A rare Microsoft Access Tip

Submitted by Rick on February 6, 2007 - 11:20pm.

Many years ago, I attended a Microsoft Access (database program) class and one tip stuck in my head, but I forgot the exact steps. The tip was a keyboard shortcut to copy the exact information from the previous record's field to the new record's field. For example, if you are entering a database of people from New Mexico, instead of having to type Albuquerque(the most common city in the database) every time you get to the "City" field, this keyboard shortcut could be invoked instead. 

This tip evaded me for years, but today I finally found it and wanted to document it here for any Access users and myself. The shortcut is to push the Ctrl + '   (Control + Apostrophe) keys on the keyboard! Works great. 

If this helped, consider buying me a beer or an Americano!

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