Why spend a lot of time navigating through the system when there are shortcuts that can make it quicker and easier to use Business Central? Trying to remember all of them at once is really hard, so we've created a cheat sheet you can look at whenever you need it.
Basic Shortcuts You Can't Do Without
Alt + ↓: Expand list / search field value.
Alt + ↑: Show field label or column header. If the column contains a validation error, an error message will appear when you press the shortcut.
Alt + → : Find more information
Alt + Q (or Ctrl + Alt + Q on macOS) to open the 'Tell me what you want to do' window. It helps you find a page, action on the page, report, or article in the documentation.
Alt + O: Add a note to the selected element
Alt + N: Create a new entry
Alt + T: Open Settings
Tab: Move to the next control element on the page (actions, fields, buttons…)
Shift + Tab: Move to the previous control on the page
Enter: Enable or go to the element that is selected
Ctrl + F1: Open help for the page
Ctrl + F5: Refresh Business Central
F5: Refresh open page
Esc: Close page or list
Lists of Other Useful Shortcuts
Home (macOS: Fn + ←): Move to the first field in the row
Ctrl + Home: Select the first line in the list
End (macOS: Fn + →): Move to the last field in the row
Ctrl + End: Select the last line in the list
Page Up (macOS: Fn + ↑): Move the display of rows above the currently displayed one
Page Down (macOS: Fn + ↓): Move the array of rows below the currently displayed one
↑: Move up one field
↓: Move down one space
→ : Move one field to the right in the row
← : Move one field to the left in a row
Enter: Open the list that is associated with the field
Ctrl + Enter: Move to the next element outside the list
When Ctrl + V is not Enough
Ctrl + Home (Fn + Ctrl + ←): Select the first line in the list
Ctrl + End (Fn + Ctrl + →): Select the last line in the list
Ctrl + click (macOS: Cmd + click): Expand the row selection by the selected row
Shift + click: Expand the selection of rows by the selected row and all previous rows
Shift + ↑: Expand the selection, include the line above the selected line
Shift + ↓: Expand the selection, include the line below the selected line
Ctrl + ↑ (macOS: Ctrl + Cmd + ↑): Move up one line and keep selection on the current line
Ctrl + ↓ (macOS: Ctrl + Cmd + ↓): Move one line down and keep the selection on the current line
Ctrl + Spacebar (macOS: Ctrl + Cmd + Spacebar): Expand the selection of lines by the selected line
Ctrl + A: Select all rows
Ctrl + C (macOS: Cmd + C): Copy selected lines
Ctrl + V (macOS: Cmd + V): Paste selected lines
F8: Copy the field value from the line above the currently selected field and paste
Shortcuts For Easier Searching and Filtering of Lists
F3: Activate the search field
Shift + F3: Open/close the filter pane
Alt + F3: Turn on filtering the list according to the value of the currently selected field
Ctrl + Shift + Alt + F3: Reset filters
Ctrl + Enter: Return to the list from the filter pane
Shortcuts For Efficient Navigation in Cards and Documents
Alt + F6: Expand the selected tab
Alt + N: Open the page and create a new entry
Alt + Shift + N: Close the page and open a new one to create a record
Alt + Shift + W: Open the current tab or document in a new window
Ctrl + Enter: Save and close the page
Ctrl + ↓: Open another record
Ctrl + Delete: Delete a line in documents and worksheets
How to Navigate in a Report Preview
↓: Go down the page
↑: Go to the top of the page
→ : Move to the right when the page is zoomed
← : Move left once the page is zoomed
Ctrl + 0 (macOS: Cmd + 0): Fit the page size to the display size
Ctrl + Home (macOS: Cmd + Home): Go to the first page of the report
Ctrl + End (macOS: Cmd + End): Go to the last page of the report
Save Time on Your Calendar
Ctrl + Home: Open calendar (if the calendar is closed)
Ctrl + Home: Open the current month and day (if the calendar is open)
Ctrl + → (macOS: Cmd + →): Move to the next day
Ctrl + ↑ (macOS: Cmd + ↑): Move to previous week but same day
Ctrl + ↓ (macOS: Cmd + ↓): Move to next week, but same day
Enter: Select date.
Ctrl + End: Close the calendar and delete the current date
Esc: Close the calendar and keep the current date
t: Insert date "today."
w: Insert date "working date."
An ERP system saves you time not only with its shortcuts but mainly with its features. You can find out which ones in our next article.