You can use keyboard shortcuts instead of your mouse while indexing.
Action | Windows | Mac |
|---|---|---|
Batch Shortcuts | ||
| Begin Quality Check | Alt + Q | Option + Q |
| Submit Batch | Alt + S | Option + S |
| Return Batch | Alt + R | Option + R |
Help Shortcuts | ||
| Open or Close the Field Help | Ctrl + Shift + H | Cmd + Shift + H |
| Open or Close Project Instructions | Ctrl + Shift + P | Cmd + Shift + P |
| Share Batch | Ctrl + Shift + S | Cmd + Shift + S |
Tools Shortcuts | ||
| Open or Close Image Gallery | Ctrl + G | Cmd + G |
| Open or Close International Letters | Ctrl + I | Cmd + I |
| Open or Close Lookup List | Ctrl + L | Cmd + L |
| Open or Close Organize Fields | Ctrl + O or Ctrl + Shift + O (Internet Explorer) | Cmd + O |
| Increase the form font size | Ctrl + | Cmd + |
| Decrease the form font size | Ctrl - | Cmd - |
Fields and Records Shortcuts | ||
| Mark Field Blank | Ctrl + B | Cmd + B |
| Mark Record Blank | Ctrl + Shift + B | Cmd + Shift + B |
| Mark Field Unreadable | Ctrl + U | Cmd + U |
| Mark Record Unreadable | Ctrl + Shift + U | Cmd + Shift + U |
| Ditto Field from Above | Ctrl + D | Cmd + D |
| Ditto Record from Above | Ctrl + Shift + D | Cmd + Shift + D |
| Add Record (after Current Record) | Ctrl + Insert | Cmd + Shift + Plus (+) |
| Add Record (after Last Record) | Ctrl + Shift + Insert | Cmd + Option + Plus (+) |
| Delete Record | Ctrl + Delete | Cmd + Shift + Minus (-) |
| Clear (Empty) Record | Ctrl + Shift + Delete | Cmd + Shift + E |
| Accept Field Value (Quality Check) | Ctrl + Shift + A | Cmd + Shift + A |
Review Shortcuts | ||
| Revert to Original | Alt + A | Option + A |
Navigation Shortcuts | ||
| Accept the auto-suggest and move the cursor to the next field | Enter | Enter |
| Accept what you typed, ignore the auto-suggest, and move the cursor to the next field | Tab | Tab |
| Accept the auto-suggest, keep the cursor in the field so you can continue to use the auto-suggest for multiple words | ► | ► |
| Move to Previous Field | Shift +Tab or Shift + Enter | Shift + Tab or Shift + Enter |
| Move to the Next Record or the Next Field in the Table Entry mode | Ctrl + ► | Cmd + ► |
| Move to the Previous Record or the Previous Field in the Table Entry mode | Ctrl + ◄ | Cmd + ◄ |
| Move up from a Field in the current Record to the same Field in the prior Record | Ctrl + ▲ | Cmd + ▲ |
| Move down from one Field in the current Record to the same Field in the next Record | Ctrl + ▼ | Cmd + ▼ |
| Move to the Next Image | Ctrl + Shift + ► | Cmd + Shift + ► |
| Move to the Previous Image | Ctrl + Shift + ◄ | Cmd + Shift + ◄ |
| Move to the Beginning of the Next Record | Ctrl + Enter | Cmd + Enter |
In Universal Input Mode (12/04/2017):
Enter and Tab are the biggest differences:
- Enter accepts the highlighted auto-suggest value, if one exists, and advances to the next field.
- Tab keeps only what you typed and ignores the auto-suggested values and advances to the next field.
- Right Arrow accepts the auto-suggested value and keeps you on the same field so you can keep typing. Auto-suggest continues to make suggestions as you type.
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