In this article I am trying to explain shortcut keys for Navigate in Design view in MS Access.
Key | Description |
F2 | To switch between Edit mode (with insertion point displayed) and Navigation mode |
F4 | To switch to the property sheet (Design view in forms and reports in databases and Access projects) |
F5 | To switch to Form view from form Design view |
F6 | To switch between the upper and lower portions of a window (Design view of the Advanced Filter/Sort window only) |
F7 | To switch to the Code Builder from form or report Design view (Design view window or property sheet)
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F8 | Invokes the field list in a form, report , or data access page. If field list is already open, moves focus to field list |
SHIFT+F7 | To switch from the Visual Basic Editor to form or report Design view |
SHIFT+F7 | To switch from a control's property sheet in form or report Design view to the design surface without changing the control focus |
ALT+ENTER | To display a property sheet in Design view |
ENTER or ALT+O | To open the selected form in Form view |
CTRL+ENTER or ALT+D | To open the selected table, query, form, report, data access page, macro, or module in Design view |
CTRL+TAB | With focus set to a section, will move the focus to a subsection |
SHIFT+ENTER | To add a control to a section |
CTRL+C | To copy the selected control to the Clipboard |
CTRL+X | To cut the selected control and copy it to the Clipboard |
CTRL+V | To paste the contents of the Clipboard in the upper-left corner of the selected section |
RIGHT ARROW | To move the selected control to the right by a pixel along the page's grid |
LEFT ARROW | To move the selected control to the left by a pixel along the page’s grid |
UP ARROW | To move the selected control up by a pixel along the page’s grid |
DOWN ARROW | To move the selected control down by a pixel along the page’s grid |
CTRL+RIGHT ARROW | To move the selected control to the right by a pixel (irrespective of the page’s grid) |
CTRL+LEFT ARROW | To move the selected control to the left by a pixel (irrespective of the page’s grid) |
CTRL+UP ARROW | To move the selected control up by a pixel (irrespective of the page’s grid) |
CTRL+DOWN ARROW | To move the selected control down by a pixel (irrespective of the page’s grid) |
SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW | To increase the width of the selected control (to the right) by a pixel |
SHIFT+LEFT ARROW | To decrease the width of the selected control (to the left) by a pixel |
SHIFT+UP ARROW | To decrease the height of the selected control (from the bottom) by a pixel |
SHIFT+DOWN ARROW | To increase the height of the selected control (from the bottom) by a pixel |
SHIFT+TAB | To move the focus from the page design surface to the address/subject dialog box when sending a page as an e-mail |
ESC | To move the focus from the Field List or Data Outline back to the data access page design surface |
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