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Keyboard shortcuts

Keyboard shortcuts are special keys (such as F1 and ESC) that you use either alone or in combination with SHIFT, CTRL, or CTRL+SHIFT. These keyboard shortcuts enable you to access various types of help and execute certain menu commands.
The following table lists the keyboard shortcuts:
Shortcut keys
Accessing help
CTRL+Y
Open the Help and Support center.
F1 or CTRL+F1
View help for current screen or window.
CTRL+P
Print the help topic currently open in your browser.
Shortcut keys
Navigating and special functions
ALT+F1
Toggle to hide or unhide the Navigation frame.
CTRL+G
Open the
View Account Activity
 screen.
CTRL+I
Calculate the net income or loss and display the results in the
View Net Income/Loss
 screen.
←
Within a field, move one character to the left. Within a grid, move one cell to the left.
→
Within a field, move one character to the right. Within a grid, move one cell to the right.
↑
Within a date field, increment the date by one day. Within a grid, move up one row.
↓
Within a date field, decrement the date by one day. Within a grid, move down one row.
CTRL+←
Move to beginning of field.
CTRL+→
Move to end of field.
CTRL++
Within a date field, increment the date by 1 day.
CTRL+–
Within a date field, decrement the date by 1 day.
PAGE UP
Within a grid, move to the first row. Within a setup screen or the
Enter Transactions
 screen, save the current record, remain in Edit mode, and move up one record.
PAGE DOWN
Within a grid, move to the last row. Within a setup screen or the
Enter Transactions
 screen, save the current record, remain in Edit mode, and move down one record (or, if in Add mode, open a new record).
TAB
Move to the next field in the screen.
SHIFT+TAB
Move to the previous field in the screen.
CTRL+TAB
Move to the next tab within a tabbed view.
CTRL+SHIFT+TAB
Move to the previous tab within a tabbed view.
F2
When navigating and editing content in a grid, toggle between Navigation mode (to move between fields in the grid) and Cell Edit mode (to place the cursor at the end of the text within a cell).
F4
Open a calendar in a
date
 field, open a calculator in an
amount
 field, or open a dropdown in a selected field.
ALT+N
Save changes for the current item in the active screen.
ALT+F4
Exit the application.
Shortcut keys
Analyze Client Activity views (only accessible from client-specific screens)
CTRL+T
Open the Trial Balance view.
CTRL+L
Open the General Ledger view.
CTRL+K
Open the Financial Statement Worksheet view.
CTRL+E
Open the Employee Earnings view.
CTRL+H
Open the Payroll Schedules view.
CTRL+A
Open the Payroll Tax Form Diagnostic view (Only accessible from the
Edit Payroll Tax Forms
 screen).
Shortcut keys
Editing
CTRL+X
Cut
CTRL+C
Copy
CTRL+V
Paste
DEL
Delete selected item
CTRL+Z
Undo last change
Shortcut keys
Working in Report Designer or Layout Designer
CTRL+O
Open a report or layout.
CTRL+S
Save a report or layout.
CTRL+A
Select all objects in a report or layout.
CTRL+P
Open the File > Print > Options window.
CTRL+1
Open the Format > Cells window (Report Designer).
CTRL+L
Rotate selected object left (Layout Designer).
CTRL+R
Rotate selected object right (Layout Designer).
CTRL+SHIFT+G
Group selected objects (Layout Designer).
CTRL+SHIFT+U
Ungroup selected objects (Layout Designer).
CTRL+SHIFT+F
Bring selected object to front (Layout Designer).
CTRL+SHIFT+B
Send selected object to back (Layout Designer).
←
Move one cell to left (Report Designer); move selected object to left (Layout Designer).
→
Move one cell to right (Report Designer); move selected object to right (Layout Designer).
↑
Move up a row (Report Designer); move selected object up (Layout Designer).
↓
Move down a row (Report Designer); move selected object down (Layout Designer).
HOME
Move cursor focus to the top-left cell of the selected region (Report Designer).

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