Outperform Actions Cheat Sheet
| How to… | Action |
| Change a cell value (modify) | Double click, then type |
| Change a cell value (paste) | Edit Menu; or Ctrl-V. Paste accepts internal clips & external tab-separated text. The rectangular clip is pasted such that its top-left coincides with focused cell, as in MS Excel. The clip overrides editable cells and skips non-editable cells without further (possibly annoying) notifications. Pasting to sums is possible. When pasting a rectangular clip to an area that contains sums as well as some of its parts, it will process the pasted values in lexical order. |
| Change a cell value (replace) | Start typing (no click needed) |
| Change a cell value (revert) | Select cell(s), then choose Revert from menu (Ctrl-Shift-R) |
| Change many values | Copy many values, then paste; or use the "Extend Value to Selection" menu (Ctrl-Shift-V) |
| Chart (show inline) | Increase the height of the row by dragging the row separator in the margin on the left (Ctrl-Shift-C) |
| Chart (hide inline) | Double click row separator (Ctrl-Shift-C) |
| Columns (arrange for printing) | Select horizon columns & drag separator to make them the same size |
| Columns (show hide) | Right-click in column headers |
| Columns (sort) | Right-click in column headers |
| Columns (view horizon) | Scroll horizontally, use freeze columns |
| Find a value (in sheet) | Find from Edit menu; or Ctrl-F |
| Find a value again | Find Next from Edit menu; or Ctrl-G |
| Find changes | Find Next Change from Sheet menu; or Ctrl-Tab |
| Find value (in DB) | Double click on the value; or type in search tool strip |
| Navigate all cells | Use mouse; or Arrow, Home, End Page Up/Down keys |
| Navigate changes | Use Ctrl Tab/Enter keys (with Shift to move backwards) |
| Navigate editable cells | Use Tab/Enter keys (with Shift to move backwards) |
| See complete cell value |
Positing mouse over cell (tool tip will pop up); or Widen column by dragging column separator in header; or Auto-size column to fit by double click in separator |
| See original cell value | Position mouse over changed cell (tool tip will pop up) |
| Select | Click & drag; or use arrow, home, end, page up/down keys |
| Select (extend) | As above, with Shift key pressed |
| Select (for editing) | Use Tab or Enter keys |
| Zoom 100% | Sheet Menu; or Ctrl-Shift P |
| Zoom in/out | Sheet Menu; or Ctrl-Shift I/O; or Ctrl +/- ; or Ctrl-mouse-wheel |
| Zoom to Fit | Sheet Menu; or Ctrl-Shift F |
Keyboard actions
| Key | Action | Comment |
| Arrow down | Go one cell down | (no wrap) |
| Arrow left | Go one cell left | (no wrap) |
| Arrow right | Go one cell right | (no wrap) |
| Arrow up | Go one cell up | (no wrap) |
| Backspace | Clear cell and start editing | |
| Delete | Delete | Sets all editable values in the selection to NULL |
| End | Go to last cell in row | |
| Enter | Go to next editable cell |
Chinese lexical order, wrap-around; limit wrap to selection if there is one, as in MS Excel - Exception: when you are in a button, the Enter key behaves like clicking the button. |
| Escape | Exit editing mode without change | |
| Home | Go to first cell in row | |
| Page Down | Scroll one visible page down | |
| Page Up | Scroll one visible page up | |
| Tab | Go to next editable cell | Lexical order, wrap-around; limit wrap to selection if there is one, as in MS Excel. |
| 0 (Zero) | In a "check box" cell: check off | |
| 1 (One) | In a "check box" cell: check on | |
| Any other key | Start editing |
Keyboard actions (with Ctrl and Shift)
| Modifier-Key | Action | Comment |
| Ctrl-- (Minus) | Zoom out | As usual in browsers |
| Ctrl-+ (Plus) | Zoom in | As usual in browsers |
| Ctrl-0 (Zero) | Zoom 100% | As usual in browsers |
| Ctrl-A | Select All | |
