Toolbar

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 (see the Applicability column in the table below) 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
Show all (toggle)	Ctrl+F1	Show all rows/objects/lines. Enables all 'Include' toggles - new on the left, new on the right, changed, and unchanged	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Show only new and changed (toggle)	Ctrl+F2	Show only new and changed rows/objects/lines. Enables all 'Include' toggles except Unchagned - new on the left, new on the right, and changed, and disables 'Include unchanged'	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Show only new (toggle)	Ctrl+F3	Show only new rows/objects/lines. Enables all 'Include new on the left' and 'Include new on the right' toggles and disables 'Include changed' and 'Include unchagned'	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Show only chagned (toggle)	Ctrl+F4	Show only changed rows/objects/lines. Enables 'Include changed' and disables all other 'Include' toggles	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Include new on the left (toggle)		Include new rows/objects/lines on the left	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Include new on the right (toggle)		Include new rows/objects/lines on the right	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Include changed (toggle)		Include changed rows/objects/lines	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Include unchanged (toggle)		Include unchanged rows/objects/lines	Home tab Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Last change	Alt+Shift+Down	Jump to the last block of changes (block is a number of new/changed rows/objects/lines having the same type of changes)	Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Next change	Alt+Down	Jump to the next block of changes (block is a number of new/changed rows/objects/lines having the same type of changes)	Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Previous change	Alt+Up	Jump to the previous block of changes (block is a number of new/changed rows/objects/lines having the same type of changes)	Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
First change	Alt+Shift+Up	Jump to the first block of changes (block is a number of new/changed rows/objects/lines having the same type of changes)	Object list Data diff Text diff Batch data diff Query result diff Table structure diff
Select all on the left		Select all rows 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 rows 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 rows from the left	Object list Data diff Text 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 rows 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 rows 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 rows from the right	Object list Data diff Text 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
Refresh	Ctrl+Shift+R	Refresh information from database for the active tab	Home tab Object list Data diff
Export to Xlsx or Json	Ctrl+Shift+E	Generate Xlsx or Json report for the active tab	Home tab Object list Data diff Table structure diff Batch data diff Query result diff
Generate automation script stub		Opens Script Editor application with draft script for actions related to the current tab. Script will contain logging and database connectivity statements and all supported diff/merge/delete statements related to the content of the current tab. See Scripting for more details.	Data 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
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
About license		Opens License info dialog
Online help	F1	Opens online help page for the current tab
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
Full screen	F11	Switch application to the Full screen mode

Last updated: 2026-05-06