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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
Copy all records in the found set to the Clipboard in text form	Ctrl+Shift+C with no objects selected
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

Note  If 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 point to the	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