Open a new database

`Ctrl` + `N`

All hotkeys for Microsoft Access 2016

Navigate in the Access workspace Close the visible menu and submenu at the same time	`Alt`
Navigating the ribbon Open the Home tab	`Alt` + `H`
Get help with Access Switch among areas in the Help window, such as the toolbar and the Search list	`F6`
Work with database files Open an existing database	`Ctrl` + `O`
Work with database files Open an existing database	`Ctrl` + `F12`
Navigate in the Access workspace Show or hide the Navigation Pane	`F11`
Design view: Navigating Open or close the property sheet	`F4`
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts Display the complete hyperlink address (URL) for a selected hyperlink	`F2`
Get help with Access Refresh the window (Refresh button)	`F5`
Get help with Access Select the next hidden text or hyperlink, including Show All or Hide All at the top of a topic	`⭾ Tab`
Get help with Access Select the previous hidden text or hyperlink	`↑ Shift` + `⭾ Tab`
Get help with Access Print the current Help topic (if the cursor is not in the current Help topic, press F6, and then press Ctrl+P)	`Ctrl` + `P`
Form view: Navigate in Print Preview and Layout Preview Open the Page Setup dialog box (for forms and reports)	`S`
Form view: Navigate in Print Preview and Layout Preview Zoom in or out on a part of the page	`Z`
Find and replace text or data Open the Find tab in the Find and Replace dialog box (Datasheet view and Form view only)	`Ctrl` + `F`
Find and replace text or data Open the Replace tab in the Find and Replace dialog box (Datasheet view and Form view only)	`Ctrl` + `H`
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view Add a new record	`Ctrl` + `+`
Get help with Access Open the Help window	`F1`
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts Exit Access	`Alt` + `F4`
Using wizards Complete the wizard	`Alt` + `F`
Navigating the ribbon Open the Create tab	`Alt` + `C`
Navigating the ribbon Open the External Data tab	`Alt` + `X`
Navigating the ribbon Open the Database Tools tab	`Alt` + `Y`
Navigating the ribbon B Open the Fields tab	`Alt` + `J` then `B`
Navigating the ribbon T Open the Table tab	`Alt` + `J` then `T`
Navigating the ribbon 2 Open the Add-ins tab, if present	`Alt` + `X` then `2`
Navigating the ribbon and then enter the search term to open the Tell me box on the ribbon	`Alt` + `Q`
Navigating the ribbon Move between groups on a ribbon	`Ctrl` + `← →`
Navigating the ribbon Select the active tab of the ribbon and activate KeyTips	`F10`
Working with panes: Using grid pane Move among cells	`← ↑ → ↓`
Navigating the ribbon Expand or collapse the ribbon	`Ctrl` + `F1`
Navigate in the Access workspace Open a shortcut menu or open a drop-down menu for the selected gallery item	`↑ Shift` + `F10`
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view Switch between the values in a check box or option button	`Space`
Get help with Access In a Table of Contents in tree view, expand or collapse the selected item	`⤶ Enter`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move down one line	`↓`
Work with database files Open a new database	`Ctrl` + `N`
Get help with Access Move back to the previous Help topic (Back button)	`⬅ Backspace`
Edit text or data: Copy, move, or delete text Delete the selection or the character to the right of the insertion point	`Del`
Work with database files Open the Look in list	`Alt` + `I`
Work with database files Save a database object	`Ctrl` + `S`
Work with database files Save a database object	`↑ Shift` + `F12`
Work with database files Open the Save As dialog box	`F12 or Alt` + `F` + `S`
Print database information From Print Preview, open the Print dialog box	`P`
Form view: Navigate in Print Preview and Layout Preview Cancel Print Preview or Layout Preview	`C`
Get help with Access Stop the last action (Stop button)	`Esc`
Navigate in the Access workspace Switch to the next or previous pane in the workspace	`↑ Shift` + `F6`
Navigate in the Access workspace Switch to the next or previous database window	`Ctrl` + `F6`
Navigate in the Access workspace Switch to the next or previous database window	`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `F6`
Navigate in the Access workspace Turn on Resize mode for the active window when it is not maximized (press the arrow keys to resize the window, and then, to apply the new size, press Enter)	`Ctrl` + `F8`
Navigate in the Access workspace Close the active database window	`Ctrl` + `W`
Navigate in the Access workspace Close the active database window	`Ctrl` + `F4`
Working in a Design, Layout, or Datasheet view Switch from the Visual Basic Editor back to form or report Design view	`Alt` + `F11`
Navigate in the Access workspace Maximize or restore a selected window	`Ctrl` + `F10`
Navigate in the Access workspace Show the program icon menu (on the program title bar), also known as the control menu	`Alt` + `Space`
Get help with Access In a Table of Contents in tree view, select the previous or next item, respectively	`↑ ↓`
Extend a selection Extend a selection to adjacent fields in the same row in Datasheet view	`← →`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move to the beginning of a line	`Home`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move to the end of a line	`End`
Get help with Access Scroll larger amounts up or down, respectively within the currently displayed Help topic	`Page Up`
Get help with Access Scroll larger amounts up or down, respectively within the currently displayed Help topic	`Page Down`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move to the beginning of a text box	`Ctrl` + `Home`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move to the end of a text box	`Ctrl` + `End`
Navigate in tables and cells: Work and move around in tables Insert a tab in a cell	`Ctrl` + `⭾ Tab`
Form view: Navigate between a main form and a subform Exit the subform and move to the previous field in the main form or previous record	`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `⭾ Tab`
Using dialog boxes Select the option, or select or clear the check box by the letter underlined in the option name	`Alt` + `A` - `Z`
Using a combo or list box Open a combo box	`Alt` + `↓`
Using wizards Move to the next page of the wizard	`Alt` + `N`
Using wizards Move to the previous page of the wizard	`Alt` + `B`
