F Administration Tool Keyboard Shortcuts

This appendix provides keyboard shortcut information for the Administration Tool. The following sections list Administration Tool menu items and their corresponding keyboard shortcuts, keyboard shortcuts for navigating dialogs, and Physical Diagram and Business Model Diagram keyboard shortcuts.

File Menu Shortcuts

The shortcut for New is Ctrl + N.
The shortcut for Open, and then Offline is Ctrl + F.
The shortcut for Open, and then Online is Ctrl + L.
The shortcut for Save is Ctrl + S.
The shortcut for Check Global Consistency is Ctrl + K.

Edit Menu Shortcuts

The shortcut for Cut is Ctrl + X.
The shortcut for Copy is Ctrl + C.
The shortcut for Paste is Ctrl + V.
The shortcut for Delete is Delete.

View Menu Shortcut

The shortcut for Refresh is F5.

Tools Menu Shortcuts

The shortcut for Show Consistency Checker is Ctrl + E.
The shortcut for Query Repository is Ctrl + Q.

General Menu and Dialog Keyboard Shortcuts

Table F-1 lists the keyboard shortcuts available in the Administration Tool menus, and Table F-2 lists those available in Administration Tool dialogs.

Table F-1 Menu Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Quit the application	Alt+ F4
Move cursor to the menu option	Alt + Underlined letter
Open application's control menu	Alt+ Spacebar
View the shortcut menu for the selected item	Shift + F10
Move through the menu bar	Left arrow key Right arrow key
Open a menu option	Down arrow key
Move through a menu list	Up arrow Down arrow
Close the current menu	Esc
Select or deselect items in a check box or list	Spacebar
Make noncontinguous selections	Ctrl + Up arrow + Spacebar

Table F-2 Dialog Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Move forward through options	Tab
Move backward through options	Shift + Tab
Select or deselect an item in a list	Shift + Up arrow Shift + Down arrow
Close the current dialog	Esc
Go to the top of a list	Home
Go to the bottom of a list	End
Refresh	F5
For dialogs with up arrow buttons: Move selected item up in the list	Alt + Up arrow Note: Select a list item before using this shortcut.
For dialogs with down arrow buttons: Move selected item down in the list	Alt + Down arrow Note: Select a list item before using this shortcut.
For dialogs with plus (add) buttons: Insert item from list	Alt + Insert
For dialogs with x (delete) buttons: Delete item from list	Alt + Delete
For dialogs with pencil (edit) buttons: Edit item from list	Alt + Enter
Browse dialog: Move focus between trees located in left pane	F5, F6, Shift + Tab, Tab
When a table row has a child row (grid): Expand the child row from the cell displaying the plus icon This situation occurs in the Define Merge Strategy page of the Merge Repository Wizard.	Spacebar Note: Move the focus to the cell displaying the plus icon before using this shortcut.
When a table row has a check box: Select or deselect the check box This situation occurs in the Define Merge Strategy page of the Merge Repository Wizard.	Spacebar Note: Move the focus to the cell displaying the check box before using this shortcut.

Physical Diagram and Business Model Diagram Keyboard Shortcuts

Table F-3 lists the keyboard shortcuts available in a Physical Diagram or a Business Model Diagram.

Table F-3 Diagram Keyboard Shortcuts

Action	Keyboard Shortcut
Move the pointer when no diagram objects are selected Move the selected object to another place in a diagram	Arrow keys
Select a diagram object: use the arrow keys to move pointer to the object, then press the spacebar to select the object Select multiple diagram objects: draw a rectangle to surround the desired objects by holding the spacebar key and pressing the arrow keys	Spacebar + Arrow keys
Open the property dialog for a selected diagram	Enter
Cancel current operation Deselect an object	Esc