Moving Around in a Table

So far, you've used the Tab key only to move from field to field in the table. You might have also used the mouse to move the insertion point from a field in one record to another field in that record, or to a field in a different record. Because you do your data entry from the keyboard, Access provides several keystrokes that can be used to navigate the various fields in the table. For example, you can back up one field in a record by pressing Shift+Tab . Table 6.1 summarizes the various keyboard shortcuts for moving around in a table.

Table 6.1. Table Movement Keys

To Move To	Press
Next field	Tab
Previous field	Shift+Tab
Last field in the record	End
First field in the record	Home
Same field in the next record	Down-arrow key
Same field in the previous record	Up-arrow key
Same field in the last record	Ctrl+down-arrow key
Same field in the first record	Ctrl+up-arrow key
Last field in the last record	Ctrl+End
First field in the first record	Ctrl+Home