Assigning a keyboard shortcut to a field
Use this procedure to provide quick keyboard access to a particular field.
In this example, the Bill To field will be assigned the keyboard shortcut of ALT+B.
1. Click Toggle Tab Mode.
2. Locate the label for the field.
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Note the following sequence number. This is the field where you want the cursor to actually be located. In this case, the Bill To field is 8.
3. Double-click on the label.
4. Change the label's sequence number to the same number assigned to the field, and then click on the next two numbers in the sequence.
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Note: Even though the number 10 is already assigned to the next field, the cursor will travel a left-to-right path from the first item with the number to the next item with the same number.
5. Toggle out of Tab Mode.
6. Toggle into QuickDesigner.
7. Right-click in the label to modify, and select Show Preferences.
8. In the Text property, add an ampersand (&) before the letter that will be the shortcut key.
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9. Click OK.
10. Toggle out of QuickDesigner.
The label now includes an underlined letter.
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When you press ALT the keyboard shortcut letters become underlined.
Press the letter associated with option you want. The cursor jumps to the field.
