Formatting keys and toolbars

When the toolbar is visible, you can use its buttons to format text. The changes you make in preview are temporary.

The keystrokes listed in the following tables also assign formatting to selected text.

**Table 30-2: Keyboard shortcuts for RichText DataWindow objects**
Category	Action	Key
Using the clipboard	Cut	Ctrl+X
	Paste	Ctrl+V, Shift+Insert
	Copy	Ctrl+C
	Undo	Ctrl+Z
Assigning font attributes	Bold	Ctrl+B
	Italic	Ctrl+I
	Underline	Ctrl+U
	Subscript	Ctrl+=
	Superscript	Ctrl+Shift+=
	Strikeout	Ctrl+U
	Change font	Ctrl+Shift+U
Setting line spacing	Single space	Ctrl+1
	Double space	Ctrl+2
	One and a half space	Ctrl+5
Aligning text	Justify	Ctrl+J
	Center	Ctrl+E
	Left	Ctrl+L
	Right	Ctrl+R
	Set paragraph formatting	Ctrl+Shift+S
Editing	Insert a new paragraph	Enter
	Insert an empty line	Ctrl+N
	Delete character to right of insertion point	Delete
	Delete character to left of insertion point	Backspace
Input fields	Select the input field at the insertion point	Enter
	Activate the input field at the insertion point	Space
	When input field is active, accept data and exit field	Enter
	When input field is active, exit field without changing data	Esc
	Move to next input field	Ctrl+Tab
	Move to previous input field	Shift+Ctrl+Tab
Miscellaneous	Select All	Ctrl+A
	Print	Ctrl+P
	Undo	Ctrl+Z
	Toggle display of nonprinting characters	Ctrl+*
	Toggle preview mode	Ctrl+F2

**Table 30-3: Keyboard shortcuts for navigating and selecting text**
Move or select	Navigating key	Selection key
A character to the right or left	Right Arrow or Left Arrow	Shift+Right Arrow or Shift+Left Arrow
A word to the right or left	Ctrl+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Left Arrow	Ctrl+Shift+Right Arrow or Ctrl+Shift+Left Arrow
A line up or down	Up Arrow or Down Arrow	Shift+Up Arrow or Shift+Down Arrow
To start of line	Home	Shift+Home
To end of line	End	Shift+End
To start of document	Ctrl+Home	Ctrl+Shift+Home
To end of document	Ctrl+End	Ctrl+Shift+End
To next input field	Ctrl+Tab
To previous input field	Shift+Ctrl+Tab