# Short cut keys in report designer
**URL:** https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/short-cut-keys-in-report-designer/5030
**Category:** Developers Forum
**Created:** [May 18, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/short-cut-keys-in-report-designer/5030 "2001-05-18T13:46:59Z")
**Posts on this page:** 5
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### Author:  [@Joseph\_Mathew](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/Joseph_Mathew)
#### Post date: [May 18, 2001, 1:46pm UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/short-cut-keys-in-report-designer/5030/1 "2001-05-18T13:46:59Z")
Hi Is there any short cut keys (other than mouse keys) which allow us to moving the objects or resizing the objects in report designer. Regards
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### Author:  [@Tarek\_Demiati](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/Tarek_Demiati)
#### Post date: [May 20, 2001, 5:36am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/short-cut-keys-in-report-designer/5030/2 "2001-05-20T05:36:13Z")
Not really beside : (From section Designer) Ctrl + A = Select All Ctrl + X = Cut Ctrl + C = Copy Crtl + V = Paste So as you can see this does not help much 😉 May I ask you why you would want to use the keyboard instead of the mouse ? Is it personal preferences or something else ?? If what you’re trying to do is very repetitive and has a some kind of logical patterns to it you can get your job done much quicker (in certain cases!) by manipulating your reports exported in text format. [tarek\_demiati@ureach.com](mailto:tarek_demiati@ureach.com)
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### Author:  [@Joseph\_Mathew](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/Joseph_Mathew)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2001, 8:10am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/short-cut-keys-in-report-designer/5030/3 "2001-05-21T08:10:43Z")
Hi Demiati I have some background of other reports writers like oracle report writer,VB data report,crystal reports. In all of these packages gives short cut keys for moving objects besides using mouse. So naturally I am looking for the same features in Navision also. That was the reason for my question. Suppose I want to increase the width of a text box, mouse will help to get this job done in navision . Using the key board short cuts may give(like shift+arrow keys - not in Navision) more control than using mouse. Regards Joseph Mathew
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### Author:  [@Tarek\_Demiati](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/Tarek_Demiati)
#### Post date: [May 21, 2001, 10:19am UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/short-cut-keys-in-report-designer/5030/4 "2001-05-21T10:19:00Z")
Hi Joseph, Sorry to disapoint you but no, it’s not possible to increase the width of text boxes using the keyboard. The way of doing that is either the mouse or at property level of the text box. Cheers, Tarek [tarek\_demiati@ureach.com](mailto:tarek_demiati@ureach.com)
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### Author:  [@SNielsen](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/u/SNielsen)
#### Post date: [May 22, 2001, 5:59pm UTC](https://www.dynamicsuser.net/t/short-cut-keys-in-report-designer/5030/5 "2001-05-22T17:59:07Z")
Only by changing properties for the control, would you be able to handle this with keyboard shortcuts. The properties you would take a look at are:
```auto
XPos
YPos
Width
Height
```
**_Soren Nielsen_, moderator Integration/Developer NOLUG**