Keyboard Shortcuts
💡This page lists the keyboard shortcuts in BOS Professional and where each one works.
Menu Shortcuts
A shortcut appears next to its option on a right-click menu. Select the row and press the shortcut to run the option without opening the menu.
| Shortcut | What it does | Where it works |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Delete | Deletes or removes the selected entry, the same as the menu's Delete or Remove option. If you are editing a field, Ctrl + Delete clears the field instead and does not delete the row. | Every Delete or Remove option on a right-click menu (about 80 screens), such as Delete Item on a transaction's items, Delete Quote with all its Versions on the Quotations list, Remove Status on Production Stages and Remove Estimate on a material. |
| Ctrl + U | Moves the selected entry one line up (Move Up). | Every Move Up option (about 20 screens), such as a transaction's items, the Organigram, Material Categories and Production Stages. |
| Ctrl + D | Moves the selected entry one line down (Move Down). | Every Move Down option, on the same screens as Move Up. |
| Ctrl + T | Opens the tracking window for the selected item (View/Edit Tracking). | The items on a Sales Order and on a Material Movement. |
| Ctrl + C | Clears the name in the selected position and sets it to vacant (Clear). | The Organigram. |
Production Planning
These shortcuts work on a job's stage on the Production Planning board.
| Shortcut | What it does | Where it works |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + N | Moves the stage to its next status (Next Status). | The board. |
| Ctrl + P | Moves the stage back to its previous status (Previous Status). | The board. |
| Ctrl + C | Completes the stage (Complete). | The board. |
| Ctrl + H | Highlights the job on the board (Highlight). | The board. |
Estimates
These shortcuts work on the right-click menus of a standard estimate and a product estimate.
| Shortcut | What it does | Where it works |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + T | Opens the printing for the selected Part (Edit Printing). | A Part on a standard estimate. |
| Ctrl + P | Opens the substrate for the selected Part (Edit Substrate). See Selecting Items on Estimates. | A Part on a standard estimate. |
| Ctrl + I | Opens the inks for the selected Part (Edit Ink). | A Part on a standard estimate. |
| Ctrl + U, Ctrl + D | Moves the selected line up or down (Move up, Move down). | Inks and finishing on a standard estimate, when there is more than one line of the same kind. |
| Ctrl + O | Sets the selected description line to Override. | The description lines on a standard estimate. |
| Ctrl + H | Sets the selected description line to Hide. | The description lines on a standard estimate. |
| Ctrl + F | Fixes the price for the selected quantity (Fix Price for selected Qty). | The quantities on a standard estimate. |
| Ctrl + G | Cancels the fixed price for the selected quantity (Cancel Price fix on selected Qty). | The quantities on a standard estimate. |
| Ctrl + Q | Sets the quantity (Set Qty). | The components on a product estimate. |
Enter and Esc
Enter runs the button that belongs to the place you are in, so you do not have to reach for the mouse. Esc closes the window, except on the Calculators.
| Shortcut | What it does | Where it works |
|---|---|---|
| Enter | Runs View: shows the list or report with the filters you set. | A filter field above a list or report (about 50 screens), such as Banking, Bank Reconciliation, Budgets and the Trial Balance. |
| Enter | Runs the batch update, the same as Update. | A batch update field (about 30 screens). |
| Enter | Saves the row you are editing, the same as Save. | A grid you can edit, such as a transaction's items, settings, materials and Work Tasks (about 75 screens). |
| Enter | Opens the selected record, the same as Edit. | A list of records, such as customers, suppliers, transactions and service tickets (about 35 screens). |
| Enter | Selects the highlighted entry, the same as Select. | A find window, such as when you look up a material, a Quotation or an invoice. |
| Enter | Adds what you entered, the same as the Add button next to the field. | A field with an Add button, such as a checklist note or a quantity on an estimate (about 20 screens). |
| Enter | Calculates the result. | The Calculators. |
| Esc | Closes the window, the same as Close or Cancel. | Most popups, edit windows and lookups (about 190). |
| Esc | Clears the field you are in. | The Calculators. |
Clearing a Dropdown Field
A dropdown field that can be left blank has a key that clears it, for example, after you selected a value by mistake. The key depends on the screen.
| Shortcut | What it does | Where it works |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + Delete | Clears the value in the dropdown field. | Most screens (about 35), such as transactions, customers, the ledger and Entry Types. |
| Ctrl + D | Clears the value in the dropdown field. | Mostly estimating screens (about 15): presses, Ink Groups, packaging, services, and an estimate's Parts and its finishing, pre-press, outwork and shipping lines. Also a Work Order's materials and processes. |
| Delete | Clears the value in the dropdown field. | A material's edit view. |
Selecting and Editing Text
These shortcuts come from the grids and editors that BOS Professional uses.
| Shortcut | What it does | Where it works |
|---|---|---|
| Ctrl + left-click | Selects several entries that are not next to each other. | Any list or grid, for example, before a batch update. |
| Shift + left-click | Selects every entry between the first and the last one you click. | Any list or grid. |
| Ctrl + A | Selects every entry in the list. | A list where you can select several entries. |
| Ctrl + B, Ctrl + I, Ctrl + U | Makes the selected text bold, italic or underlined. | The editor that opens for a specification or instructions, such as View/Edit Specification on a transaction's items. |
| Ctrl + X, Ctrl + C, Ctrl + V | Cuts, copies or pastes the selected text. | The same editor. |
| Ctrl + Z | Undoes the last change. | The same editor. |