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General database keyboard commands
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Keyboard shortcut |
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Activate a field |
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Tab, or click inside the field |
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Browse |
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Shift- -B |
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Copy (selected record) |
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-C |
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Cut (selected record) |
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-X |
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Define Fields |
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Shift- -D |
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Deselect all records |
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Enter |
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Display or change format for a date, time, or number field (in Layout mode only) |
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Double-click the field |
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Duplicate Record (in Browse and List modes) |
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Duplicate Request (in Find mode) |
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Find |
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Shift- -F |
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Hide Selected |
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Hide Unselected |
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Insert a tab in a text field |
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Control-Tab |
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Insert Current Date (in a date field) |
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-(hyphen) |
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Insert current record number (in a number field) |
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Insert Current Time (in a time field) |
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Layout |
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Shift- -L |
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List |
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Shift- -I |
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Match Records |
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New Record (in Browse and List modes) |
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-R |
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New Request (in Find mode) |
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Paste (selected record, after the last record) |
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Show All Records |
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Shift- -A |
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Sort Records |
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Database selection and navigation keyboard commands
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Action or command |
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Keyboard shortcut |
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Go To Record |
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Move to the first character in a field, or up a line in a long field |
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Up Arrow, -Left Arrow |
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Move to the last character in a field, or down a line in a long field |
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Down Arrow, -Right Arrow |
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Move to the next field (in Browse and Find modes) |
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Tab |
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Move to the previous field (in Browse and Find modes) |
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Shift-Tab |
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Move to the next record |
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-Return or -Down Arrow |
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Move to the previous record |
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Shift- -Return or -Up Arrow |
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Select a record |
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Click the record (outside a field) |
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Select a range of consecutive records |
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Click the first record and Shift-click the last record |
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Select nonconsecutive records |
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Press while you click the records |
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