Moving Around in a Table

In the preceding steps, you pressed Tab to move from field to field in the table, but there are other ways to move around that you might find even more convenient. For instance, you can click in any field at any time to move the insertion point there.

There are many keyboard shortcuts for moving around in a table; they're summarized in Table 10.1.

Table 10.1. Table movement keys
To Move To Press
Next fieldTab
Previous fieldShift+Tab
Last field in the recordEnd
First field in the recordHome
Same field in the next recordDown arrow
Same field in the previous recordUp arrow
Same field in the last recordCtrl+Down arrow
Same field in the first recordCtrl+Up arrow
Last field in the last recordCtrl+End
First field in the first record ...

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