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Text keyboard shortcuts (OS X)

Use text keyboard shortcuts to edit and format text in fields and text on a layout.

Text deletion keyboard shortcuts

You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes.

Note  The Forward Delete key is located under the Help key on most OS X extended keyboards.

 

To delete the	Press
Next character	Forward Delete
Next word	Option-Forward Delete
Previous character	Delete
Previous word	Option-Delete
Text from the insertion point to the beginning of the line	-Delete

Text editing keyboard shortcuts

You can use these keyboard shortcuts to edit field and layout text and to work with find requests.

 

To	Press
Clear selected text	Delete
Copy selected text	-C
Copy all text in a record	-C with no objects selected
Copy all records in the found set to the Clipboard in text form	-Option-C with no objects selected
Cut selected text	-X
Paste	-V
Paste text only	-Shift-Option-V
Undo	-Z
Redo	-Y or -Shift-Z
Exit text edit mode	Enter (numeric keypad)
Find/replace data	-Shift-F
Find the next occurrence of the specified data	-G
Reverse the current direction of a Find Again operation	-Shift-G
Replace the Find what data with the Replace with data, then search for and select the next occurrence	-Option-G
Reverse the current direction of a Replace & Find Again operation	-Shift-Option-G
Find the next occurrence of the selected data in the database	-Option-I
Reverse the current direction of a Find Selected operation	-Shift- Option-I
Insert a non-breaking space	Option-Space bar
Insert a tab in a field or move the insertion point to the next tab stop	Option-Tab
Open the Spelling dialog box when alerted of a misspelled word	-Shift-Y

Note  If the current Find/Replace direction is Forward or All, the reverse keyboard shortcut switches the direction to Backward. If the current Find/Replace direction is Backward, the reverse keyboard shortcut switches the direction to Forward.

Text formatting keyboard shortcuts

Use these shortcuts to format text in fields, field labels, and text objects in Browse and Layout modes.

Text alignment keyboard shortcuts

 

To align text	Press
Center	- \
Left	- [
Right	- ]
Justified	-Shift- \

Text style keyboard shortcuts

 

To style text	Press
Bold	-Shift-B
Italic	-Shift-I
Plain	-Shift-P
Subscript	-Shift- - (hyphen)
Superscript	-Shift- =
Underline	-Shift-U

Text size keyboard shortcuts

 

To change point size	Press
Up one point	-Option-Shift->
Down one point	-Option-Shift-<
The next point size up on the menu	-Shift->
The next point size down on the menu	-Shift-<

Text navigation keyboard shortcuts

You can use these keyboard shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes to move the insertion point to different areas of a text field or label.

 

To move the insertion point to the	Press
Beginning of the text	-Up Arrow
End of the text	-Down Arrow
Beginning of the line	-Left Arrow
End of the line	-Right Arrow
Beginning of the previous word	Option-Left Arrow
End of the next word	Option-Right Arrow
Previous character	Left Arrow
Next character	Right Arrow
Previous line	Up Arrow
Next line	Down Arrow

Text selection keyboard shortcuts

You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes to extend the selection in a field.

 

To extend selection to the	Press
Beginning of the line	-Shift-Left Arrow
Beginning of the previous word	Option-Shift-Left Arrow
Beginning of text	-Option-Shift-Up Arrow
End of the line	-Shift-Right Arrow
End of the next word	Option-Shift-Right Arrow
End of text	-Option-Shift-Down Arrow
Next character	Shift-Right Arrow
Next line	-Shift-Down Arrow
Previous character	Shift-Left Arrow
Previous line	-Shift-Up Arrow
Entire contents of the active field	-A