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Top 10 keyboard shortcuts for Microsoft Dynamics CRM

Published Date : January 1, 2008

Convenient keyboard shortcuts speed up your work, and can be more ergonomic than using your mouse. This article illustrates 10 useful keyboard shortcuts.

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Top 10 keyboard shortcuts

Select all text in the current field or current list

CTRL+A

Close an active form

ALT+F4

Move forward through a form's fields

TAB

Move backward through a form's fields

SHIFT+TAB

Save a form

CTRL+S or SHIFT+F12

Save and close a form

ALT+S

Expand/collapse Form Assistant

CTRL+SHIFT+F

Cancel edits and close a form

ESCAPE

Delete a record

CTRL+D

Save and then open a new form

CTRL+SHIFT+S

For more keyboard shortcuts, search the Microsoft Dynamics CRM online Help for “keyboard shortcuts.”

You can use keyboard shortcuts to move efficiently around the Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook folders in Microsoft Office Outlook. Although there are no shortcuts specific to Microsoft Dynamics CRM for Outlook, here some Outlook shortcuts that you might find useful.

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Top 10 Outlook keyboard shortcuts

Switch to Mail

CTRL+1

Switch to Inbox

CTRL+SHIFT+I

Switch to Outlook Calendar

CTRL+2

Switch to Outlook Contacts

CTRL+3

Switch to Outlook Tasks

CTRL+4

Display the Address Book

CTRL+SHIFT+B

Create a new Appointment

CTRL+SHIFT+A

Create a new Contact

CTRL+SHIFT+C

Create a new Task

CTRL+SHIFT+K

Check Spelling

F7

For more Outlook shortcuts, in the Type a question for help box, type “Outlook keyboard shortcuts”.

Shortcut keys described herein refer to the U.S. keyboard layout. Keys on other layouts might not correspond exactly to the keys on a U.S. keyboard.

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