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Appendix B - Keystroke equivalents

To 2.2 (Moving about the database)
To 14.6 (Defining the function keys)

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).

The following keys may be reassigned
First record in subfileCtrl F2
Final record in subfileCtrl F1
Next record in subfileF2
Previous record in subfileF1
Fast forward (default: 10 records)Shift F2
Fast rewind (default: 10 records)Shift F1
Select next subfileF5
Select previous subfileF4
Select next keyShift F5
Select previous keyShift F4
Shift record forwardF7
Shift record backwardF6
Delete recordCtrl F10
UpdateF3
Add new recordF10
Copy displayed recordShift F10
Search for key in current subfileF8
Search for key in all subfilesShift F8
Use filterCtrl F8
List validation table for field with caretF9
Turn validation ON/OFFShift F9
Play (rapid scan of records)F11
Stop (cancel above)Shift F11
The following keys cannot be reassigned
Show keypadTab
Print reportPrint (see footnote)
Print displayed recordShift Print (see footnote)
Display Report options windowCtrl Print (see footnote)
Set field where editing startsCtrl @
Select all fields for printingCtrl A (see footnote)
Balance current index Ctrl B
Copy field contents to clipboardCtrl C
Enter current dateCtrl D
Edit record templateCtrl E
Toggle List-edit pane ON/OFFCtrl Shift E
Display list of fields, or of selected fieldsCtrl F
Open Global changes window for field with caretCtrl G
Display Indexes directoryCtrl I
Open Index definition window for current fieldCtrl J
Show structure of currently-selected keyCtrl K
Open Link window for field with caretCtrl L
Toggle mark-pane ON/OFFCtrl M
Open Numeric field calculations windowCtrl N
Open Extra calculations windowCtrl Shift N
Retrieve last search formulaCtrl O
Display PrintJobs directoryCtrl P
Display ValTables directoryCtrl Q
Display PrintRes directoryCtrl R
Swap case of character to right of caretCtrl S
Enter current timeCtrl T
Blank fieldCtrl U
Paste field contents of clipboard at caretCtrl V
Restore keypad and record windows to initial stateCtrl W
Export CSV fileCtrl X
Display UserFuncs directoryCtrl Y
Clear field selectionCtrl Z
Add new row to scrollable list (when in last cell)Shift Return
Insert row in scrollable list above row with caretInsert
Delete row of scrollable list with caretShift Delete
Move caret to next column of scrollable listShift =>
Move caret to previous column of scrollable listShift <=
Move caret to last column of scrollable listCtrl =>
Move caret to first column of scrollable listCtrl <=

Note for users of Virtual Acorn on a Windows computer.
Print is a reserved key in Windows (it copies a screen-dump to the clipboard) and cannot be trapped in RISC OS. To provide the three keystroke facilities listed in the table for Print they have, in Powerbase 9.70, been duplicated on the Home key. This used to restore the caret to the first writable field in the displayed record (although the feature was never documented) and this function is now provided by LEFT-Shift-Home. To create a report on the displayed record use RIGHT-Shift-Home.

There appears also to be a problem with Ctrl-A to select all printable fields so the action is duplicated by Ctrl-| (vertical bar), thus using a key which lies even nearer to Ctrl than does A. top of page

 
 

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