We’ve had a few questions lately about shortcut keys in the new QuickBooks Point of Sale 2013 version. A lot of folks using version 9.0 and earlier got used to using keystroke commands to quickly navigate through the program. Starting with QBPOS version 10 a lot of those shortcuts are no longer available. Here is the list of Keyboard Shortcuts that are in both version 10 and version 2013 programs.
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The keyboard shortcuts shown below are common to all program areas.
Common Keyboard Shortcuts:
Keystroke
Action
Basic Navigation
F10
Cycle focus between window and menu
Ctrl+Q
Log in/out
Alt+O
Open I Want To… menu
Alt
Underscores shortcuts for menus
Alt+PgUp/PgDn
Cycle through open windows
Tab
Accept entry and/or move from one field to the next in a form
Shift+Tab
Reverse tab navigation
Enter
Accept entry and/or move to next field in a list and on receipt payment window
Arrow keys
Navigate in and between fields and columns
Esc
Cancels current operation; backs out one screen; exits program from Navigator screen
Home
Move cursor to first column in list
End
Move cursor to last column in list
Spacebar
Select/clear a checkbox
Cycle through choices on drop-down lists
Function Keys
F1
Get Help on current task
F3
Open the Find window for the active field
F4
From lookup fields, access associated list to select
F5
On document: Edit selected item.
(Pro) Edit selected style item.
F8
Toggle between list view and form view of the selected record
F10
Toggle focus between the menu and window
F11
Save (without printing transactional documents)
F12
1. Save (record, order document) or save & print (transactional document )
2. Go to payment screen (from receipt body)
Control (Ctrl) Keys
Ctrl+F
Open the Find window for the active field
Ctrl+Q
Log in/out
Ctrl+F4
Go to Item List (from documents)
Ctrl+F7
Access Held documents (from history list)
Ctrl+F8
Open installed Cash Drawer
Ctrl+F10
Print tags (where applicable)
Ctrl+n
Switch tabbed pages, n = 1,2,3, etc.
Ctrl+Home
Go to first record in list
Ctrl+End
Go to the last record in list
Ctrl+PageUp
Display previous record or form
Alternate (Alt) Keys
Alt
Access text menus
Alt+underlined letter
Access visible options that contain an underlined letter by pressing . For example, to access Copy, use .
Alt+Page Up/Page Down
Cycle through open windows
Alt+F4
Exit Point of Sale
For a list of shortcut keys in versions 9.0 and earlier look in the program help. You can search using either keyboard or shortcuts an you can get a list of the commands available. There are way too many in those versions to list here.
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