Keyboard Support and Shortcuts
When you work in Standalone Report Designer, you have access to many shortcut keys to improve your report designing experience.
Standalone Report Designer provides many right-click menus for quick access to frequently used dialog boxes and commands. Right-click menus are dynamic and may contain different options, depending on the user configuration and the currently selected objects.
| Description | Key Combination |
|---|---|
| Opens the backstage New report view. | CTRL+N |
| Opens the backstage Open report view. | CTRL+O |
| Save a report. | CTRL+S |
| Opens the backstage Save as report view. | F12 |
| Save all open and modified reports. | CTRL+SHIFT+S |
| Run the report. | F5 |
| Switch to design mode. | F6 |
| Copy | CTRL+C |
| Paste | CTRL+V |
| Delete the selected section or item. | DELETE |
| Select all. | CTRL+A |
| Move to the next report section or item. | TAB |
| Move to the previous report section or item. | SHIFT+TAB |
| Move the currently selected item within it's container. | Arrow keys (UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT) |
| Resize the currently selected item. | SHIFT+Arrow keys |
| Select the parent container. | ESC |
| Make the selection bold. | CTRL+B |
| Make the selection italic. | CTRL+I |
| Make the selection underline. | CTRL+U |
| Undo | CTRL+Z |
| Redo | CTRL+Y |
| Enable in-line editor. | F2 |
| Zoom in. | CTRL+Plus sign (+) |
| Zoom out. | CTRL+Minus sign (-) |
| Zoom in on map view area when a map viewport is selected. | CTRL+Plus sign (+) |
| Zoom out on map view area when a map viewport is selected. | CTRL+Minus sign (-) |
| Close the current report tab. | CTRL+F4 |