Toolbar actions

Toolbar has buttons for the most common application actions. Some of these actions have keyboard shortcuts. Some actions can be disabled at some moment of time: this action can be non-applicable for the current tab or for the current application state. Usually the action disable reason is shown in the toolbar button tooltip.

Action	Keyboard shortcut	Description	Applicability
Open file(s)	Ctrl+O	Opens standard file open dialog to choose Microsoft Access or *acdms file(s) to open
Open protected files	Ctrl+Shift+O	Opens Open protected files dialog
Batch data diff	Ctrl+Shift+B	Opens Batch data diff tab
Query result diff	Ctrl+Shift+Q	Opens Query result diff tab
Custom data diff	Ctrl+Shift+C	Opens Custom data diff dialog
Find	Ctrl+F	Open Find tab
Refresh	Ctrl+Shift+R	Refresh information from database for the active tab	Home tab Object list Data diff
Export to Excel	Ctrl+Shift+E	Open Excel report for the active tab	Home tab Object list Data diff Table structure diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Copy selection to clipboard	Ctrl+C	Copy selected data grid cells or text lines to clipboard. Use Shift key to select multiple cells/rows	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Query result diff
Show all	Ctrl+F1	Show all records/lines	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Show only new and changed	Ctrl+F2	Show only new and changed records/lines	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Show only new	Ctrl+F3	Show only new records/lines	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Show only chagned	Ctrl+F4	Show only changed records/lines	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Next change	Alt+Down	Jump to the next new/changed record/line	Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Previous change	Alt+Up	Jump to the previous new/changed record/line	Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Select all on the left		Select all records in the left primary data grid of the current tab	Object list Data diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Select none on the left		Unselect all records in the left primary data grid of the current tab	Object list Data diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Invert left selection	Ctrl+A in the active grid	Invert selection in the left primary data grid of the current tab	Object list Data diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Merge to right	Ctrl+M	Merge to the right selected records from the left	Object list Data diff Table structure diff Batch data diff
Delete selected on the left	Ctrl+D	Delete selected item(s) on the left side	Object list Data diff Table structure diff Batch data diff
Select all on the right		Select all records in the right primary data grid of the current tab	Object list Data diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Select none on the right		Unselect all records in the right primary data grid of the current tab	Object list Data diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Invert right selection	Ctrl+A in the active grid	Invert selection in the right primary data grid of the current tab	Object list Data diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Merge to left	Ctrl+Shift+M	Merge to the left selected records from the right	Object list Data diff Table structure diff Batch data diff
Delete selected on the right	Ctrl+Shift+D	Delete selected item(s) on the right side	Object list Data diff Table structure diff Batch data diff
Settings		Opens Settings dialog
Use DB Engine from Access application toggle		For data diff: if unchecked, then AccdbMerge uses Access Database Engine installed to the system (see Why I might need AccessDatabaseEngine on the product web site). If checked then it will open MS Access to read/modify data. It may be useful in the following cases: Access DB engine is not available To compare compare queries and custom queries that use functions, for example Nz() or user-defined functions To run custom queries against system tables like MSysObjects
Zoom out application	Ctrl+Minus	Zoom out application UI, decrease scale of all UI elements
Zoom in application	Ctrl+Plus	Zoom in application UI, increase scale of all UI elements
Online help	F1	Opens online help page for the current tab
About license		Opens License info dialog

Last updated: 2023-10-11