Moving around a form

To move around a form, you would usually use the mouse and click to put the cursor where you want it. You can use the scroll bars at the right and bottom of the screen to view more of the form.

However, you can also move the cursor using the keyboard, and there are times when this can be quicker. The following table shows all the ways you can move the cursor, whether within a particular form (the same record) or to another form (another record).

Key

Description

tab

Go to the next field.

shift+tab

Go to the previous field.

home

Go to the start of current field.

ctrl+home

Go to the first record (form)

end

Go to the end of current field.

ctrl+end

Go to the last record.

page up

Scroll one screen upwards, but go to previous record when top of page is reached

ctrl+page up

Go to the previous record.

page down

Scroll one screen downwards, but go to next record when end of page is reached

ctrl+page down

Go to the next record.

You can also use the buttons on the Record toolbar to move through the records in your table.

See:

Browsing through the database table