Getting Started |
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F1 |
Launch browser with a quick reference guide for the context window. |
Drag and drop |
Drag and drop files into the Project pane to import data. |
Drag and Shift-drop |
Drag and Shift-drop files into the Project pane to link data. |
Drag and Ctrl-Shift-Drop |
Drag and Ctrl-Shift-drop files into the Project pane to link data read-only. |
Double-click |
Double-click an item in the Project pane to open it. |
Right-click |
Right-click a tab or a window's title bar to undock / undock / close. |
Right-click |
Right-click items in the Project pane for useful commands. |
Shortcuts |
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Ctrl-N |
File - New |
Ctrl-O |
File - Open |
Ctrl-S |
File - Save |
Ctrl-P |
File - Print (Layouts only) |
Ctrl-X |
Edit - Cut |
Ctrl-C |
Edit - Copy |
Ctrl-V |
Edit - Paste |
Delete |
Edit - Delete |
Ctrl-A |
Edit - Select All |
Ctrl-I |
Edit - Select Inverse |
Ctrl-Tilde |
View - Command Window - SQL (the tilde character is the ~ key) |
Ctrl-Plus |
View - Zoom In (the Plus character is the + key on the numeric pad) |
Ctrl-Minus |
View - Zoom Out (the Minus character is the - key on the numeric pad) |
Ctrl-Slash |
View - Zoom to Native (the Slash character is the / key on the numeric pad) |
Ctrl-Mul |
View - Zoom to Fit (the Mul character is the * key on the numeric pad) |
F7 |
View - Messages |
Ctrl-L |
View - Panes - Log Window |
Ctrl-F4 |
Window - Close |
Ctrl-Tab |
Window - Next |
Shift-Ctrl-Tab |
Window - Previous |
Click and drag |
Pan the display |
Right-click and drag |
Zoom to the box. |
Wheel |
Zoom in / out |
Drag and Drop |
Add a new layer from the Project pane. |
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Select |
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Ctrl-A |
Select all. |
Ctrl-I |
Invert the selection. |
Ctrl-click |
Select the object. |
Ctrl-click and drag |
Draw a selection box to select all objects any part of which is within the box. |
Ctrl-click-and-drag <release Ctrl> <finish dragging> |
Draw a selection box to select all objects entirely within the box. |
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De-Select |
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Shift-Ctrl-A |
Select none. |
Ctrl-A followed by Ctrl-I |
Select none. A useful trick that is quicker for some people. |
Shift-Ctrl-click |
De-select the object. No effect if the object is not selected. |
Shift-Ctrl-click and drag |
Draw a selection box to de-select all objects any part of which is within the box. |
Shift-Ctrl-click <release Ctrl> <finish dragging> |
Draw a selection box to de-select all objects entirely within the box. |
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Tabs |
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Drag and Drop |
Add a new layer from the Project pane. |
Click |
Switch to that tab. |
Double-click |
Turn layer for that tab on or off for display. |
Shift-click |
Shift-click a tab or title bar to undock or dock. |
Ctrl-click |
Ctrl-click to move docked window or pane into second docked row. |
Drag a tab |
Drag a tab to reorder in a stack of tabs. |
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Layer Tabs |
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Ctrl-click |
Zoom to fit that layer's contents. |
Shift-Ctrl-click |
Zoom to fit the selection, if any, in that layer. |
Drag and Drop |
Add a new frame from the Project pane. |
Edit - Delete |
Delete selected frames. Ctrl-click a frame to select it. |
Alt-click |
Resize or move a frame to resize or move it. |
Double-click |
Put the frame into exclusive pan/zoom mode. |
Esc |
Exit alt-click or ctrl-click mode. |
Click |
Click outside a frame to exit alt-click or ctrl-click mode. |
File - Page Setup |
Set paper size, orientation of Portrait or Landscape, and margins. Layouts save changes in page setup. |
File - Print |
Launch the usual Windows dialog to print the layout. |
Layers pane |
Set vertical order, transparency of a frame, show/hide frames, delete frames |
Select |
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Ctrl-A |
Select all. |
Ctrl-I |
Invert the selection. |
Ctrl-click |
Select or de-select the frame. Ctrl-clicking a selected frame will de-select it. |
Ctrl-click and drag |
Draw a selection box to select all frames any part of which is within the box. |
Ctrl-click-and-drag <release Ctrl> <finish dragging> |
Draw a selection box to select all frames entirely within the box. |
De-Select |
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Shift-Ctrl-A |
Select none. |
Shift-Ctrl-click |
De-select the frame. No effect if the frame is not selected. |
Shift-Ctrl-click and drag |
Draw a selection box to de-select all frames any part of which is within the box. |
Shift-Ctrl-click <release Ctrl> <finish dragging> |
