not that I know of

get used to follow, i'd say 99% of people on these boards primarily use /follow to get from point a to point b.

Short distances, you can move in formations by

a) setting up the formation using one of the methods described in other threads on the topic, then
b) Using the keyboard to move your characters.

However, over longer distances they will come un-synced because their facing will be a couple degrees off of each other. THen you will have to /follow, resync and re-do the formation.