Design view: Navigating Open or close the property sheet	`Alt` + `⤶ Enter`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move one word to the left	`Ctrl` + `←`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move one word to the right	`Ctrl` + `→`
Editing in a text box Select from the insertion point to the beginning of the text entry	`↑ Shift` + `Home`
Editing in a text box Select from the insertion point to the end of the text entry	`↑ Shift` + `End`
Select in a field Change the size of the selection by one character to the left	`↑ Shift` + `←`
Select in a field Change the size of the selection by one character to the right	`↑ Shift` + `→`
Select in a field Change the size of the selection by one word to the left	`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `←`
Select in a field Change the size of the selection by one word to the right	`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `→`
Edit text or data: Refresh fields with current data Refresh the contents of a Lookup field list box or combo box	`F9`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move up one line	`↑`
Using a combo or list box Open the Edit List Items dialog box	`Ctrl` + `E`
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view Insert a new line in a Short Text or Long Text field	`Ctrl` + `⤶ Enter`
Navigating and opening objects Display the Immediate window in the Visual Basic Editor	`Ctrl` + `G`
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts Check spelling	`F7`
Working in a Design, Layout, or Datasheet view Toggle forward between views when in a table, query, form, or report	`Ctrl` + `,`
Working in a Design, Layout, or Datasheet view Toggle backward between views when in a table, query, form, or report	`Ctrl` + `.`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move one character to the right	`→`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move one character to the left	`←`
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts Display the full set of commands on the task pane menu	`Ctrl` + `↓`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Move up one paragraph	`Ctrl` + `↑`
Form view: Navigate between fields and records Move to the current field in the next record	`Ctrl` + `Page Down`
Form view: Navigate between fields and records Move to the current field in the previous record	`Ctrl` + `Page Up`
Working with panes: Using grid pane Select an entire grid column	`Ctrl` + `Space`
Datasheet view: Selecting and moving a column ht Turn on Move mode	`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `F8` then `← →`
Form view: Navigate in Print Preview and Layout Preview Move to the page number box	`Alt` + `F5`
Datasheet view: Working with subdatasheets Move from the datasheet to the record's subdatasheet	`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `↓`
Datasheet view: Working with subdatasheets Collapse the subdatasheet	`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `↑`
Working with panes: Using Field List pane with a form or report in Design view or Layout view Show or hide the Field List pane	`Alt` + `F8`
Design view: Navigating Switch from a control's property sheet in form or report Design view to the design surface without changing the control focus	`↑ Shift` + `F7`
Edit text or data: Copy, move, or delete text Copy the selection to the Clipboard	`Ctrl` + `C`
Edit text or data: Copy, move, or delete text Cut the selection and copy it to the Clipboard	`Ctrl` + `X`
Edit text or data: Copy, move, or delete text Paste the contents of the Clipboard at the insertion point	`Ctrl` + `V`
Select a field or record Extend the selection to the previous record, if the current record is selected	`↑ Shift` + `↑`
Design view: Editing using controls in form and report Increase the height of the selected control	`↑ Shift` + `↓`
Working with panes: Using diagram pane Choose the selected data column for output	`+`
Working with panes: Using diagram pane Remove the selected data column from the query output	`-`
Working with panes: Using grid pane Toggle between insert and overtype mode while editing in a cell	`Insert`
Select a field or record Switch between selecting the current record and the first field of the current record, in Navigation mode	`↑ Shift` + `Space`
Extend a selection Turn on Extend mode (repeatedly pressing F8 extends the selection to the word, the field, the record, and all records)	`F8`
Extend a selection Undo the previous extension	`↑ Shift` + `F8`
Navigate in tables and cells: Move around in tables or cells Repeat the last Find action	`↑ Shift` + `F4`
Edit text or data: Copy, move, or delete text Delete all characters to the right of the insertion point	`Ctrl` + `Del`
Edit text or data: Undo changes Undo typing	`Ctrl` + `Z`
Edit text or data: Undo changes Undo typing	`Alt` + `⬅ Backspace`
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view Insert the current date	`Ctrl` + `;`
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view Insert the current time	`Ctrl` + `↑ Shift` + `:`
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view Insert the default value for a field	`Ctrl` + `Alt` + `Space`
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view Insert the value from the same field in the previous record	`Ctrl` + `'`
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view In a datasheet, delete the current record	`Ctrl` + `-`
Edit text or data: Enter data in a Datasheet or Form view Save changes to the current record	`↑ Shift` + `⤶ Enter`
Edit text or data: Refresh fields with current data Requery the underlying tables; in a subform, this requeries the underlying table only for the subform	`↑ Shift` + `F9`
Get help with Access Go back to Access Help Home	`Alt` + `Home`
Get help with Access Move back to the previous Help topic (Back button)	`Alt` + `←`
Get help with Access Move forward to the next Help topic (Forward button)	`Alt` + `→`
Get help with Access er Open the list of choices and change the connection state	`F6` then `⤶ Enter`
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts Open the Zoom box to conveniently enter expressions and other text in small input areas	`↑ Shift` + `F2`
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts Invoke a Builder	`Ctrl` + `F2`
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts Copy a screenshot of the entire screen to the Clipboard	`Print Screen`
Miscellaneous keyboard shortcuts Copy a screenshot of the current window to the Clipboard	`Alt` + `Print Screen`