FileMaker Windows Text Keyboard Shortcuts

If you are not using these keyboard shortcuts, you are wasting valuable time!  Here’s the Windows version of keyboard shortcuts for FileMaker:

Text deletion keyboard shortcuts
You can use these shortcuts in Browse, Layout, and Find modes.

 To delete  Press
 Next character  Delete
 Next word  Ctrl+Delete or Ctrl+Backspace
 Previous character  Backspace 

Text editing keyboard shortcuts
You can use these keyboard shortcuts to edit field and layout text and to work with find requests.

 To  Press  For mode
 Clear selected text  Delete  Browse, Find, Layout
 Copy selected text  Ctrl+Ins or Ctrl+C  Browse, Find, Layout
 Copy all text in a record  Ctrl+C with no objects selected  Browse
 Copy all records in the found set to the Clipboard in text form  Ctrl+Shift+C
with no objects selected
 Browse
 Cut selected text  Shift+Delete or Ctrl+X  Browse, Find, Layout
 Paste  Ctrl+V  Browse, Find, Layout
 Undo  Alt+Backspace or Ctrl+Z  Browse, Find, Layout
 Redo  Ctrl+Y or Ctrl+Shift+Z  Browse, Find, Layout
 Exit text edit mode  Enter (numeric keypad)  All
 Find/replace data  Ctrl+Shift+F  Browse, Find, Layout
 Find the next occurrence of the specified data  Ctrl+G  Browse, Find, Layout
 Reverse the current direction of a Find Again operation  Ctrl+Shift+G  Browse, Find, Layout
 Replace the Find what data with the Replace with data, then search for and select the next occurrence  Alt+Ctrl+G  Browse, Find, Layout
 Reverse the current direction of a Replace & Find Again operation  Shift+Alt+Ctrl+G  Browse, Find, Layout
 Find the next occurrence of the selected data in the database  Alt+Ctrl+H  Browse, Find, Layout
 Reverse the current direction of a Find Selected operation  Shift+Alt+Ctrl+H  Browse, Find, Layout
 Insert a non-breaking space  Ctrl+Space bar  Browse, Layout
 Insert a tab in a field  Ctrl+Tab  Browse, Layout
 Open the Spelling dialog box when alerted of a misspelled word
(A Check spelling as you type file option must be enabled.)
 Ctrl+Shift+Y  Browse, Layout

 

This is only about half the shortcuts.  Follow the link to see the rest!

Text keyboard shortcuts (Windows) | FileMaker.

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