Keyboard Shortcuts

On this page we will keep a list of shortcut keys for the EpiData software programs.

Common Commands/Uses

Command	Linux	Mac ¹⁾	Windows
Open	Ctrl+O	Ctrl+O	Ctrl+O
Save	Ctrl+S	Ctrl+S	Ctrl+S
Save As..	Ctrl+Shift+S	Ctrl+Shift+S	Ctrl+Shift+S
Settings	Alt+S	Alt+S	Alt+S
Help	F1	F1	F1
Quit/Exit	F12/Alt+F4	F12/Cmd+Q	F12/Alt+F4

Manager

Function Keys:

Shortcut	Command	OS*
F2	New Integer Field	L, M, W
F3	New Float Field	L, M, W
F4	New String Field	L, M, W
F5	New Date Field ²⁾	L, M, W
F6	New Label Field	L, M, W

Using the Shift key with the above keys auto creates the field using the default field length and default field prefix defined in settings (see above).

Shortcut	Command	OS*
F7	(not used)
F8	Paste as QES	L, W
F9	(not used)
F10	Align fields	W
F11	Editor	L, W

Other shortcuts:

Shortcut	Command	OS*
Enter	Edit selected field	L, W
Ctrl+N	New dataform	L, M, W
Ctrl+V	Paste as Default	L, M, W
Ctrl+Shift+Q	Import structure	L, M, W
Delete	Delete active field	L, M, W

* The list of OS's that this shortcut works with:

L = Linux
M = Mac OS X
W = Windows

¹⁾ These are subject to change as it is our intent to follow the standard shortcuts of the OS's

²⁾ Uses default date setting

documentation/program_keys.txt · Last modified: 2010/01/26 14:33 by torsten.christiansen