Keyboard Shortcuts Chart

Click the hyperlinks below to see lists of commonly used keyboard shortcuts.

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• File Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  File Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
  Shortcut	Function Performed
  [ALT] [f]	File Menu   Sub-Menus: Settings Menu Appearance Menu Client Options Menu
  [ALT] [f] [n]	New record
  [ALT] [f] [d]	Delete record
  [ALT] [f] [s]	Save record
  [ALT] [f] [r]	Search records
  [ALT] [f] [c]	Clear record
  [ALT] [f] [o]	Sign On
  [ALT] [f] [e]	Settings Menu
  [ALT] [f] [e] [a]	Appearance Menu
  [ALT] [f] [e] [a] [b]	Backdrop
  [ALT] [f] [e] [v]	Print View
  [ALT] [f] [e] [p]	Printer Setup
  [ALT] [f] [e] [o]	Client Options Menu
  	Application Parameters (not active at this time)
  [ALT] [f] [e] [o] [s]	System Parameters
  [ALT] [f] [x]	Exit module

   

• View Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  View Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
  Shortcut	Function Performed
  [ALT] [v]	View Menu
  [ALT] [v] [e]	Employee Master Maintenance
  [ALT] [v] [c]	Payroll Check Entry
  [SHIFT + F1]	Positive Pay Export Control Panel
  [SHIFT + F2]	Positive Pay Import Control Panel
  [SHIFT + F3]	Direct Deposit Export Control Panel
  [SHIFT + F4]	MSR Export Control Panel

   

