Accounting Module Shortcuts

Find keyboard shortcuts for working with screens and other elements in the interface.

Screens

KeyDescription
F1Opens the Help topic for the current screen.
F6Populates the field with the first value of a lookup list.
F8"Pins" or "unpins" the Messages pane.
F9"Pins" or "unpins" the All Tasks pane.
F11Hides the toolbar and the window bar at the top of the screen. Press F11 again to re-display the toolbar and the window bar.
Tab or EnterMoves the cursor to the next field.
Shift+Tab or Shift+EnterMoves the cursor to the previous field.
Ctrl+TabDisplays the next window.
Shift+Ctrl+TabDisplays the previous window.
AltDisplays keyboard shortcuts for the buttons on the current screen. Press Alt and the underlined letter on the button to perform that function.
Page upDisplays the previous tab or sub-tab.
Page downDisplays the next tab or sub-tab.
Ctrl+HomeDisplays the Home Page.
In a date field:
F4Displays the date picker.
F5Enters the most recently used date.
TEnters today's date.
+Adds one day to the date.
-Subtracts one day from the date.
FEnters the first day of the current month.
LEnters the last day of the current month.
In a lookup field:
F4Displays the lookup list.
F5Enters the most recently used value for the "entity."

For example, if you save new customer ABC Hardware in the Customer screen and then go to the Project screen to enter a new project, you can use the F5 shortcut in the Customer field to automatically enter ABC Hardware as the customer.

In a drop-down field:
F4Displays the drop-down list.
Up or DownMoves through the options in the drop-down list.
In a checkbox:
Space barToggles the checkbox.
In a formatted text field or multi-line field:
Alt+EnterEnters a line break.

Grids

Key Description
Ctrl+DownDisplays the card view for a row.
Ctrl+UpHides the card view for a row.
InsertInserts a new line in the grid.
Ctrl+InsertInserts a child row into the sub grid (in other words, nested grid) for the selected parent row. For example, if you are using the Project Billing Details pop-up window in the Projects screen and you are tracking revenue by project cost code, you can use the Ctrl+Insert shortcut to add a new row into the nested cost code grid for a selected billing code. Or, if you are adding a distribution line to an invoice, you can use the Ctrl+Insert shortcut to add a new row into the nested tax detail grid.
DownIf the last line in a grid is active, exits the grid.
Ctrl+VPastes data copied from Excel into a grid in ProContractor when the columns in Excel match the columns displayed in the grid.

Formatted Text Editor

Key Description
F4Saves the contents of the formatted text editor and exits the window.
F7Spell checks the text in the formatted text editor.
Ctrl+TabSaves the contents of the formatted text editor, exits the formatted text editor, and moves the cursor to the next field.
Shift+Ctrl+TabSaves the contents of the formatted text editor, exits the formatted text editor, and moves the cursor to the previous field.
EscClose the formatted text editor without saving the changes.
LeftMoves the cursor one character to the left.
RightMoves the cursor one character to the right.
UpMoves the cursor to the previous line.
DownMoves the cursor to the next line.
BackspaceDeletes the selected text. If no text is selected, deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
DeleteDeletes the selected text. If no text is selected, deletes the character to the right of the cursor.
Alt+EnterInserts a line break.