Before checking these shortcuts, first turn on “Show Shortcut keys in ScreenTips” option. With this, it will show shortcut keys whenever we hover the mouse pointer over menu icons. Just like Microsoft Excel does. This helps a lot in memorizing keyboard shortcuts.
To enable it, right click on toolbar area –> select command “Customize” –> Go to Options tab –>Check box on for “Show shortcut keys in ScreenTips”. Below are some useful keyboard shortcuts:
| Command | Action |
| CTRL + B | Add Bookmark |
| CTRL + G | Toggles layout design grid on or off. |
| CTRL + E | Edit Script |
| CTRL + N | New File |
| CTRL + O | Open File |
| CTRL + S | Save |
| CTRL + P | |
| CTRL + Q | Current Selections |
| CTRL + R | Reload |
| CTRL + T | Table Viewer |
| CTRL + SHIFT + L | Lock all selections |
| CTRL + SHIFT + U | Unlock all selection |
| CTRL + SHIFT + D | Clear all selection |
| CTRL + SHIFT + S | All hidden sheets and sheet objects visible |
| CTRL + ALT + D | Document Properties |
| CTRL + ALT + S | Sheet Properties |
| CTRL + ALT + V | Variable Overview |
| CTRL + ALT + E | Expression Overview |
| CTRL + M | Edit Module (Macro coding) |
| ALT + ENTER | Properties… (opens the Properties dialog in active object) |
| F6 | Activates the sheet to the right of the active sheet |
| F7 | Activates the sheet to the left of the active sheet |
