Paste, select, and replace keyboard shortcuts (Mac OS)
You can use keyboard shortcuts to enter values into a field, replace values, and select objects, and move items in a list.
 
To insert
Press
In mode
The current date
- - (hyphen)
Browse, Find, Layout
The current time
-;
Browse, Find, Layout
The current time and date in a timestamp field
-;
Browse, Find
The current user name
-Shift-N
Browse, Find, Layout
Information from the index
-I
Browse, Find
Information from the last visited record
-' (apostrophe)
Browse, Find
Information from the last record and move to the next field
-Shift-' (apostrophe)
Browse, Find
Merge fields
-Option-M
Layout
 
To paste
Press
In mode
Text from the Clipboard
-V
Browse, Find, Layout
Text without styles
-Option-V
Browse, Layout
A bitmap when both bitmap and metafile formats are on the Clipboard
-Shift-V
Browse, Layout
 
To
Press
In mode
Replace a field's value
- =
Browse
Select all fields
-A
Layout
Select multiple objects
Shift-click, drag selection around multiple objects
Note  To select by partially dragging around objects, press while dragging.
Layout
To select items in a list
Up Arrow, Down Arrow
All
Move a selected item in a list
-Up Arrow, -Down Arrow
All
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