Shortcuts Quickbooks for Windows

Windows

We present to your attention the shortcuts for the Quickbooks for Windows which is used on the operating system Windows, in this hotkeys description 87 of the most popular and important shortcuts are offered. You can also add your changes on our portal if you consider the data insufficiently complete or add a new program from the very beginning.

Access Main Functions / Windows

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Alt+C, then Enter	Company - home
Alt+U, then Enter (or Ctrl+J)	Customer Center: Customers & Jobs list
Alt+O, then Enter	Vendor Center
Alt+Y, then Enter	Employee Center
Alt+R then Enter	Report Center
Ctrl+I	Customer Center - Create Invoice
Ctrl+R	Use Register / select account
Ctrl+W	Write new check
Ctrl+T	Open memorized transaction list
Ctrl+Y	Open transaction journal
Ctrl+A	Open Chart of Accounts
Esc	Close active window (or ctrl+f4)
Ctrl+Tab/Ctrl+Shift+Tab	Go to next / go to previous Window with multiple sub-windows open

Chart of Accounts

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+A	Open Chart of Accounts
Arrow Up/Arrow Down	Go up one line / down one line
Home/End	Go to beginning / go to end of account list
A…Z	Type name of account to select automatically
Ctrl+R	Open Register (for asset, liability and equity accounts)
Ctrl+Q	Open Quick Report for item
Ctrl+E	Edit Account
Ctrl+U	Use Account
Ctrl+D	Delete Account

Account Register Shortcuts

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Arrow Up/Arrow Down	Up one transaction / down one transaction
Ctrl+Home/Ctrl+End	First transaction/ last transaction
Alt+1	Toggle between 1-line and 2-line view
Alt+down arrow with drop-down field available	Open drop-down to select account
Ctrl+l in drop down field	Open list (e.g. Chart of Accounts when in Account Field)
Alt+d	Record Transaction
Ctrl+o	Copy check transaction (complete line)
Ctrl+v	Paste Transaction
Ctrl+d	Delete Transaction
Ctrl+m	Memorize transaction or report
Ctrl+e	Edit transaction selected in register
Ctrl+n	New invoice, bill, check or list item in context
Ctrl+s	Show / hide transaction details
Ctrl+q	QuickReport on transaction or list item
Ctrl+q	Open Quick Report for item
Ctrl+g	Go to register of transfer account
Ctrl+h	Show History (for Accounts Payables / Accounts Receivables transactions)

Working with Date Fields

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
[+]/-	Change to next day / previous day
t	Change to Today
t	Change to same date in previous week / same date in next week
;/''	Change to same date in previous month / next month
w/k	Change to first day of the week / last day of the week
m/h	Change to first day of the month / Last day of the month
y/r	Change to first day of the year / Last day of the year
Alt+Arrow Down	Date calendar

Quick Reports

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl+q	On any applicable item: open Quick report
Arrow Up/Arrow Down	Go up / go down one line
Enter	Show item detail / QuickZoom on report
Ctrl+a	Hide/ show header
Ctrl+p	Print report (or alt+t)
Alt+d, then down arrow	Change Date Range of Report
Alt+i	Email report as Excel or PDF

Managing Invoices

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Alt+p/Alt+n	Go to previous / go to next invoice
Ctrl+p	Print invoice (or alt+t)
Tab/Shift+Tab	Jump to next / jump to previous invoice field
Alt+a	Save and close
Alt+s	Save and New

General Editing

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Tab/Shift+Tab	Next field / previous field
Home/End	Beginning of current field
Arrow Down/Arrow Up	Line below / line above in detail area or on report
Page Down/Page Up	Down one screen / up one screen
Ctrl+Arrow Right/Ctrl+Arrow Left	Next word / previous word in field
Ctrl+Page Up/Ctrl+Page Down	First item on list / last item on list (or first/previous month in register)
Esc	Close active window (or ctrl+f4)
Alt+Arrow Down	Display Drop down list in combo box
Delete	Delete character to right of insertion point
Backspace	Delete character to left of insertion point
Ctrl+Delete	Delete line from detail area
Ctrl+Insert	Insert line in detail area
Ctrl+x	Cut selected characters
Ctrl+c	Copy selected characters
Ctrl+v	Paste cut or copied characters
[+]/-	Increase / decrease check or other form number by one
Ctrl+z	Undo changes made in field

The Rest

Windows	Description Edit Cancel Save & submit
Ctrl while opening QB	To start QuickBooks without a company file
Alt while opening QB	To suppress the desktop windows (at Open Company window)
F1	Open Help
Alt+f4with Help Active	Close Help
Alt+F4	Close Quickbooks
Ctrl+F	Simple and Advanced Find
F3	Open Search
Ctrl+K	Display Service Keys (license and tax numbers)
Ctrl+Shift+U	Get Payroll Updates
F2	Display product information about your QuickBooks version
Ctrl+2 in Product Information	Open Tech Help

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Date of change: 24.01.2019

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*Some of the keys listed may not work in older versions of the program