Fields, Parts	Ctrl+Up Arrow or Ctrl+Down Arrow	All
Save	(By default, FileMaker Pro saves your record data automatically.)	Browse
Sort	Ctrl+S	Browse, Preview
Undo the last command	Ctrl+Z	All
Open the Manage Scripts dialog box	Ctrl+Shift+S	All
Save a script	Ctrl+S	All
Perform one of the first ten scripts listed in the Scripts menu	Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+0	Browse, Preview, Find