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Appendix B - Keystroke equivalents

Only the function keys in the following list are re-assignable (see 14.2 ); the Ctrl-letter keys are fixed. Users are also reminded that re-definition of F8, F9 and F10 will cause the Shifted variants to be assigned automatically (see 14.6 ).

Next record in subfile                                            F2
Fast forward (default: 10 records)                         Shift  F2
Final record in subfile                                    Ctrl   F2
Previous record in subfile                                        F1
Fast rewind (default: 10 records)                          Shift  F1
First record in subfile                                    Ctrl   F1
Update                                                            F3
Select next subfile                                               F5
Select previous subfile                                           F4
Select next key                                            Shift  F5
Select previous key                                        Shift  F4
Shift record forward                                              F7
Shift record backward                                             F6
Delete record                                              Ctrl   F10
Add new record                                                    F10
Copy displayed record                                      Shift  F10
Search  for key in current subfile                                F8
Search for key in all subfiles                             Shift  F8
Use filter                                                 Ctrl   F8
List validation table for field with caret                        F9
Turn validation ON/OFF                                     Shift  F9
Play (rapid scan of records)                                      F11
Stop (cancel above)                                        Shift  F11
Show keypad                                                       Tab
Print report                                                      Print
Print displayed record                                     Shift  Print
Display Print Options window                               Ctrl   Print

Set field where editing starts Ctrl @ Select all fields for printing Ctrl A Balance current index and display brief results Ctrl B As above, but display complete index tree Ctrl Shift B Copy field contents to clipboard Ctrl C Enter current date Ctrl D Edit record template Ctrl E Display list of fields, or of selected fields Ctrl F Open Changes dialogue box for current field Ctrl G Display Indexes directory Ctrl I Open Index dialogue box for current field Ctrl J Show structure of currently-selected key Ctrl K Open Link dialogue box for current field Ctrl L Toggle mark-pane ON/OFF Ctrl M Open Numeric field calculations window Ctrl N Retrieve last search formula Ctrl O Display PrintJobs directory Ctrl P Display ValTables directory Ctrl Q Display PrintRes directory Ctrl R Swap case of character to right of caret Ctrl S Enter current time Ctrl T Blank field Ctrl U Paste field contents at caret Ctrl V Restore keypad and record windows to initial state Ctrl W Export CSV file Ctrl X Display UserFuncs directory Ctrl Y Clear field selection Ctrl Z Add new row to scrollable list (when in last cell) Shift Return As above, but from any cell and without scrolling Insert Delete blank row from scrollable list Shift Insert Delete row with caret from scrollable listCtrl Shift Insert


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