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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
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