Microsoft Access keyboard shortcuts

Microsoft Access keyboard shortcuts
Description	Shortcut Key
To display a property sheet	Alt + Enter
To quit Microsoft Access, close a dialog box, or	Alt + F4
close a property sheet
To toggle between breaking and not breaking on	Alt + F5
unhandled errors and then step to the next
statement
To toggle between breaking and not breaking in	Alt + F8
class modules and then continue execution
To select all visible code in the Module window	Ctrl + A
To halt the execution of code or a macro	Ctrl + Break
To move to the current field in the last record, in	Ctrl + Down Arrow
Navigation mode
To display the next procedure	Ctrl + Down Arrow
To move to the last field in the last record, in	Ctrl + End
Navigation mode
To open the selected table, query, form, report,	Ctrl + Enter or Alt + D
macro, or module in Design view
To toggle between a custom menu bar and a built-in  Ctrl + F11
menu bar
To invoke a Builder	Ctrl + F2
To put focus on the Procedure Box	Ctrl + 2 (then press Tab)
To find the next occurrence of selected text	Ctrl + F3
To run code to the current insertion point and halt	Ctrl + F8
execution
To turn on Move mode (MOV appears in the lower	Ctrl + F8
right corner of the window)
To set the next statement	Ctrl + F9
To display the Debug window	Ctrl + G
To move to the first field in the first record, in	Ctrl + Home
Navigation mode
To display quick information	Ctrl + I
To list properties and methods	Ctrl + J
To display the Calls dialog box	Ctrl + L
To move to the current field in the next record	Ctrl + Page Down
To go right one screen	Ctrl + Page Down
To move to the current field in the previous record	Ctrl + Page Up
To go left one screen	Ctrl + Page Up
To select a form or report	Ctrl + R
To return to the last line position in the previously	Ctrl + Shift + F2
viewed procedure
To step out of a procedure	Ctrl + Shift + F8
To clear all breakpoints	Ctrl + Shift +F9
To display parameter information	Ctrl + Shift + I
To list constants	Ctrl + Shift + J
To exit the subform and move to the previous field	Ctrl + Shift + Tab
in the main form or previous record
To complete the Visual Basic keyword	Ctrl + Spacebar
To cycle through the tab of each object's type	Ctrl + Tab
To exit the subform and move to the next field in the  Ctrl + Tab
master form or next record
To move to the current field in the first record, in	Ctrl + Up Arrow
Navigation mode
To display the previous procedure	Ctrl + Up Arrow
To cut the current line and copy it to the Clipboard	Ctrl + Y
To enter the selected item in a list	Ctrl + Enter or Tab
To move down one line	Down Arrow
To move to the current field in the next record	Down Arrow
To move to the last object	End
To move to the last field in the current record, in	End
Navigation mode
To move to the last field in the current record, in	End
Navigation mode
To open the selected report in Print Preview	Enter
To open the selected table or query in Datasheet	Enter
view, or form in Form view
To run the selected macro	Enter
To enter the selected item and move the cursor to	Enter
the next line
To make the list disappear	Esc
To turn off Move mode	Esc
To display context-sensitive Help about the keyword  F1
containing the insertion point
To bring the Database window to the front	F11 or Alt + F1
To rename a selected object	F2
Switch between edit mode (with insertion point	F2
displayed) and navigation mode
To display the complete hyperlink address for a	F2
selected hyperlink
To display the Object Browser	F2
To find the next occurrence of the text specified in	F3
the Find or Replace dialog box when the dialog box
is closed
To switch to Form view from form design or a form	F5
module
To move to the record number box;	F5 then type the record
	number and press Enter
To move to the record number box;	F5 then type the record
	number and press Enter
To continue execution of code or macro	F5
To run a parameterless subprocedure containing	F5
the insertion point, from the Module window
To switch between the upper and lower portions of	F6
a window (Design view of tables, macros, and
queries and the Advanced Filter/Sort window only)
To switch between the upper and lower panes	F6
To cycle forward through sections	F6
To check spelling	F7
To step into a procedure (single step)	F8
To toggle a breakpoint at the selected line	F9
To move to the first object	Home
To move to the first field in the current record, in	Home
Navigation mode
To move to the first field in the current record, in	Home
Navigation mode
To move the selected column to the left one column  Left Arrow
in Move mode
To move down one window	Page Down
To go down one page; at the end of the record,	Page Down
moves to the equivalent page on the next record
To go down one screen	Page Down
To move up one window	Page Up
To go up one page; at the end of the record, moves  Page Up
to the equivalent page on the previous record
To go up one screen	Page Up
Press Navigating and opening objects Press	Right Arrow
Navigate between fields and records Press To
move columns
To move the selected column to the right one	Shift + Ctrl + Tab
column in Move mode
To cycle through the tab of each object's type right	Shift + Enter
to left
To view a procedure definition, variable, or keyword  Shift + F2
To find the previous occurrence of the text specified  Shift + F3
in the Find or Replace dialog box when the dialog
box is closed
To reset execution of code or macro	Shift + F5
To cycle back through sections	Shift + F6
To step over a procedure	Shift + F8
To create an instant watch for a selected	Shift + F9
expression
To move to the previous field	Shift + Tab
To enter the subform from the following field in the	Shift + Tab
main form
To remove indentation from selected lines	Shift + Tab or Ctrl + Shift
	+ M
To move to the previous field	Shift + Tab, or Left Arrow
To move to the next field	Tab
To enter the subform from the preceding field in the  Tab
main form
To indent selected lines	Tab or Ctrl + M
To move to the next field	Tab, Enter, or Right
	Arrow
To move up one line	Up Arrow
To move to the current field in the previous record	Up Arrow