• Payroll Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  Payroll Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
  [ALT] [p]	Payroll Menu   Sub-Menus: Daily Work Menu Direct Deposit Menu Positive Pay Export Menu Vendor Invoices and Checks Menu Fund Accounting A/P Menu Payroll A/P Menu Employee File Maintenance Menu Miscellaneous File Maintenance Menu Table File Maintenance Menu Numeric Tables Menu Alpha Tables Menu Positive Pay File Maintenance Menu Direct Deposit Build Menu Other Payroll Work Menu Fringe Distribution Menu
  Daily Work Menu
  [ALT] [p] [d]	Daily Work Menu
  [ALT] [p] [d] [t]	Permanent Pay Transfer
  [ALT] [p] [d] [c]	Payroll Check Entry - Overview
  [ALT] [p] [d] [m]	Merge Payroll Checks
  [ALT] [p] [d] [b]	Build Overhead Work File Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [d] [e]	Payroll Check Edit Register Report Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [d] [u]	Update Prenote Codes
  [ALT] [p] [d] [c]	Print Payroll Checks Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [d] [r]	Payroll Check Register Report Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [d] [w]	Weekly Labor Detail Report Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [d] [d]	Direct Deposit Menu
  [ALT] [p] [d] [d] [b]	Build Direct Deposit File Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [d] [d] [e]	Export Direct Deposit File
  [ALT] [p] [d] [d] [u]	Update Prenote Dates
  [ALT] [p] [d] [x]	Positive Pay Export Menu
  [ALT] [p] [d] [x] [b]	Positive Pay Work File Build
  [ALT] [p] [d] [x] [m]	Positive Pay Check Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [d] [x] [j]	Positive Pay Export Journal Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [d] [x] [x]	Export Positive Pay File
  [ALT] [p] [d] [p]	Payroll Post Instructions
  Vendor Invoices and Checks Menu
  [ALT] [p] [v]	Vendor Invoices and Checks Menu
  [ALT] [p] [v] [f]	Fund Accounting A/P Menu
  [ALT] [p] [v] [f] [j]	PR F/A Invoice Transaction Journal Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [v] [f] [p]	PR F/A Invoice Post Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [v] [p]	Payroll A/P Menu
  [ALT] [p] [v] [p] [p]	PR A/P Check Report Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [v] [p] [m]	PR A/P Check Transaction Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [v] [p] [c]	PR A/P Check Preparation Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [v] [p] [k]	PR A/P Print Checks Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [v] [p] [r]	PR A/P Check Register
  [ALT] [p] [v] [p] [a]	PR A/P Check Post Instructions
  Employee File Maintenance Menu
  [ALT] [p] [e]	Employee File Maintenance Menu
  [ALT] [p] [e] [e]	Employee Master Maintenance - Overview
  [ALT] [p] [e] [t]	Employee Monthly Totals Maintenance - Overview
  [ALT] [p] [e] [q]	Employee Quarterly Totals Maintenance - Overview
  [ALT] [p] [e] [m]	Employee Monthly Totals Maintenance - Overview
  [ALT] [p] [e] [w]	Employee Weekly Totals Maintenance - Overview
  [ALT] [p] [e] [f]	Employee Fringe Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [e] [l]	Employee Labor Distribution Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [e] [o]	Employee Overhead Distribution Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [e] [s]	Employee Scheduled Deductions Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [e] [d]	Employee Notes Field Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [e] [h]	Employee HR Field Maintenance
  Miscellaneous File Maintenance Menu
  [ALT] [p] [m]	Miscellaneous File Maintenance Menu
  [ALT] [p] [m] [d]	Deduction Master Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [o]	Other Pay Master Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [f]	Fringe Master Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [l]	Labor Distribution Master Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [m]	Department Master Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [t]	Department Titles Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a]	Table File Maintenance Menu
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n]	Numeric Tables Maintenance Menu
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [m]	Federal & Reg FICA Tax Table (FEDM & FEDS) Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [t]	Federal & Med FICA Tax Table Maintenanc3 (FEDM2 & FEDS2)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [u]	Unemployment Tax Table Maintenance (SUTA/UCI)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [w]	State Withholding Tax Table Maintenance (W/Hxnn & CTnnn)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [h]	PR Hours Table Maintenance (PRHOURS)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [k]	Number of Pay Periods Table Maintenance (WKn)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [i]	Retirement Table Maintenance (RET%nn)
  ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [d]	Direct Deposit Days Table Maintenance (DD-DAYS)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [r]	Run Code - Volume Table Maintenance (RC/VOL)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [n] [p]	Pre-Note Table Maintenance (PRE-NOTE)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a]	Alpha Tables Menu
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [p]	G/L Pay Amount Table Maintenance (GL Pay)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [f]	G/L Pay Amount for Fund Table Maintenance (GL Paynn)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [d]	G/L Standard Deductions Table Maintenance (GL W/H)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [h]	State Withholding Table Maintenance (ST W/H)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [s]	G/L State ID Table Maintenance (GLSTID)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [o]	Other Deductions Table Maintenance (O DED)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [b]	Bank Number Table Maintenance (BANKnn)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [l]	Labor Distribution Table Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [i]	PR Invoice-Check Deductions Table Maintenance (PRINVCHK)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [m]	MSR Deductions Table Maintenance (MSR DEDS)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [k]	Check Protection Table Maintenance (ONES & TENS)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [c]	Check Table Maintenance (CHECKnn)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [u]	PR User Defined Fields Table Maintenance (PR-USDEF)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [a] [a] [a]	Annuity Table Maintenance (ANNUITY)
  [ALT] [p] [m] [p]	Positive Pay File Maintenance Menu
  [ALT] [p] [m] [p] [b]	Positive Pay Bank Record Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [p] [c]	Positive Pay Control Record Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [p] [i]	Positive Pay Import File Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [p] [x]	Positive Pay Export File Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [c]	MSR Plan Codes Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [r]	Run Code Description Table Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [b]	Direct Deposit Build Menu
  [ALT] [p] [m] [b] [b]	Direct Deposit Bank Record Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [b] [h]	Direct Deposit File Header Record Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [b] [r]	Direct Deposit Batch Header Record Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [b] [t]	Direct Deposit Batch Trailer Record Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [b] [c]	Direct Deposit Batch Control Record Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [b] [e]	Direct Deposit End of File Record Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [m] [x]	Direct Deposit Export Destination Maintenance
  Other Payroll Work Menu
  [ALT] [p] [o]	Other Payroll Work Menu
  [ALT] [p] [o] [k]	Permanent Payroll Check Entry - Overview
  [ALT] [p] [o] [r]	Permanent Payroll Check Edit Register Report Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [o] [v]	Revolving Deduction Report Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [o] [d]	Revolving Deduction Rollover
  [ALT] [p] [o] [j]	Retirement Fringe Journal Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [o] [p]	Retirement Fringe Post
  [ALT] [p] [o] [a]	Auto Fringe Distribution Maintenance
  [ALT] [p] [o] [f]	Fringe Distribution Menu
  [ALT] [p] [o] [f] [f]	Fringe Distribution Entry
  [ALT] [p] [o] [f] [l]	Fringe Distribution Edit List Instructions
  [ALT] [p] [o] [f] [p]	Fringe Distribution Post

   

