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QuickBooks 2018 Keyboard Shortcuts

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Updated: 09-28-2017

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Use the QuickBooks 2018 keyboard shortcuts shown in the following table to make your day-to-day small-business accounting easier and faster.

Press This PC Shortcut	QuickBooks Does This
Alt+S	Saves a transaction
Alt+N	Saves a transaction and goes to a new transaction
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+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+V	Pastes the contents of the Clipboard
Ctrl+W	Displays the Write Checks window
Ctrl+X	Moves your selection to the Clipboard
Ctrl+Z	Undoes your last action — usually
Ctrl+Enter	Saves the changes
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
Esc	Closes the active window

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Stephen L. Nelson, MBA, CPA, MS in Taxation holds an MBA in finance and an MS in taxation. He has been an adjunct professor of taxation at Golden Gate University's graduate tax school, and today he is the managing member of a CPA firm. Steve's books on QuickBooks and Quicken have sold more than five million copies and have been translated into 11 languages.

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