Hotkeys in designers (XP / Sp2)

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Has anyone got a list of the hotkeys in the various designers
e.g. I’m in the Properties window for a report, and I want to switch back to the actual report design surface, and I don’t want to key have to reach over for the mouse

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If you type “keyboard shortcut” in the help index, then click “Keyboard Shortcuts” in the list of topics, you’ll get a comprehensive overview of all built-in shortcut keys. This is the list for design view, taken from the help:

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)
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

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Thanks Hans, I’d got that list, but I wasn’t looking in the right place
– urgh, the shortcuts are a bit of a mess

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Thanks Hans, I’d got that list, but I wasn’t looking in the right place
– urgh, the shortcuts are a bit of a mess

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If you type “keyboard shortcut” in the help index, then click “Keyboard Shortcuts” in the list of topics, you’ll get a comprehensive overview of all built-in shortcut keys. This is the list for design view, taken from the help:

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)
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

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