Hotkeys and field types when adding data

This topic is an overview of hotkeys in a wizard, and of the different field types.

Hotkeys:

You can use the following hotkeys in a wizard.

Description

Hotkey

Cancel the wizard

Alt+A / Ctrl+F4 / Escape

Go to the next screen

Alt+O / Ctrl+F6

Go to the previous screen

Alt+V

Complete the wizard

Alt+L

Move the cursor to the next field

Enter / Tab

Open the search screen in a table field

F10

Select or deselect a check box

Space

Open the Help

F1

View a tooltip for a field

F12

Fields:

A wizard may contain different field types.

Field

Description

Enter a value manually. Where possible, Profit will check whether the value is valid/allowed.

Table field. Enter a value that is already known in Profit. If you do not know the value, click the search button to the left of the field.

Enter a table value or click the button to the right to open a search window.

You can retrieve the search window by pressing F10 or the Down Arrow key.

Check box. Allows you to enable or disable something.

Date field. Enter a date or click the button to the right of the field to search for a date.

Often it is not necessary to enter the complete date, as Profit will complete the date entered.

Example:

It is July 2009.

If you only enter the value 20, Profit will complete the date as 20/07/2009.

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If the cursor is in the date field, you can use the Up and Down Arrow keys to increase or decrease the day/month/year.

You can retrieve a calendar window with the search button or with F10.

Yellow fields with an exclamation mark are mandatory. You are required to complete these fields, otherwise you can't complete the wizard.

You can't change fields with a grey background. This may be related to a mandatory preferred value ​​or to a choice you made earlier in the wizard.

Directly to

  1. Add data in Profit Windows
  2. Add in a view
  3. Add in a properties window
  4. Hotkeys and field types