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title: "Menu Activation Shortcuts keys in SQL Server"  
description: "Menu Activation Shortcuts keys in SQL Server"  
author: "Vijay Shukla"  
published: 2013-04-03  
updated: 2017-11-30  
canonical: https://www.mindstick.com/articles/1197/menu-activation-shortcuts-keys-in-sql-server  
category: "shortcut keys"  
tags: ["shortcut keys"]  
reading_time: 1 minute  

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# Menu Activation Shortcuts keys in SQL Server

| ##### Action | ##### SQL Server 2012 | ##### SQL Server 2008 R2 |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Move to the [SQL Server](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/34/create-table-in-microsoft-sql-server) [Management Studio](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/159668/what-is-the-difference-between-sql-server-and-sql-management-studio) menu bar | ALT | ALT |
| Activate the menu for a tool [Component](https://www.mindstick.com/articles/12262/learn-how-to-make-a-component-in-magento-2) | ALT+HYPHEN | ALT+HYPHEN |
| Display the [context](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/23245/what-is-context-in-android) menu | SHIFT+F10 | SHIFT+F10 |
| New File [dialog box](https://www.mindstick.com/blog/157/dialog-box-in-dot-net) to create a file | CTRL+N | CTRL+N |
| Create a new project | CTRL+SHIFT+N | CTRL+SHIFT+N |
| Open an existing files | CTRL+O or CTRL+SHIFT+G | CTRL+O |
| Open an existing project | CTRL+SHIFT+O | CTRL+SHIFT+O |
| Add a new file in [current project](https://answers.mindstick.com/qa/94412/what-are-the-biggest-problems-you-have-faced-while-working-in-a-current-project) | CTRL+SHIFT+A | CTRL+SHIFT+A |
| Add an [existing file](https://www.mindstick.com/forum/33417/how-to-append-text-to-an-existing-file-in-java) in current project | SHIFT+ALT+A | SHIFT+ALT+A |
| Display the Query Designer | CTRL+SHIFT+Q | CTRL+SHIFT+Q |

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