| Ctrl-C | Copy | Copy selection rectangle; In addition to DP, external programs that accept tab-separated text (Excel, Word, Text editors etc.) can paste that clip |
| Ctrl-End | Go to last cell in sheet | |
| Ctrl-Enter | After updating cell content stay in the same cell | |
| Ctrl-F | Find matching value | (wraps) |
| Ctrl-G | Find next matching value | (wraps) |
| Ctrl-Home | Go to first cell in sheet | |
| Ctrl-Tab | Go to next change | |
| Ctrl-V | Paste | See above How To… |
| Ctrl-X | Cut | Same as Copy followed by Delete |
| Ctrl-Shift-End | Extend selection to end of sheet | |
| Ctrl-Shift-C | Show/Hide inline chart | |
| Ctrl-Shift-F | Zoom to Fit (toggle) | This is sticky: the sheet is will be resized to fit continuously to the environment, until you turn it off directly or indirectly by choosing other zoom action. |
| Ctrl-Shift-Home | Extend selection to start of sheet | |
| Ctrl-Shift-I | Zoom in | |
| Ctrl-Shift-O | Zoom out | |
| Ctrl-Shift-P | Zoom 100% | |
| Ctrl-Shift-R | Revert changes in selection | |
| Ctrl-Shift-Tab | Go to previous change | |
| Ctrl-Shift-V | Copy Focus Value to all other editable cells in the selection | |
| Shift-Arrow down | Extend selection one cell down | (no wrap) |
| Shift-Arrow left | Extend selection one cell left | (no wrap) |
| Shift-Arrow right | Extend selection one cell right | (no wrap) |
| Shift-Arrow up | Extend selection one cell up | (no wrap) |
| Shift-End | Extend selection to end of row | |
| Shift-Enter | Go to previous editable cell | Reverse Chinese lexical order, wrap-around; limit wrap to selection if there is one, as in MS Excel |
| Shift-Home | Extend selection to start of row | |
| Shift-Tab | Go to previous editable cell | Reverse lexical order, wrap-around; limit wrap to selection if there is one, as in MS Excel |
Mouse actions
| In Cells | Action | Comment |
| Down | Focus | |
| Shift-Down | Extend selection | |
| Down & Move | Focus & Select | Except when in button, in which case it will track button |
| Down & Move off-window | Extend Selection & auto-scroll | |
| Down & Move across freeze boundary | Auto scroll | |
| Move over | Show cell tooltip | The tooltip shows the whole value when it doesn't fit in the cell and/or the original value when the cell value has been changed |
| Click | In button: do button action | The button actions are application, model and report specific |
| Double click | In editable cell: start editing mode | |
| Double click | In searchable cell: set search filter | This used to be a single-click in the data grid |
| Right Click | Show sheet context menu | Depending on the current cell |
| In Column Headers | Action | Comment |
| Down | Select whole column | |
| Shift-Down | Extend selection by whole columns | |
| Down & Move | Focus & Select whole columns | |
| Down & Drag Separator | Change column width | If the column to be sized is part of the selection of multiple columns, this is a multi-resize, as in MS Excel, but with real-time feedback |
| Double Click Separator | Auto-Size column to fit content width | When you have multiple columns selected and you click in one of their separators, it will auto-size all those columns |
| Right Click | Show column context menu | Depending on the current column header |
| In Row Margins | Action | Comment |
| Down | Select whole row | |
| Shift-Down | Extend selection by whole rows | |
| Down & Move | Focus & Select whole rows | |
| Down & Drag Separator | Change row height | With a freeze column and numeric data, an inline chart will be shown as well. |
| Double Click Separator | Revert to standard row height | |
| Right Click | Show sheet context menu | Depending on the current row |
| Scroll wheel | Action | Comment |
| Turn forward | Scroll Up | |
| Turn backward | Scroll Down | |
| Ctrl-Turn forward | Zoom In | |
| Ctrl-Turn backward | Zoom Out |
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