Using Accelerator and Hot Keys

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Using Accelerator and Hot Keys

It is very important to learn the RetailEdge function Hot Keys.  This will make navigating through the program much faster. In addition to the hot keys listed below, most screens have buttons that have one underlined letter (accelerator keys).  Pressing the Alt key on your keyboard and the corresponding letter at the same time will press the button on the screen.

 

Hot Key

Function

Description

Ctrl-A

Manager Screens

Select All

Ctrl-C

Copy

Copies the selected text to the clipboard

Ctrl-Alt-C

Customer

Opens the Customer Manager

Ctrl-Alt-D

Date

Changes the date on Sales Screen to allow a sale to be posted with a selected date.  You can back date or future date sales.

Ctrl-E

Edit

Edits the selected record from list

Ctrl-Alt-E

Error

Displays any past RetailEdge errors.

Ctrl-F

Find

Brings up a search screen

Ctrl-G

Gift

Opens Gift Card Status Screen

Ctrl-I

Inventory

Opens the Inventory Manager

Ctrl-Alt-K

Keyboard

Opens the virtual keyboard to allow you to type on touchscreen if you can't use the Windows touch keyboard.

Ctrl-L

Labels

Print Labels From Receiving

Ctrl-Alt-L

Labor

Brings up a screen on the sales screen that will allow a percentage of price of items on the sales screen to be added to each item or as separate  labor item on the bottom of the sale.

Ctrl-M

Sales Manager

Opens the Sales Manager to view sales history

Ctrl-Alt-M

Sales Manager

Opens the Sales Manager to recall a saved sale

Ctrl-N

Negative

Changes the quantity for a current item on the sales screen to a negative (Useful for Returns)

Ctrl-Alt-N

Negative

Changes the quantity for a all items on the sales screen to a negative (Useful for Returns)

Ctrl-O

Order Manager

Opens the sales manager to the open orders view.

Ctrl-Alt-O

Order Pricing

Changes pricing on a sales screen to Purchase Order Pricing (Useful for creating Quotes)

 

Optimize

les

Removes all free space from a table and organize the data more efficiently when the Verify Table form is open.

 

Open Registers

On Sales Manager displays registers that still have an open session.

Ctrl-P

Purchase Order

Opens the Purchase Order List

Ctrl-Alt-P

Sales Screen and Manager

Displays the profit associated with the sale or selected sale.

Ctrl-R

Receiving

Opens the Receiving List

Ctrl-Alt-R

Reprints Receipt

Allows you to quickly reprint the last receipt for a selected register.

 

Rebuild Tables

Allows you to rebuild selected tables when the Verify Table form is open.

Ctrl-Alt-S

Managers Splitter

This will move the splitter that divides the top and bottom of the Sales, Customer, and Inventory Manager screens to the middle of the screen.

Ctrl-S

Sales

Opens up the Default Sales Screen

Ctrl-T

Tax

Changes the Sales Tax for all item on the Sales Screen to 0%

Ctrl-Alt-T

Transfer Order

Opens the Transfer Order List

Ctrl-U  

Update

Updates Inventory from Receiving

Ctrl-Alt-U

Update Status

Displays a screen that lets you know if RetailEdge is up-to-date.

Ctrl-V

Paste

Pastes copied text from the clipboard

Ctrl-Alt-V

Vendor

Opens the Vendor List

Ctrl-X

Cut

Cuts the selected text

Ctrl-Alt-X

Sales Screen

Allows a change to an item department

Ctrl-Z

Undo

Undo Previous Edit

Ctrl-Tab

Switch Screens

Switches the displayed screen when multiple screens are open.

Ctrl-Alt-1 - Ctrl-Alt-5

Sales

Discounts current row on the sales screen by price level 1 - 5.

Ctrl-Alt-K

Virtual Keyboard

Opens the Virtual Keyboard at the bottom of the main screen for touchscreen applications.

Function Keys

 

F1

All

Help

F2

Sales Screen

Edit Customer

F3

Sales Screen

New Customer

F4

Lists and Sales

Find

F5

Sales Screen

View QuickList

F6

Sales Screen

Discount

F7

Sales Screen

Edit Customer or Item depending on the Active Tab

F8

Sales Screen

Moves backwards through the Sales Screen tabs

F9

Sales Screen

Moves forward through the Sales Screen tabs

F10

Sales Screen

Save Sale

F11

Sales Screen

Items Tab - Add or Associate a Serial Number with an item

 

 

Payment Tab - Display Special Receipt Options

F12

Sales Screen

Weigh an item with attached scale

ESC

All

Closes the active screen and cancels any changes made in an editor screen

+/-  

All Quantity Fields

Increments and decrements the number in the quantity field

Page Up/Page Down

Multi-tab Screens/Sidebar Screens

Changes the viewed tab/option on multi-tab screens


Grid Views

Moves to the next page of records.


Sales Screen

Moves through the Customer, Items and Payment Tabs.

Tab

All

Moves the cursor from one component on the active screen or within the selected component if that component contains other components.

Shift Tab

All

Moves through components on a screen in the reverse Tab order.

Up Arrow/Down Arrow

List, Manager and Sales Screens

Moves Up and Down in all grid fields and on the sales screen


Sales Screen- Item Tab

Moves the cursor from the Find Item box to the items grid below.

 


Sales Screen - Payment Tab

Moves the cursor from the through the available payment methods.

Right Arrow/

Left Arrow

List, Manager and Sales Screens

Moves horizontally through the grid fields.

Ctrl-Page        

Up/Ctrl-Page Down

All

Tabs through open screens within RetailEdge