• Reporting Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  Reporting Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
  Shortcut	Function Performed
  [ALT] [e]	Reporting Menu   Sub-Menus: Government Reports Menu MSR Magnetic Filing Menu Earnings Reports Menu Employee Reports/Lists Menu Other Reports Menu
  Government Reports Menu [ALT] [e] [g]
  [ALT] [e] [g] [r]	Monthly Retirement Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [g] d	Retirement Detail Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [g] [f]	Federal Tax Report (941) Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [g] [e]	Employer's Contribution Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [g] [u]	Quarterly UCI Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [g] [q]	Quarterly Health Ins Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [g] [m]	MSR Magnetic Filing Menu
  MSR Magnetic Filing Menu [ALT] [e] [g] [m]
  [ALT] [e] [g] [m] [t]	MSR Transmitter Record
  [ALT] [e] [g] [m] [m]	MSR Export FM
  [ALT] [e] [g] [m] [b]	MSR Build Export File
  [ALT] [e] [g] [m] [x]	MSR Export MSR File
  Earnings Reports Menu [ALT] [e] [e]
  [ALT] [e] [e] [h]	Employee Earnings & W/H Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [e]	Employee YTD Earnings Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [m]	Employee Monthly Earnings Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [w]	Employee Weekly Totals Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [d]	Employee Deduction Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [o]	Employee Other Earnings Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [r]	Deduction Totals Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [p]	Other Pay Totals Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [a]	Department Totals Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [s]	Labor Distribution Master Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [e] [l]	Labor Distribution Detail Report Instructions
  Employee Reports/Lists Menu [ALT] [e] [l]
  [ALT] [e] [l] [m]	Employee Master List Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [l] [e]	Employee List Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [l] [r]	Employee Rate History Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [l] [v]	Vacation/Sick Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [l] [c]	Check History Master/Totals Reports Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [l] [d]	Check History Detail Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [l] [p]	Payroll Input List Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [l] [l]	Mailing Labels Report Instructions
  Other Reports Menu [ALT] [e] [o]
  [ALT] [e] [o] [c]	Condensed Check History Master Report Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [o] [e]	Employee Retirement Edit List Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [o] [d]	Deduction Master Edit List Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [o] [o]	Other Pay Master Edit List Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [o] [f]	Fringe Master Edit List Instructions
  [ALT] [e] [o] [l]	Department Edit List Instructions Tip:  To see this menu option, the Department File Active Flag must be set to V(ariable) in Company Control Options.
  [ALT] [e] [o] [t]	Department Title List Instructions Tip:  To see this menu option, the Department File Active Flag must be set to V(ariable) in Company Control Options.
  [ALT] [e] [o] [p]	Payroll Verification Report Instructions

   

• Utilities Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  Utilities Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
  Shortcut	Function Performed
  [ALT] [t]	Utilities Menu   Sub-Menus: Positive Pay Import Menu PR Check Reconciliation Menu A/P Check Reconciliation Menu Month/Quarter/Year End Clear Menu Year End Menu W2 Reporting Menu Miscellaneous Utilities Menu W2 Utilities Menu
  [ALT] [t] [c]	Company Control Options
  Positive Pay Import Menu
  [ALT] [t] [i]	Positive Pay Import Menu
  [ALT] [t] [i] [i]	Import Positive Pay File
  [ALT] [t] [i] [j]	Positive Pay Import File Journal Instructions
  [ALT] [t] [i] [c]	Create the Reconciliation Update Files for Positive Pay
  PR Check Reconciliation Menu
  [ALT] [t] [p]	PR Check Reconciliation Menu
  [ALT] [t] [p] [m]	PR Check Maintenance
  [ALT] [t] [p] [l]	Payroll Check Lists Instructions
  [ALT] [t] [p] [p]	Payroll Check Purge
  [ALT] [t] [p] [j]	Payroll Positive Pay Update Journal Instructions
  [ALT] [t] [p] [r]	Payroll Positive Pay Update Check Reconciliation
  A/P Check Reconciliation Menu
  [ALT] [t] [a]	A/P Check Reconciliation Menu
  [ALT] [t] [a] [m]	A/P Check Maintenance
  [ALT] [t] [a] [l]	A/P Check Lists Instructions
  [ALT] [t] [a] [p]	A/P Check Purge
  [ALT] [t] [a] [j]	A/P Positive Pay Update Journal Instructions
  [ALT] [t] [a] [r]	A/P Positive Pay Update Check Reconciliation
  Month/Quarter/Year End Clear Menu
  [ALT] [t] [m]	Month/Qtr/Year End Clear Menu
  [ALT] [t] [m] [p]	Period End Clear
  [ALT] [t] [m] [v]	Vacation/Sick Accrual Clear/Roll
  [ALT] [t] [m] [l]	Labor Distribution Clear
  Year End Menu
  [ALT] [t] [y]	Year End Menu
  [ALT] [t] [y] [r]	Save Retirement Earnings YTD
  [ALT] [t] [y] [b]	Contract Balance Report Instructions
  [ALT] [t] [y] [c]	Clear Check History File
  [ALT] [t] [y] [p]	Check History Purge
  [ALT] [t] [y] [s]	Set Annual Salary
  [ALT] [t] [y] [w]	W2 Reporting Menu
  [ALT] [t] [y] [w] [b]	Build W2 Master Records
  [ALT] [t] [y] [w] [w]	W2 Master Maintenance
  Miscellaneous Utilities Menu
  [ALT] [t] [u]	Miscellaneous Utilities Menu
  [ALT] [t] [u] [p]	Edit Payroll Check Dates
  [ALT] [t] [u] [d]	Delete Check Register Flag
  [ALT] [t] [u] [e]	Edit Direct Deposit Control
  [ALT] [t] [u] [o]	Set Check Print Option
  [ALT] [t] [u] [f]	Edit Master Posting Flag
  [ALT] [t] [u] [r]	Resize Check Files
  [ALT] [t] [u] [i]	Delete Invalid Permanent Pay
  [ALT] [t] [u] [s]	Check Register Warrant Statement Maintenance
  [ALT] [t] [u] [w]	W2 Utilities Menu
  [ALT] [t] [u] [w] [e]	W2 Employer Master Maintenance
  [ALT] [t] [u] [w] [t]	W2 Transmitter File Maintenance
  [ALT] [t] [u] [w] [m]	W2 Table Maintenance
  [ALT] [t] [u] [w] [c]	W2 Consolidate Records
  [ALT] [t] [u] [w] [s]	W2 State Supplemental File Maintenance

