Per an ancient (circa FM5) set of training materials, 

Control-Alt-Tab
Control-Alt-Shift-Tab

are what the keys used to be, but they're so bad I never use them. I just 
checked, and FWIW, they don't work in FM11, Win7, structured mode.
-Matt

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On Mar 15, 2013, at 11:30 AM, Fred Ridder <docudoc at hotmail.com> wrote:

> It's actually been nearly two years since I've used FrameMaker on a daily 
> basis, and that was still FM8 (for a variety of reasons that don't matter 
> here). But the project I'm working on now is based on a document that was 
> done in FM9, so here I am trying to meet a deadline and come to terms with a 
> completely unfamiliar UI at the same time. 
> 
> One of the things that is driving me completely nuts is the absence of cursor 
> key navigation inside tables. The bulk of the document I'm working on is pin 
> description tables for a SoC chip with 1243 pins, and having to reach for the 
> mouse (or type Tab 6 times to step sequentially through the cells) to move 
> the insertion point down one row several thousand times has *ZERO* appeal. I 
> know that in older versions of FrameMaker there was a simple modification one 
> could to to cmds.cfg (if I recall correctly) to make the cursor keys (or 
> cursor keys plus a modifier key) work inside a Frame table just like they 
> would inside a Word table or a spreadsheet, but I have had no luck putting my 
> hands on that info. I did read the section on customizing commands in the FM7 
> (Windows) version of Customizing FrameMaker and tried a couple modifications 
> of the FM9 cmds.cfg file, but no joy.
> 
> Can someone enlighten me whether the cursor keys can be made to work inside 
> tables, and if so how to make that happen? My mouse hand and arm will be 
> eternally grateful.
> 
> -Fred Ridder
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