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Turn Over for More Great Shortcuts

Another valuable resource from:

Dawn Bjork Buzbee

www.SoftwarePro.com

Keyboard Shortcuts
NAVIGATION
Press TAB or RIGHT arrow SHIFT + TAB or LEFT arrow END HOME DOWN arrow UP arrow CTRL + DOWN arrow CTRL + UP arrow CTRL + END CTRL + HOME F5 (then type record #) PAGE DOWN PAGE UP CTRL + PAGE DOWN CTRL + PAGE UP F6

To move to Next field to the right Next field to the left Last (rightmost) field of the record First field of the record Current field in the next record Current field in the previous record Current field in the last record Current field in the first record Last field of the last record in the table First field of the first record in the table Specific record in a datasheet Down one screen Up one screen Right one screen Left one screen Switch between the upper and lower portions of the Design, Queries, and Filter windows

DATA ENTRY & EDITING


To Insert the current date Insert the current time Insert the value from the same field in the previous record Insert the default value for a field (if defined in the table structure) Add a new record Delete the current record Press CTRL + ; (semicolon) CTRL + : (colon) CTRL + ' (apostrophe) or CTRL + " (double quote) CTRL + ALT + SPACEBAR CTRL + + (plus sign) CTRL + - (minus sign)

Dawn Bjork Buzbee, The Software Pro (303) 699-6868 www.SoftwarePro.com Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Certified Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor

Turn Over for More Great Shortcuts

DATA ENTRY & EDITING (continued)


To Save changes to the current record Zoom Insert a new line in a field, a label, or zoom box Toggle the value in a check box or option box Open a combo box or list box Type response in a yes/no field Switch between navigation mode (selected field) and editing mode (vertical insertion point displayed) Delete the selection or character to the left of the insertion point Delete the selection or character to the right of the insertion point Select the current record or cancel the record selection (in navigation mode only) Select current column Select all records Copy Cut Paste Undo current field/current record Undo last changes to saved record Find (opens dialog box) Replace (opens dialog box) Find the next occurrence of the text in the Find or Replace dialog box when the dialog box is closed Press SHIFT + ENTER SHIFT + F2 or right-click on expression CTRL + ENTER SPACEBAR F4 or ALT + DOWN arrow 0 for no, 1 for yes or spacebar to turn on/off F2 BACKSPACE DELETE SHIFT + SPACEBAR CTRL + SPACEBAR CTRL + A CTRL + C CTRL + X CTRL + V ESC CTRL + Z or ALT + BACKSPACE CTRL + F CTRL + H SHIFT + F4

FILE MANAGEMENT
To Create a new database Open a database Save a table Print a table Close database Close Access Press CTRL + N CTRL + O CTRL + S CTRL + P CTRL + F4 ALT + F4

Dawn Bjork Buzbee, The Software Pro (303) 699-6868 www.SoftwarePro.com Microsoft Certified Trainer (MCT) Certified Microsoft Office Specialist Master Instructor

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