Keyboard Shortcuts


For creating shortcuts in the AMT Developer Studio, see the Creating a Keyboard Shortcut for Visual Objects page.

General Shortcuts

Key Combination	Description
Alt+Esc	Rotate through programs in the order they were opened.
Alt+F4	Quit the active program.
Alt+Spacebar	Display the System menu for the program.
Alt+Tab	Switch between open programs.
Ctrl+A	Select all.
Ctrl+C	Copy.
Ctrl+Esc	Display the Start menu.
Ctrl+F4	Close the active window.
Ctrl+left arrow	Move the insertion point to the beginning of the previous word.
Ctrl+P	Print.
Ctrl+right arrow	Move the insertion point to the beginning of the next word.
Ctrl+V	Paste.
Ctrl+X	Cut.
Ctrl+Z	Undo.
DEL/ Delete	Delete.
End	Go to the end (selected item stays selected).
Esc	Cancel the current task.
F1	Help.
Home	Go to the beginning (selected item stays selected).
Shift+End	Selects text from the current position to the end of the line.
Shift+Home	Selects text from the current position to the beginning of the text in the line. Pressing Shift+Home again will select to the beginning of the line.
Shift+Tab	Select previous field.
Tab	Select next field. You can enable or disable tabbing through numeric edit-fields with the ControlCenter option "Use automatic tab for numeric fields".
<Character>	If the <character> corresponds with the first character of an option in a displayed (popup/ pulldown) menu, this option will be selected.

Key Combination	Description
Alt+<Underlined character>	The item (e.g. a button or menu option) that corresponds with the <Underlined character> will be selected. Note: Shortcuts on the various tabs have priority over global shortcuts in the case of double shortcuts.
Alt+E	Opens the menu option 'Edit'.
Alt+F	Opens the menu option 'File'.
Alt+H	Opens the menu option 'Help'.
Alt+J	Go to Start Job.
Alt+M	Opens the menu option 'Macros'.
Alt+N	Go to Job Management.
Alt+O	Opens the menu option 'Options'.
Alt+S	Opens the menu option 'Select'.
Alt+Q	Go to RTQuery.
Ctrl+End	Go to the last field. When in a memo-field, this combination will jump to the end of the memo-field. When on a tabsheet of a pagecontrol, this combination will jump to the last field on the tabsheet.
Ctrl+Del	Clear to the end of the parent object.
Ctrl+Home	Go to the first field. When in a memo-field, this combination will jump to the start of the memo-field. When on a tabsheet of a pagecontrol, this combination will jump to the first field on the tabsheet.
Ctrl+I	Activates the tab sheet for the previously selected screen.
Ctrl+P	Print screen.
Ctrl+S	Display dialog to select another screen.
Ctrl+F1	Show hint.
Shift+Ctrl+C	Start Calculator.


In Windows 10, the calculator app is started as a background process by default, to be able to use the calculator shortcut this should be turned off. This can be done by clicking Start > Settings > search for 'Background Apps' > Set the Calculator entry to 'Off'. After a restart of windows, the shortcut should then be able open the calculator app.