Shortcuts in the Program

The most commonly used functions in the program have been assigned their own shortcut keys. This enables experienced users to navigate through the program in the fastest and easiest way possible.

The program supports the default specifications for Microsoft Windows. This means that you may use the [TAB] key to move to the next field in a screen or [SHIFT]+[TAB] to move back to the previous field in a screen. Furthermore, you may press the [ENTER] key to complete a registration. It is also possible to use the [ENTER] key on the numerical keyboard for this purpose, which you may find useful when entering financial, number based data. This allows you to enter information quickly and efficiently from the keyboard and many professional computer users prefer working this way.

List windows

In windows showing a list of items, you can use the arrow keys to move the focus up or down in the list. Here too, [ENTER] may be used for selection purposes.

Drop-down lists

With drop-down lists, you can use the [SPACE] key to open the list in order to display the various options. Enter the first letters of the entry you are looking for, so the focus will jump to the appropriate place, and then use the arrow keys to navigate up and down the list. If there are several options starting with the same letter, the focus will move along the entries by repeatedly pressing the key for the letter. You may also enter the entire name you are looking for. This will take you directly to the entry you are looking for rather than to the options with the first letter matching. Press the [TAB] key to move on to the next field.

The Main Menu

In the main menu/menu bar at the top of the screen you can activate keyboard shortcuts by pressing [ALT]. You will see an underscore below one letter for each of the menu bar options. This letter is the shortcut key for activating the related menu.

Journal Entry

Journal Entry has its own shortcut keys. It is possible to use some of these shortcuts in other windows. Find out more in Shortcuts for Journal Entry.

General shortcuts

Function	Keys	Description
File	Alt + F	Opens the File menu
Edit	Alt + E	Opens the Edit menu
View	Alt + V	Opens the View menu
Help	Alt + H	Opens the Help menu
New	Ctrl + N	New item
Open	Ctrl + O	Opens a file/document
Edit	Ctrl + E	Edits a file/document
Complete	Ctrl + U	Sets an activity as Complete
Save	Ctrl + S	Saves an item
Delete	Ctrl + D	Deletes an item
Print	Ctrl + P	Prints the item
Undo	Ctrl + Z	Undoes the last action
Cut	Ctrl + X	Cuts a highlighted selection
Copy	Ctrl + C	Copies a highlighted selection
Paste	Ctrl + V	Pastes a previously cut or copied selection
List	Ctrl + L	Shows a list of items
Search	Ctrl + F	Initiates the Search window, where you enter you search criteria
Quit	Ctrl + Q	Closes the active window
First in list	Ctrl + Home	Moves to the first item in a list
Previous	Ctrl + Page Down	Moves to the previous item in a list
Next	Ctrl + Page Up	Moves to the next item in a list
End of list	Ctrl + End	Moves to the end of a list
Insert	Ctrl + Insert	Insets an object
Open drop-down list	Space	Reveals the option in a drop-down list
Help	F1	Opens the help files