Keyboard Shortcuts

Using the keyboard for common commands such as copying, pasting, duplicating, and inserting (adding a New record) is one of the biggest time-saving features of the interface. Get to know the shortcuts and buy yourself hours of productivity!

Keystroke	Button	What it does/How it is used...
<Ctrl> + <C>		COPY - Copies the selection to memory to be Pasted later
<Ctrl> + <D>		DUPLICATE - Makes a duplicate of the selected Condition, Bid or Item
<Ctrl> + <N>		NEW - Creates a New Bid, Alternate, Change Order, Condition, or Sub/Equip/Other entry, depending on current focus
<Ctrl> + <O>		OPEN - Activates the Open Databases dialog
<Ctrl> + <V>		PASTE - Pastes the selection currently in memory to the selected location
<Ctrl> + <X>		CUT - Cuts the selection to memory to be Pasted later
<Alt>		Activates the corresponding Menu when a letter is pressed at the same time
<Page Up>		Selects first item in the Condition Detail Item grid
<Page Down>		Selects last item in the Condition Detail Item grid
<Ctrl> + <Page Up>		Cycles to previous Condition
<Ctrl> + <Page Down>		Cycles to next Condition
<Insert>		Add New - inserts a new Bid, Condition or Master record depending on currently active screen
<Ctrl> + <Enter>		Accepts and Closes current dialog box
<Esc>		Dismisses dialog and/or cancels command (unsaved changes are discarded)
<Ctrl> + <Alt> + <R>		Recalculate Bid (refreshes all totals in this Bid)
<Spacebar>		Opens list if current cell (in grids) has a Lookup button

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