Using Hotkeys can save you valuable time at work, improve the quality of your work and boost your productivity. This blog lists 10 Hotkeys in Dynamics NAV:
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F1 – Open Help. Click on any field and then press F1 to get help that explains the field.
>> For example, on the bank account card, click in the Bank Branch No. field
>> Press F1 to open the Help window:
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F5 – Refresh the active window
>> For example, when working in the Bank Reconciliation Worksheet window, when clearing the Checks and Deposits, press F5 to refresh the window and see the changes in the General FastTab:
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F7 – Display statistics
>> For example, on a Purchase Invoice page
>> Press F7 to view the purchase invoice statistics:
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F8 – Copy the field above
>> For example, on any worksheet with Lines such as General Journal
>> Press F8 to copy the field above, in this case the Account No. from the field above:
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F9 – Post
Shift + F9 – Post and print
>> To post any document or journal lines, press F9 or Shift + F9 (print to default printer):
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Esc (1/2) – Discard changes
>> When editing a field, the escape key allows you to discard the changes you just made and return the original value:
>> Original
>> Click to enter the Editing mode and make changes to the value:
>> When in the editing mode, press Escape key and the original value will return:
Esc (2/2) – Save and close the current window
>> When not editing any field, the Escape key is equivalent to Ctrl + Enter and the OK or Close button in the window:
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Ctrl + E – Export to Microsoft Excel
>> On a Customer Ledger Entries page, press Ctrl + E , the customer ledger entries will be exported to Excel:
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Ctrl + Delete – Delete the selected line(s)
>> On any lines worksheet
>> Select one or multiple lines
>> Press Ctrl + Delete
Note: The Delete button in the Ribbon of any document, e.g., Purchase Invoice is for deleting the entire document. To delete specific line(s) of the purchase invoice, use the steps above:
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Ctrl + F3 – Search
>> In the Dynamics NAV 2013 RTM main window, press Ctrl+F3 to search pages:
>> For example, to search Purchase Invoice:
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F3 – Type to filter
>> On any page with a filter pane, press F3 to start typing filter value:
>> For example, on the Customers page, press F3, type “27”, and then press enter to filter customers with No. that starts with 27:
Just remember, the more often you use these hotkeys, the sooner your will remember them and love using them!
