Reference · Using Business Assistant
Keyboard shortcuts
Anywhere
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| Alt+Q | Jumps to the search box at the top of the menu, to find a page or report. |
| Esc (in the search box) | Clears the search. |
Cards and fields
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| Tab or Enter | Saves the field and moves to the next one. |
| Shift+Tab | Saves the field and moves to the one before. |
| Esc (in a date field) | Puts back the date it had, and closes the calendar. |
| Enter or Space (on an amount you can drill into) | Opens the entries behind it. |
| Ctrl+B, Ctrl+I, Ctrl+U (in a formatted text field) | Bold, italic, underline. |
Lookups
In a field that looks up another record (a customer, an item, an account), a list drops down as you type.
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| Down arrow, Up arrow | Move through the list. |
| Enter | Chooses the highlighted value and moves on. |
| Tab | Chooses the highlighted value and moves to the next field (Shift+Tab: the one before). |
| Esc (in a list’s cell) | Cancels the edit and closes the list. |
Lists, journals and lines
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| Enter or Tab (in a cell) | Saves the cell and moves on; Shift+Tab moves back. |
| Esc (in a cell) | Cancels what you typed in the cell. |
| Ctrl+C (not in a cell) | Copies the ticked lines, or the current one, with their column captions, to paste into Excel. |
| Esc (not in a cell) | Clears the ticks of Select More. |
Dialogs
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| Enter | Confirms a question, such as “Post all the lines of the batch?” |
| Esc | Cancels it, or closes a dialog, a preview or the attachments. |
The Chat
| Keys | What they do |
|---|
| Enter | Sends the message. |
| Up arrow (in an empty box) | Brings back what you said before, the most recent first; again for older ones. |
| Down arrow | Moves back towards the newest. |
| Esc | Closes the Chat. |
| Enter (in the people search of New chat) | Opens a chat with the first match. |
Dates have shortcuts of their own, such as t for today: see Dates.
