To | Press |
Cancel an operation or dialog box | Esc |
Cancel a running script | Esc |
Space bar | |
Close a dialog box | Esc |
Close certain dialog boxes without confirmation and discard changes | Shift+Esc |
Close a file or window | Ctrl+W or Ctrl+F4 |
Close all files or windows | Ctrl+Alt+W |
Exit or quit FileMaker Pro | Alt+F4 or Ctrl+Q |
Open FileMaker Pro Help | F1 |
Open the My Solutions tab in the Launch Center | Ctrl+O |
Use a specified account name and password to open a file | Shift as you open the file |
Open the Hosts tab in the Launch Center | Ctrl+Shift+O |
Open the Open File dialog box | Ctrl+Alt+O |
Open the Manage Database dialog box | Ctrl+Shift+D |
Open the Find/Replace dialog box | Ctrl+Shift+F |
Open the Manage Layouts dialog box | Ctrl+Shift+L |
Open the Field Picker dialog box | Ctrl+K |
Add a new field in the Field Picker dialog box | Ctrl+Enter |
Open the Layout pop-up menu | F2 |
Print | Ctrl+P |
Print without the Print dialog box | Ctrl+Alt+P |
Save | (By default, FileMaker Pro saves your record data automatically.) |
Sort | Ctrl+S |
Undo the last command | Ctrl+Z |
Open the Script Workspace | Ctrl+Shift+S |
Perform one of the first ten scripts listed in the Scripts menu | Ctrl+1 through Ctrl+0 |
Create a record, find request, or layout | Ctrl+N |
Delete a record, request, or layout | Ctrl+E |
Delete a record without confirmation | Ctrl+Shift+E |
Duplicate a record, find request, or layout object | Ctrl+D |
Save a layout | Ctrl+S |
To move to | Press |
Next object (field, button, or tab) | Tab |
Previous object (field, button, or tab) | Shift+Tab |
Next record, request, layout, or page | Ctrl+Down Arrow or Shift+PgDn |
Previous record, request, layout, or page | Ctrl+Up Arrow or Shift+PgUp |
Next tab (when a tab is selected) | Right Arrow |
Previous tab (when a tab is selected) | Left Arrow |
To | Press |
Cascade document windows | Shift+F5 |
Close a window | Ctrl+Shift+F4 |
Resize window; full screen or previous size | Ctrl+Alt+Z |
Scroll the document down | PgDn |
Scroll the document up | PgUp |
Scroll the document to the left | Ctrl+PgUp |
Scroll the document to the right | Ctrl+PgDn |
Show or hide the status toolbar | Ctrl+Alt+S |
Tile (arrange) document windows horizontally | Shift+F4 |
Zoom document larger | F3 |
Zoom document smaller | Shift+F3 |
To insert | Press |
The current date | Ctrl+ - (hyphen) |
The current time | Ctrl+; |
The current time and date in a timestamp field | Ctrl+; |
The current user name | Ctrl+Shift+N |
Information from the index | Ctrl+I |
Information from the last visited record | Ctrl+' (apostrophe) |
Information from the last record and move to the next field | Ctrl+Shift+" (quotation) |
Ctrl+M |
To paste | Press |
Text from the Clipboard | Ctrl+V |
Text without styles | Ctrl+Shift+V |
To | Press |
Replace a field's value | Ctrl+ = |
Select all objects in Layout mode | Ctrl+A |
Select multiple objects | Shift-click each object, or drag the arrow pointer to make a box that includes the objects Note To select only the objects enclosed within the selection box, press Ctrl as you drag. |
Select objects of the same type when an object is selected | Ctrl+Shift+A |
Select items in a list | Up Arrow, Down Arrow |
Move a selected item in a list | Ctrl+Up Arrow, Ctrl+Down Arrow |