Using Accelerator and Hot Keys
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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 |
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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) |
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Optimize les |
Removes all free space from a table and organize the data more efficiently when the Verify Table form is open. |
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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. |
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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 |
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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 |
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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. |
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Sales Screen |
Moves through the Customer, Items and Payment Tabs. |
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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.
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Sales Screen - Payment Tab |
Moves the cursor from the through the available payment methods. |
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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 |