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Acumatica Quick Tip Video: Acumatica Keyboard Shortcut Tips (cont.)

Written by Nancy Phillippi | 9:09 PM on October 12, 2020

Acumatica Keyboard Shortcut Tips for Summary and Table Areas - Tip #7

In our last keyboard shortcut quick tip video, we reviewed time-saving keyboard shortcuts in Acumatica's toolbar. 

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Acumatica Cloud ERP Summary and Table Area Keyboard Shortcuts

This is a partial list of Acumatica's keyboard shortcuts. The next blog will have the full list. 

Summary Area 

Press This Key To Do This
Tab Move the cursor to the next element.
Shift+Tab Move the cursor to the previous element.
F3 Open the lookup table so you can search for a value.
Ctrl+Left Arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next segment of the element if the element has multiple segments (for example, when you enter a subaccount).
Ctrl+Right Arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous segment of the element if the element has multiple segments (for example, when you enter a subaccount).
Ctrl+Shift+L Invoke the Translations box for boxes with multi-language support if multilingual user input is enabled. For details, see Translations Dialog Box.

 

Table Area Keyboard Shortcuts

Press This Key To Do This
Arrow Keys Move one cell up, down, left, or right in a table.
Tab Move the cursor to the next element in the current row.
Shift+Tab Move the cursor to the previous element in the current row.
Home Go to the first column in the current row.
End Go to the last column in the current row.
Ctrl+Home Go to the first row in the same column.
Ctrl+End Go to the last row in the same column.
Page Down Go to the first row in the same column.
Page Up Go to the last row in the same column.
Shift+F Filter the data in the table.
F5 Refresh the data (if the cursor is set in a table cell).
F6 Sort the lines by the values in the selected column.
Double-click under the last row Append a new row.
Enter or F2 Switch to editing mode.
Ctrl+Shift+L In editing mode, invoke the Translations box for boxes with multi-language support if multilingual user input is enabled. For details, see Translations Dialog Box.
F4 Switch between grid and form modes.
F3 If the cursor is in a lookup box, opens the lookup table so that you can search for a value.
Ctrl+Left Arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the next segment of the element if the element has multiple segments (for example, when you enter a subaccount).
Ctrl+Right Arrow Move the cursor to the beginning of the previous segment of the element if the element has multiple segments (for example, when you enter a subaccount).

 

The keyboard shortcut video can be found HERE on Clients First Business Solutions' website. 

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