   

• General Ledger Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  Tip:  For information about the General Ledger Menu options, see the General Ledger WebHelp.

   

• Images Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  Images Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
  Shortcut	Function Performed
  [ALT] [i]	Images Menu
  [ALT] [i] [b]	Load Images from Clipboard
  [ALT] [i] [f]	Load Images from File
  [ALT] [i] [r]	Remove Current Images

   

• Windows Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  Windows Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
  Shortcut	Function Performed
  [ALT] [w]	Windows Menu
  [ALT] [w] [l]	Launch Windows
  [ALT] [w] [l] [e]	Employee Master Maintenance
  [ALT] [w] [l] [c]	Payroll Check Entry
  [ALT] [w] [p]	Processes Menu
  [ALT] [w] [c]	Cascade Windows
  [ALT] [w] [v]	Tile Vertically (arrange windows in vertical columns)
  [ALT] [w] [h]	Tile Horizontally (arrange windows in horizontal rows)

   

• Help Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  Help Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
  Shortcut	Function Performed
  [ALT] [h]	Help Menu
  [ALT] [h] [m]	Web Manual (WebHelp)
  [ALT] [h] [e]	E-mail:  Send email to any address.
  [ALT] [h] [n]	NDS Email:  General Web site to contact NDS personnel.
  [ALT] [h] [a]	About the Software

   

• Web Links Menu shortcuts, click More.

   

  Web Links Menu Keyboard Shortcuts
  Shortcut	Function Performed
  [ALT] [b]	Web Links Menu
  [ALT] [b] [n]	NDS Web Site

   

• To see other keyboard shortcuts, click More.

   

  Other Keyboard Shortcuts
  Shortcut	Function Performed
  [ALT + a]	Adds a transaction to the list of transactions in a transaction-based window.
  [ALT +c]	Cancels within an entry window or cancels a dialog window. Example:
  [ALT + d]	Deletes highlighted transactions.
  [ALT + n]	Creates a new record within the active transaction window. Note:  Clears the current transaction, if incomplete.
  [ALT + o]	Commits a list of transactions within the current transaction entry window. Example:   Or, clicks OK to continue with a function. Example:
  [ALT + p]	Activates the Print operation. Example:
  [ALT + r]	Searches data for the active window. Example:
  [ALT + s]	Saves data for the active window. Example:
  [ALT + t]	Retrieves a record for the active window. Example:
  [CTRL + c]	Launches Payroll Check Entry.
  [CTRL + e]	Launches Employee Master Maintenance.
  [CTRL + f]	Searches data for a field marked with a magnifying glass icon.
  [CTRL + o]	Opens the file maintenance window for a code field with a star icon next to it.
  [CTRL + p]	Launches Payroll Check Entry.
  [CTRL + x]	Clears a record.
  [CTRL + F4]	Closes a launched window. Notes: [CTRL + F4] may not function on all windows. [CTRL + F4] is reserved by many Windows™ programs to close the active window.
  [ESC]	Closes a window. Note:  Escape may not function for all windows.
  [F1]	Launches WebHelp. Note:  This is the default setting for [F1].
  [F2]	Displays Field-Level Help. Note:  This is the default setting for [F2].
  [SHIFT + F1]	Launches the Positive Pay Export Control Panel.
  [SHIFT + F2]	Launches the Positive Pay Import Control Panel.
  [SHIFT + F3]	Launches the Direct Deposit Export Control Panel.
  [SHIFT + F4]	Launches the MSR Export Control Panel.

   

• To see information about function key shortcuts, click More.

   

  • Each user can program the function keys ([F1] through [F12]) to perform commands according to their personal needs.

  • For more information, refer to the Function Keys section in System Parameters.

  Note:  Function key programming is not available in some module releases.