Keyboard Shortcuts

If you prefer to use a keyboard instead of a mouse, Sage 50 Accounting provides handy keyboard shortcuts to frequently used tasks, such as entering or editing data, looking up records or transactions, and navigating within and between forms.

Most of the following keyboard shortcuts are also conveniently displayed right next to the commands.

Universal keyboard shortcuts

To	Press	Restrictions
Copy selection	CRTL+C	-
Cut selection	CRTL+X	-
Paste copied selection	CRTL+V	-
Undo changes	CRTL+Z	Only in record and transaction windows
Open Help	F1	-
Move to next option	TAB	Only in record and transaction windows
Move to previous option	SHIFT+TAB	Only in record and transaction windows
Close window or exit program	ALT+F4	-

Home window keyboard shortcuts

To	Press	Restrictions
Create a new company	CTRL+N	-
Open an existing company	CTRL+O	-
Search	CTRL+F	-
Save as new filename	CTRL+S	-
Upgrade this company	CTRL+U	Only in Sage 50 Accountant Edition

Keyboard shortcuts in record windows (customers, vendors, inventory/services, employees, and projects)

To	Press	Restrictions
Open an existing record	CTRL+O	-
Create a new record	CTRL+N	-
Find a record	CTRL+F	-
Bring Home window to front	CTRL+B	-
Remove this record	CTRL+R	-

Keyboard shortcuts in transaction windows

To	Press	Restrictions
Find an invoice.	CTRL+L	Only in Invoices
Go to the next invoice.	CTRL+N	Only in Invoices
Go to the previous invoice.	CTRL+E	Only in Invoices
Store as a recurring transaction	CTRL+T	-
Recall a recurring transaction	CTRL+R	-
Display transaction details in report	CTRL+J	-
Enter shipment tracking details	CTRL+K	Only in Orders and Invoices
Add time slip activities	CTRL+SHIFT+T	Only in Sales Invoices and Payroll
Allocate to project	CTRL+SHIFT+A	Not available in Quotes and Orders
Allocate to departments	CTRL+SHIFT+D	Only in Payroll
Show tax summary for this line	CTRL+Y	Not available in General Journal and Payroll
Show tax summary for this transaction	CTRL+SHIFT+Y	Not available in Payments, General Journal, and Payroll
Record sales taxes for this transaction	ALT+T	Only in General Journal if transaction involves sales tax account
Adjust this transaction	CTRL+A	-
Email this transaction	CTRL+SHIFT+M	Not available in Payments, General Journal, and Payroll
Print this transaction	CTRL+P	Not available in Payments
Print this invoice and packing slip	CTRL+SHIFT+K	Only in Sales Invoices
Print this packing slip	CTRL+SHIFT+P	Only in Sales Invoices
Record/Process this transaction	ALT+P	-
Remove this quote, order, or time slip	CTRL+SHIFT+R	Only in Quotes, Orders, and Time Slips
Open the Cheque Details pane in the Payroll Cheque Run window	ALT+D	Only in Payroll.
Moves the cursor between a selected box in the employee list and a field in an opened Details pane in the Cheque Run window	CTRL+SHIFT+E	Only in Payroll
Use the same customer/vendor in next transaction	CTRL+U	Only in Quotes, Orders, and Invoices
Open the form option settings for this type of transaction	CTRL+SHIFT+F	Not available in Payments and General Journal. For Packing Slips, use CTRL+SHIFT+S
Open the form option settings for packing slips	CTRL+SHIFT+S	Only in Sales Invoices
Bring Home window to front	CTRL+B	-

Keyboard shortcuts in displayed reports

To	Press	Restrictions
Print this report	CTRL+P	-
Export this report	CTRL+E	-
Find in report	CTRL+F	-
Find next occurrence	CTRL+G	-
Change the form options for reports	CTRL+SHIFT+F	-