All keyboard shortcuts
The following shortcuts work with PCs. If you are using a Mac, see the Mac users section.
Records and transactions
| Shortcut | Description |
ALT S | Save this record or transaction. |
ALT Q | Cancel |
ALT W |
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ALT K | Go back from an error page. |
Tab | Move to the next field |
Shift Tab | Move to the previous field |
Spacebar | Select or clear a checkbox. |
Alt D Enter | Open a new browser window so you can work in more than one page at a time. |
Line-item entry area in transactions
| Shortcut | Description |
Ctrl | Open a line-item detail area. |
Ctrl | Close a line-item detail area. |
Alt | Move to the next line item, or next detail area if open. |
Alt | Move to the previous line item, or previous detail area if open. |
Ctrl [Highlight cell value] | Copy the selected cell value and paste it into a new cell in an Entries grid (drag the highlighted value and drop it in the desired location). |
Dropdown fields
| Shortcut | Description |
Alt Alt P | Display the dropdown list. |
Move down the dropdown list. | |
Move up the dropdown list. | |
Tab | Select an item and move to the next field. You can customize your preferences to use Enter instead of Tab, if preferable. |
[letter key] | Jump to the first list item starting with that letter. |
[sequence of letter keys] | Autofill the input box with things that start with that sequence. For example, if you enter san in a location box, the system could display a list that includes San Diego, San Francisco, San Jose, and Santa Monica. |
Calculations in amount fields
| Shortcut | Description |
+ - * / | Enter operator in amount field to display calculator tape. You can use the 10-key numeric pad. The calculator tape is not saved. |
= | Display the result in the tape. |
Enter | Display the result in the tape. |
Date fields
| Shortcut | Description |
T | Today's date |
+ | Increments the date by one day |
- | Decrements the date by one day |
Y | First day of the current year |
R | Last day of the current year |
M | First day of the current month |
H | Last day of the current month |
W | First day of the current week |
K | Last day of the current week |
Date fields—based on date format
| Shortcut | Description | ||||||||
[n] | 'n-th' month, current day and year | ||||||||
/ [n] | 'n-th' day of the current month and year | ||||||||
/ / [n] | 'n-th' year, current day and month Example Today's date is July 26, 2025. In the following scenarios, you want to enter a date with the same day and year, but change the month to 8 for August (you can change the day or year in a similar fashion):
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Calendar tool in date field
| Shortcut | Description |
Ctrl Home | Open calendar |
PgUp | Previous month |
PgDn | Next month |
Ctrl PgUp | Previous year |
Ctrl PgDn | Next year |
Ctrl Home | Current month |
Ctrl | Previous day |
Ctrl | Next day |
Ctrl | Previous week |
Ctrl | Next week |
Enter | Accept the selected date. |
Ctrl End | Close the calendar and erase the date. |
Esc | Close the calendar without selecting anything. |
Mac users
Most of the single-key shortcuts translate as-is to Mac, and you can use them as outlined above. Although not all shortcuts that use a combination of keys translate to Mac, in most cases you can substitute Mac keys for PC keys as follows:
PC key | Mac substitute |
Ctrl | Command |
Home | Fn |
End | Fn |
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