QuickBooks Tip of the Month – July 2012

Using QuickBooks 2012 keyboard shortcuts will make your day-to-day small-business accounting easier and faster. Whether you're working with invoices, customer job lists, or the QuickBooks Clipboard, you can access them quickly with these keyboard shortcuts:

Press This PC Shortcut

QuickBooks Does This

Ctrl+A

Displays the Chart of Accounts window

Ctrl+C

Copies your selection to the Clipboard

Ctrl+D

Deletes check, invoice, transaction, or item from the list

Ctrl+E

Edits transaction selected in the register

Ctrl+F

Displays the Find window

Ctrl+G

Goes to the other side of a transfer transaction

Ctrl+I

Displays the Create Invoice window

Ctrl+J

Displays the Customer:Job List window

Ctrl+K

Displays QuickBooks Service Keys window

Ctrl+L

Open list for current drop-down menu

Ctrl+M

Memorizes a transaction

Ctrl+N

Creates a new where is whatever is active at the time

Ctrl+P

Almost always prints the currently active register, list, or form

Ctrl+Q

Creates and displays a QuickReport on the selected transaction

Ctrl+R

Displays the Register window

Crtl+T

Displays the memorized transaction list

Ctrl+U

Use List Item

Ctrl+V

Pastes the contents of the Clipboard

Ctrl+W

Displays the Write Checks window

Ctrl+X

Moves your selection to the Clipboard

Ctrl+Y

Open Transaction Journal

Ctrl+Z

Undoes your last action — usually

Ctrl+1

Displays product information, including statistical information about your QuickBooks company

Ctrl+Insert

Inserts a line into a list of items or expenses

Ctrl+Delete

Deletes the selected line from a list of items or expenses