FCS Express 5 contains many shortcut keystroke combinations to make navigating and working within the software easier. The table below summarizes the available short cut keys.
Shortcut  | 
Command  | 
Applies To  | 
Ctrl+C  | 
Copy  | 
Objects on layout, tokens, text, items into navigator views  | 
Ctrl+V  | 
Paste  | 
Objects on layout, tokens, text, items into navigator views  | 
Ctrl+X  | 
Cut  | 
Objects on layout, tokens, text, items into navigator views  | 
Shift+Del  | 
Secondary shortcut for Cut  | 
Objects on layout, tokens, text, items into navigator views  | 
Ctrl+Ins  | 
Secondary shortcut for Copy  | 
Objects on layout, tokens, text, items into navigator views  | 
Shift+Ins  | 
Secondary shortcut for Paste  | 
Objects on layout, tokens, text, items into navigator views  | 
Ctrl+Z  | 
Undo  | 
Any action in the layout  | 
Ctrl+Y  | 
Redo  | 
Any action in the layout  | 
Ctrl+B  | 
Bold  | 
Text in text boxes and labels in selected plots  | 
Ctrl+I  | 
Italic  | 
Text in text boxes and labels in selected plots  | 
Ctrl+U  | 
Underline  | 
Text in text boxes and labels in selected plots  | 
F2  | 
Rename  | 
Items in navigator views and batch actions and items  | 
Ctrl+A  | 
Select all  | 
Objects on layout, text, data list, batch actions, custom tokens, canned comment, and alerts navigator  | 
Del  | 
Delete  | 
Selected object on layout, selected item in navigator views, selected text, selected user in non secure login mode  | 
Ctrl+D  | 
Duplicate  | 
Selected object on layout, selected gate, custom tokens, canned comments and alerts in navigator views  | 
PgDn  | 
Switch to next page in layout  | 
Layouts with multiple pages  | 
PgUp  | 
Switch to previous page in layout  | 
Layouts with multiple pages  | 
Ctrl+N  | 
Open new layout  | 
Any layout  | 
Ctrl+O  | 
Open layout  | 
Any layout  | 
Ctrl+S  | 
Save current layout  | 
Any layout  | 
Ctrl+Shift+S  | 
Save current layout As  | 
Any layout  | 
Ctrl+P  | 
Print current layout  | 
Any layout  | 
Ctrl+Shift+P  | 
Print Setup  | 
Any layout  | 
Ctrl+W  | 
Close current layout  | 
Any layout  | 
F1  | 
Show help  | 
Any layout  | 
Up  | 
Scroll up  | 
Layout or selected object  | 
Down  | 
Scroll down  | 
Layout or selected object  | 
Left  | 
Scroll left  | 
Layout or selected object  | 
Right  | 
Scroll right  | 
Layout or selected object  | 
Esc  | 
Cancel adding or editing  | 
Plots, shapes and gates  | 
Space  | 
Finish creating a polygon gate  | 
Creating polygon gates  | 
Ctrl+Alt+D  | 
Duplicate and Previous  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Shift+Ctrl+D  | 
Duplicate and Next  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Alt+Left  | 
Previous on selected objects  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Shift+Alt+Left  | 
Previous on all objects  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Alt+Right  | 
Next on selected objects  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Shift+Alt+Right  | 
Next on all objects  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Ctrl+L  | 
Change data file for selected plot  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Shift+Alt+L  | 
Change data file for all plots  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Ctrl+Alt+E  | 
Multiple duplicate and previous  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Shift+Ctrl+E  | 
Multiple duplicate and next  | 
Plots and data grid  | 
Ctrl+E  | 
Edit user name  | 
Layout users  | 
Ctrl+F  | 
Edit format  | 
Objects, Text Boxes, Plots, Data Grids, and Shapes  | 
1-9, a-z  | 
Change x parameter for selected plot  | 
Plots  | 
Shift+1-9, Shift+ a-z  | 
Change y parameter for selected plot  | 
Plots  | 
Ctrl+M  | 
Maximize/Restore from the plot's menu  | 
Plots  | 
Double Click on Plot  | 
Opens Format Dialog  | 
Plots  | 
Double Click on Page Tab  | 
Opens Format Dialog  | 
Page tabs  | 
Hold Alt key  | 
Command keys highlight on ribbon - pressing highlighted command keys activates action  | 
Ribbon  |