Below are shortcut keys for System Five and Windows. Other shortcut keys are available and are displayed in the System Fives menus or as a pop-up hint when hovering over. 


System Five Shortcut Keys

General

  • F1 Opens Documentation (context sensitive Help)
  • F2 In a date field, opens a pop-up calendar
  • Shift-Page up/Page down Scroll through Cust/Supp/Inv records when editing
  • Ctrl-Page up/Page down Scroll through tabs/pages on Cust/Supp/Inv/PO’s
  • Alt-L Opens Label printing menu from Cust/Supp/Inv record
  • Alt-V Opens the Navigator Menu for Cust/Supp/Inv record
  • Ctrl-F2 Begin a new Sale
  • Ctrl-F3 Begin a new Quick Cash sale
  • Ctrl-E Opens the Find Invoice window (Edit Invoice)
  • Ctrl-I Opens the Part Find window (Edit Inventory)
  • Ctrl-N Opens the Add New Part window (Add new Inventory)
  • Alt + letter Activates the Button, Menu or Tab containing the underlined letter.
    • Example: Exit = press Alt-X to exit

While Creating Invoices

  • F2 Opens the Customer page
  • F4 Opens the Items page (for adding inventory items to the invoice)
  • F3 Opens the Options Menu
  • F6/F10 Record Payment (F6 for charge sale, F10 for cash sale)
  • F7 Opens the Back Orders page
  • F8 Opens the Invoice Comment page (Add comment)
  • F12 Begin creating an invoice layer (Add a Layer)

Quick cash shortcut keys

The use of a macro keyboard can speed the entry of an invoice. The following keystroke shortcuts can be placed on a programmable keypad for this purpose.

  • Ctrl+Shift+P toggles PST on and off on the current item.
  • Ctrl+Shift+G toggles GST on and off on the current item.
  • Ctrl+Shift+R toggles return of current item.
  • Ctrl+Shift+X to log out.
  • Ctrl+Shift+L displays change price dialog for changing the price of the current item.

To re-arrange the lines of an Invoice you can use the keyboard shortcut key combinations as follows:

  • Ctrl+C to Copy a line.
  • Ctrl+V to Paste a line.
  • Ctrl+X to Cut a line.
Pasting a record will shift the currently selected invoice line and the following lines down and insert the record. You can insert multiple times.
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Windows Hotkeys

Use the Windows Key (Win) which is located in the lower right-hand side of your keyboard.

  • Win + Pause = System Properties
  • Win + D = Show Desktop
  • Win + M = Minimize all windows
  • Win + E = Launch Win Explorer (@ My Computer),
  • Win + R = Run Command
  • Win + L = Lock the screen
  • Win + X = Open Windows Mobility Center
  • Win + T = Shift through the windows list in task bar (Win7)
  • Win + P = Change display output between Computer and Projector
  • Win + B = Let you select items in the task bar’s tray
  • Ctrl + Esc = Start Menu (for those who use old keyboard)
  • Ctrl + Shift + Esc = Show Task Manager
  • Win + Shift + M = Maximize all windows
  • Alt + Spacebar + X = Maximize window
  • Alt + Spacebar + N = Minimize window
  • Alt + Spacebar + R = Restore
  • Alt + Tab = Shift between Windows (this one is trivial, but do you know that Alt + Shift + Tab = Shift between Windows in reverse order ?)
  • Ctrl+ Shift + F10 = Shows Context Menu (Mouse Right Click Effect)
  • Application Specific (generally): Ctrl + S = Save, F3/Ctrl + F = Find
  • Desktop/Win Explorer: F2 = Rename File, F3/Win + S = Launch Search
  • See also MS Windows shortcut keys