QuickBooks uses the Alt key to navigate between windows. To go quickly to
any of window in the table below, press and hold Alt and then press the other
key. You can also use Alt to navigate the main menu. For example, press and
release Alt and then press F to open the File menu.
Quickly go to… Press
Customers page
Alt+C
Vendors page Alt+V
Employees page Alt+E
Banking page
Alt+B
Sales Transactions page
Alt+S
Expenses page Alt+X
Chart of Accounts page
Alt+A
Home
Alt+H
Manage Users
Alt+U
Payroll Tax
Alt+Y
Product & Services
Alt+P
Sales Tax Alt+T
Recurring Transactions Alt+R
About QuickBooks
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QuickBooks Help
F1
QuickBooks uses the Ctrl key to perform actions. Just press Ctrl and another
key to perform any of the following actions.
Basic actions Press
Print Ctrl+P
Refresh Ctrl+R
Search QuickBooks
Ctrl
+F
Favorite a page Ctrl+D
Manage Favorites Ctrl+Alt+D
Undo
Ctrl+Z
Redo
Ctrl+Y
Copy
Ctrl+C
Paste
Ctrl+V
Delete highlighted text
Ctrl+Delete
Select all
Ctrl+A
Minimize the active window
Win+
↓
Maximize the active window
Win+
↑
Snap the active window to the left
Win+
←
Snap the active window to the right
Win+
→
Zoom In
Ctrl++
Zoom Out
Ctrl+-
QuickBooks Preferences Ctrl+,
Full Screen Mode
F11
Close Window Esc
Change the date to… Press
Next day
+
Previous day
-
Today T
First day of the week
W
Last day of the week
K
First day of the month
M
Last day of the month
H
First day of the year Y
Last day of the year R
Open the popup calendar icon
at the right of a Date field
Ctrl
+Alt+
↓
Open a new transaction… Press
Start a new invoice
Ctrl+I
Start a new estimate
Ctrl+T
Start a new sales receipt
Ctrl+L
Start a new bill
Ctrl+B
Start a new expense
Ctrl+E
Start a new check Ctrl+K
Start a new purchase order
Ctrl+O
Journal Entry Ctrl+J
Change the date in Calendar to… Press
Any surrounding date
←
,
↑
,
→
,
↓
Same day next month Page Down
Same day previous month Page Up
Note
that all the date shortcuts listed in the table above work in the Calendar.
Calculate amounts and rates
In any Amount or Rate field, you can enter a calculation. When you press Tab,
QuickBooks calculates the result.
You can… Using Example
Add +
1256.94+356.50
Subtract
-
48.95-15
Multiply *
108*1.085
Divide /
89.95/.33
Group ( )
13.95+(25.95*.75)
Work with forms to… Press
Save current form and start a new one
Ctrl+S
Save current form and send it
Ctrl+Alt+S
Save and close
Ctrl+Shift+S
Keyboard shortcuts for QuickBooks Windows App
