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====== Interesting Windows hotkeys you should know about ======

===== Below are hot/shortcut keys for System Five and Windows. =====

**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__

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 current item. 

**Ctrl+Shift+G** toggles gst on and off on 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 price of current item.

Other shortcut keys are available and are displayed in the System Fives menus or as a popup hint when hovering over
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.	





**Windows Hotkeys:**

  * 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 windows list in task bar (Win7)

  * Win + P = Change display output between Computer and Projector

  * Win + B = Let you select items in 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