Related Information Examples & Tutorials

Edit Forms

You can view and edit the information in forms.

Editing And Movement Keys

Right Arrow ... Character right
Left Arrow .... Character left
Home .......... Start of field
End ........... End of field
Page Up ....... Next Record
Page Down ..... Prior Record
Enter ......... Save field and next
Ctrl+Enter .... Save form and exit
Esc ........... Discard changes

Insert ........ Insert/Overstrike mode (Overstrike cursor is large)
Delete ........ Delete character in front of the cursor
Backspace ..... Delete character to the left of the cursor

Tab ............... Next field
Shift+Tab ......... Prior field
Shift+Arrow ....... Grab text
Shift+Insert ...... Paste Text
Ctrl+Page Up....... First record
Ctrl+Page Down..... Last record

ALT ............... Menus
CTRL .............. Buttons
ALT+X ............. Exit Program

Shortcut Keys
StateF1F2 F3F4F5F6 F7F8F9F10
NormalHelpPick NewEdit Open FindDeleteSave/CloseButton Menus
ShiftRecordRunPaste Copy Cut
Alt Field Properties Form Properties Quit

Press ALT or F10 to activate menus.

Press CTRL or F9 to activate buttons.

Press ALT-X or ALT-F4 to exit the program.

tip.gif Pasting with Overstrike mode on leaves the cursor where it is. Pasting in Insert mode moves the cursor to the end of the pasted section. This speeds up report and table editing.

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Navigating Forms With Subforms

When you are viewing a form that contains a subform, such as the Client form, you can move between the forms using the F5 key and the Esc key. F5 will take you into the subform and pressing F5 again will open the first, highlighted record. Press the Esc key (when the subform is active) and the focus will be returned to the main, outer form.

tip.gif When you first enter a subform, you can immediately begin to type characters in order to search the list of records in the subform. You will notice that the Name heading is active and the characters you type will show up as Collect! scrolls through the list matching your search criteria.

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See Also

- Keyboard Tips

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