Question: Are there any short cuts to move around the register in Quicken?
Quicken shortcut keys give you a fast way to accomplish a task without clicking through menus.
A field is an area you enter data into, such as the Payee or the Date.
Answer: Good question! You can use Quicken shortcut keys to get around Quicken's register to reduce mouse clicks and scrolling through the register.
The following is a list of Quicken shortcut keys. Where you see ‘+’ in a key combination, hold down the first key while pressing the second key. For example, SHIFT+TAB: Hold down SHIFT, press TAB, [u]then release both keys at once[/u].
- UP ARROW Moves to same field in the previous transaction
- DOWN ARROW Moves to the same field in the next transaction
- TAB Go to the next field
- SHIFT+TAB Go to the previous field
- HOME Go to the beginning of the field
- CTRL+HOME Go to the first transaction in the account
- END Go to the end of the field
- CTRL+END Go to the last transaction in the account
- END+END Go to the last field in the transaction
- CTRL+PAGE UP Go to the first transaction in the current month
- CTRL+PAGE DOWN Go to the last transaction in the current month
- PAGE UP Go up one screen
- PAGE DOWN Go down one screen