Sesame Shortcut Keys
| F1 | All | Opens context sensitive help screens |
| F2 | All | Macro playback |
| Shift-F2 | All | Macro recording start/stop |
| F3 | Add Data, Search Update, Table View | Permanently deletes a record with user confirmation |
| F3 | Retrieve Spec | Clears the retrieve spec |
| Alt-F4 | All | Exit from active program-Sesame, Designer, table view, expanded field editor, program editor, etc. |
| F5 | Designer Property Editor, Report Writer Property Editor | Fills in Current values for certain layout element settings such as Label, Name, Initial Value, Restrict Value, tooltip, Custom Help |
| Shift-F5 | Add Data, Search Update, Table View | Dittos (copies) a whole record. It overwrites the entire current record with the record last entered (with user confirmation) |
| Ctrl-F5 | Add Data, Search Update, Table View | Inserts the current date into the selected field |
| Alt-F5 | Add Data, Search Update, Table View | Inserts the current time into the selected field |
| F6 | Add Data, Search Update, Table View, Designer Property Editor, Report Write Property Editor | Opens/Closes expanded field editor, saving changes, if it already open |
| Shift-F6 | Add Data, Search Update | Opens current result set in table view |
| Ctrl-F6 | Search Update | Switches from Update to Add Mode |
| F7 | Add Data | Switches to Search/Update window if one is open; otherwise switches to Search specification screen. Current Add record is left open and unsaved |
| F7 | Search Update | Returns to search retrieve spec. Does not automatically save record |
| Shift-F7 | Search Update, Table View | Undo current record. Restores the record back to the state it was in when you opened it |
| Ctrl-F7 | Search Update, Table View | Undo current Field. Restores the field back to the state it was in when you opened the record |
| F8 | Add Data, Search Update, Table View | Forces all On-Form-Change programming to calculate |
| F9 | Add Data, Search Update, Table View | Saves and moves from current record to previous record. In a subform moves to previous record in same subform |
| Ctrl-F9 | Add Data, Search Update, Table View | Saves and moves to previous record. In a subform, saves changes to main form and subform and moves to the previous main form record |
| F10 | Add Data, Search Update, Table View | Saves and moves to next record. If on the last record of the result set, or last record in a subform, moves to anew blank record |
| Shift-F10 | Add Data, Search update | Saves record, and subform if any, and closes form |
| Ctrl-F10 | Add Data, Search Update | Saves and moves to next record. In a subform, saves changes to main form and subform and moves to the next main form record. If on the last record of the result set, moves a new blank main record |
| F11 | Add Data, Search Update | Copies current record to buffer |
| Shift-F11 | Add Data, Search Update | Pastes values in buffer to current record |
| Ctrl-F11 | Add Data, Search Update | Copies entire current result set to buffer |
| Alt-F11 | Add Data, Search Update | Pastes records in buffer to result set, creating new records |