Keyboard shortcuts

You can access this page quickly from Accentis Enterprise by going to Help > Keyboard shortcuts.

General shortcuts

F1

Display online help for the current field

CTRL SHIFT ALT M

Brings the main form and toolbar to the front. This shortcut interacts with the User preference "Allow reports to be positioned behind the toolbar". If that option is activated, using this shortcut will bring the toolbar to the front. If it is not enabled, it will move the toolbar to the front of forms only, and not reports

CTRL SHIFT R

Every Accentis search has a number in the top right in square brackets. To access the report quickly, press CTRL_SHIFT_R and then type this number e.g. SA3996

CTRL SHIFT C

When pressed on a numerical field, this will activate a calculator / formula calculation. The result will be put back into the box from which it was activated.

Form shortcuts

ALT N

Start new record (if in Idle mode)

ALT E

Edit current record (if in Idle mode)

ALT U

Update (if in Edit/Add mode)

ALT S

Search (if in Idle mode)

ALT A

Shortcut to the "Receive all items" button on the Receive form

ESC

Exit from Edit or New mode or Close current form if in idle mode

ENTER

Fetch data (if in Search mode and not focussed on another button)

ENTER

Update record (if in Add/Edit mode and not focussed on another button)

ENTER

Enter Search mode (if in Idle mode and not focussed on another button)

F3

Display the QUICKList relating to the current field (if one exists)

F12

Press this while you are in a drop-down list box to display the management form that allows you to add more entries to the list (if applicable)

CTRL SHIFT M

Add a new Memo for the current record

CTRL SHIFT T

Add a new Task for the current record

PAGE UP

Move to the previous record in the list of fetched data (Idle mode only)

PAGE DOWN

Move to the next record in the list of fetched data (Idle mode only)

HOME

Move to the first record in the list of fetched data (Idle mode only)

END

Move to the last record in the list of fetched data (Idle mode only)

CTRL E

For use on the Email/print dialog/form Address field. When the focus is on the address field and the user presses this shortcut, it fills the field with the current user's email

SHIFT ↑

In Add/Edit mode, move to the previous/next alphabetical code relating to the current data field

SHIFT ↓

In Add/Edit mode, move to the previous/next alphabetical code relating to the current data field

S

When the Qty column is selected in the Line Details of Sales Order, Sales Quotation, Sales Invoice, or Purchase Order, pressing S will bring up the Tally Calculation form.

Line navigation

Use when in the Item Code or Quantity fields in Edit or Add mode in Sales quote, Sales order, Purchase order and Supplier Invoice

Move the cursor up to the previous line

Move the cursor down to the next line

SHIFT HOME

Move the cursor to the very first line

SHIFT END

Move the cursor to the very last line

PAGE UP

Move the cursor one full page up the screen, or to the top of the screen if it is less then one page away PAGE

PAGE DN

Move the cursor one full page down the screen, or to the bottom of the screen if it is less then one page away

CTRL ↑

Move the current line up one

CTRL ↓

Move the current line down one

CTRL HOME

Move the current line to be the very first line

CTRL END

Move the current line to be the very last line

CTRL PAGEUP

Move the current line one full page up the screen

CTRL PAGEDN

Move the current line one full page down the screen

CTRL +

Insert a blank line above the current line

CTRL -

Delete the current line

CTRL S

Cut the current line to the clipboard

CTRL D

Copy the current line to the clipboard

CTRL F

Paste the clipboard as a new line above the current line

Direct date entry

Dates can be entered in the following formats where d, m and y are single digits

d

The specified day of the current month and year

dd

The specified day of the current month and year

ddmm

The specified day and month number of the current year

d/m

The specified day and month number of the current year

d-m

The specified day and month number of the current year

ddmmyy

Full date

ddmmyyyy

Full date

d/m/y

Full date, d, m and y can be one or two digits

d-m-y

Full date, d, m and y can be one or two digits

Calculation from the current date

Date can also be entered as a calculation from the current date by using a number and then a period letter such as d (day), b (business day), m (month), w (week) or y (year). You can also use a minus to go backwards from the current date.

1d

1 day from today, i.e. tomorrow

-1d

1 day before today i.e. yesterday

7d

7 calendar days from today (this includes weekends)

2w

2 weeks from today

-1y

1 year ago from today

-6m

6 months ago from today

7b

7 business days from today (this excludes weekends)

0d

Today’s date (zero days from today)

Special keywords

You can use the following special keywords in a date field

eom

End of month

som

Start of month

epm

End of previous month

spm

Start of previous month

enm

End of next month

snm

Start of next month

Spw

Start previous week (Mon)

Snw

Start next week (Mon)

Sow

Start of this week (Mon)

Eow

End of week (Sun)

Enw

End of next week (Sun)

Epw

End of previous week (Sun)

Efy

End of financial year of the database in which you are operating. Note: if you have not rolled over, this may report an earlier prior year than expected.

Sfy

Start of financial year of the database in which you are operating. Note: if you have not rolled over, this may report an earlier prior year than expected.

Date picker

By pressing F3 on a date field, you will display a date picker as follows