As with many programs, QuickBooks has a number of keyboard shortcuts that can save you some real time. Rather than going back and forth between your keyboard and your mouse, you don’t have to let your hands leave the keys.
| Ctrl+A | Open the Chart of Accounts |
| Ctrl+D | Delete the check, invoice, transaction, or item from the list you have open |
| Ctrl+E | Edit the transaction selected in the register |
| Ctrl+F | Display the Find window |
| Ctrl+G | Go to the other side of a transfer transaction |
| Ctrl+H | Open the Transaction History, e.g. to look at an invoice and see which payments have been applied to it |
| Ctrl+I | Display the Create Invoice Window |
| Ctrl+J | Display the Customer:Job List Window |
| Ctrl+L | Open a List, if the cursor is in a field that has a dropdown list |
| Ctrl+M | Memorize a transaction |
| Ctrl+N | Create a new one of whatever is active at the time |
| Ctrl+O | In the Write Checks window, this copies the current check. In the check register, use Ctrl+V to create (paste) a copy of that check. |
| Ctrl+P | Print the currently active register, list, or form |
| Ctrl+R | Display the Register window |
| Ctrl+T | Display the memorized transaction list |
| Ctrl+W | Display the Write Checks window |
| Ctrl+Insert | Insert a line into a list of items or expenses, or a line in a transaction |
| Ctrl+Delete | Delete the selected line from a list of items or expenses, or the selected line in a transaction |
| Ctrl+Page Up | Go to the first line in a list or register |
| Ctrl+Page Down | Go to the last line in a list or register |
| F1 | Open the Help window |
| F2 | Display the Product Information window, which can be helpful when diagnosing problems in QuickBooks |
| Esc | Close the current window |
| Ctrl+F4 | Close the current window, same as Esc |
| Ctrl+F6 | Move to the next open window and make it active |
| Ctrl+Tab | Move to the next open window, same as Ctrl+F6 |
| (+) or (-) | Increase or decrease a number in a form, e.g. check number or invoice number |
| Alt+S | Save the current transaction |
| Alt+N | Save the current transaction and start a new one |
| Alt+P | Go to the previous transaction |
| Tab | Go to the next Field |
| Shift+Tab | Go to the previous field |
| Up or Down Arrow | Go to the previous or next line in a form |
| Date Shortcuts | |
| (+) or (-) | Go to the next or previous date |
| T | Today |
| W | First day of the week |
| K | Last day of the week |
| M | First day of the month |
| H | Last day of the month |
| Y | First day of the year |
| R | Last day of the year |
| [ | Left bracket – same day in previous week |
| ] | Right bracket – same day in next week |
| ; | Semi colon – same day last month |
| ‘ | Apostrophe – same day next month |