Draw a selection box to de-select all frames entirely within the box. |
Text Frames |
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Click the text frame button and then click into the layout. Edit text contents and style in the Style pane, and resize / move the text frame |
Click column head |
Click a column head to sort the column. |
Drag column head sides |
Resize columns. Reorder columns using the Layers pane. |
Layers pane |
Specify order, width, show/hide columns. |
Click a cell |
Click a cell to make it the current cell. |
Arrow keys |
Move the current cell in the direction of the arrow. |
Page Up / Page Down |
Move the current cell one window's worth of records up or down. |
Home |
Move the current cell to the left-most column of the current record and scroll the table so that the current cell is in view. Useful after Edit - Find. |
End |
Move the current cell to the right-most column of the current record. |
Ctrl-Home |
Move the current cell to the first record of the table in the current column. |
Ctrl-End |
Move the current cell to the last record of the table in the current column. |
Right-click |
Right click a cell to Add Filter / Copy / Paste / Delete / Edit cell contents. |
Ctrl-F |
Edit - Find |
Shift-F3 |
Edit - Find Previous |
F3 |
Edit - Find Next |
Ctrl-H |
Edit - Replace |
Ctrl-E |
Edit - Schema (launch Schema dialog) |
Ctrl-C |
Copy selected records to clipboard. |
Ctrl-V |
Paste records from clipboard. |
Shift-Ctrl-V |
Paste records from clipboard ignoring mfd_id values in pasted records. |
Ctrl-F2 |
Copy contents of the selected, context cell to all selected records. |
Shift-F5 |
Refresh the table. |
Editing |
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* |
Double-click into the * row to begin adding a new record. |
Delete |
Delete selected records. |
Double-click |
Open the cell for editing. |
Enter |
Open / Close the current cell for editing. |
Ctrl-Enter |
Commit all edits to the current record. |
Select |
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Ctrl-A |
Select all. |
Ctrl-I |
Invert the selection. |
Ctrl-click |
Select or de-select the record. Ctrl-clicking a selected record will de-select it. |
Shift-Ctrl-click |
Immediately after ctrl-clicking a record to select it, Shift-Ctrl-clicking on another record will select all records in a swath to the previously selected record. |
De-Select |
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Shift-Ctrl-A |
Select none. |
Ctrl-A followed by Ctrl-I |
Select none. A useful trick that is quicker for some people. |
Ctrl-click |
Select or de-select the record. Ctrl-clicking a selected record will de-select it. |
Shift-Ctrl-click |
Immediately after ctrl-clicking a selected record to deselect it, Shift-Ctrl-clicking on another record will deselect all records in a swath to the previously deselected record. |
F5 |
Run the query. |
Alt-Enter |
Run the query. If any of the text in the command pane is highlighted (that is, selected) Alt-Enter will run only the elected text. |
Shift-Alt-Enter |
Evaluate the highlighted text as an expression. Equivalent to prepending ? to the selected text and evaluating it as an expression. |
Ctrl-1 |
Switch to Project pane. |
Ctrl-2 |
Switch to Info pane. |
Ctrl-3 |
Switch to Layers pane. |
Ctrl-4 |
Switch to Select pane. |
Ctrl-5 |
Switch to Style pane. |
Ctrl-6 |
Switch to Transform pane. |
Ctrl-A |
Highlight/select all items. |
Ctrl-I |
Invert selection: highlight all non-highlighted items and de-highlight all highlighted items. |
<spacebar> |
Toggle check box status (checked or unchecked) for highlighted fields. |
Ctrl-A |
Highlight all. |
Ctrl-C |
Copy to the clipboard. |
Ctrl-X |
Cut to the clipboard. |
Ctrl-V |
Paste from the clipboard. |
Ctrl-K |
Comment the line. (Command Window) |
Shift-Ctrl-K |
Uncomment the line. (Command Window) |
Ctrl-T |
Increase line indent. |
Shift-Ctrl-T |
Decrease line indent. |
Ctrl-U |
Make selected text lower case. |
Shift-Ctrl-U |
Make selected text upper case. |
Arrow keys |
Move the cursor in the direction of the arrow. |
Page Up / Down |
Move the cursor one window up or down. |
Home |
Move the cursor to the left-most character of the current line. |
End |
Move the cursor to the right-most character of the current line. |
Ctrl-Home |
Move the cursor to the first line. |
Ctrl-End |
Move the cursor to the last line. |
Ctrl-F |
Edit - Find |
Shift-F3 |
Edit - Find Previous |
F3 |
Edit - Find Next |
Ctrl-H |
Edit - Replace |
Ctrl-] |
Move cursor to matching bracket. Available when cursor is next to a bracket. <>, [], (), {} match across lines. #, ' and " match within same line only. |
Shift-Ctrl-] |
Move cursor to matching bracket and select all in between, inclusive. Available when cursor is next to a bracket. <>, [], (), {} match across lines. #, ' and " match within same line only. |