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Learn keyboard shortcuts for doing things more efficiently in QuickBooks Desktop for
Windows and Mac.
You can use keyboard shortcuts to do all kinds of things in QuickBooks Desktop. Instead of
using the menus, you can create invoices and move between windows with just a few
keystrokes.
Note: You'll see underlined letters on some forms and buttons. These are shortcut labels. To
use the shortcut, hold Alt and press the underlined letter.
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Open the full list for the selected Highlight the ▼ dropdown menu, then press Ctrl + L.
dropdown menu (product, service, Press Ctrl + U to add a selected item from the list to
customer, etc) your open form.
Ctrl + Page
Up
Go to the first item or last item on a list or register or
Ctrl + Page
Down
Create a new item on a list (account, customer, product or service, etc) Ctrl + N
Refresh list (You only see this if you are in the multi-user mode. This is
F5
useful if multiple users are editing the same list.)
Create a new
Ctrl + I
invoice
Create a new
Ctrl + W
check
Open the
Ctrl + J
Customer Center
Open your company file with no Hold Alt after you open your company file on the Open
open windows or menus Company window
Set up YTD Amounts for Payroll Select the Help menu and then About QuickBooks.
(Payroll only) When the product screen appears, Ctrl + Alt + Y.
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