Text keyboard shortcuts (Windows)

Use text keyboard shortcuts to edit and format text in fields and text on a layout.

Text deletion keyboard shortcuts

Use these keyboard 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

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 editing

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 nonbreaking 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 keyboard 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

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

Use these keyboard 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