Shortcut Keys in Dynamics NAV 2016

The following shortcut keys are quite helpful, specially if you prefer using the keyboard instead of the mouse. You can definitely increase your work speed in daily doing using these shortcut keys and also it will look like you are an export on Dynamics NAV. 🙂 


Key
Event
Right Arrow
Move to the next field or character
Left Arrow
Move to the previous field or character
Up Arrow
Move to the field above in the same column
Down Arrow
Move to the field below in the same column
Delete
Clear selected text
Esc
Close the window or undo the data entry
End
Move to the last field on a line
Home
Move to the first field on a line
Tab
Move to the next field on non-line FastTabs
Enter
Move to the next editable field
F1
Open Help
F2
Edit
F3
Select Type to filter (field filter)
F4
Drop-down or look up to select
F5
Refresh the active window
F6
Go to the next frame
F7
Display statistics
F8
Copy the field above
F9
Post
F10, Alt
Select the menu bar and display access keys
F12
Select the navigation pane
Shift+F1
View error message
Shift+F3
Select Show Results (FlowFilter)
Shift+F4
Open a lookup window (from an ellipsis button)
Shift+F6
Go to the previous frame
Shift+F7
Open the related card
Shift+F8
Drop-down or look up to view
Shift+F9
Post and print
Shift+F10
Display a shortcut menu
Shift+F11
Apply entries, get source documents, or get warehouse documents
Shift+F12
Open the Role Center from the navigation pane
Shift+Tab
Move to the previous field
Shift+left-click
On multiple column headers, the columns will all be sorted in the same ascending or descending direction.
Shift+double-click
If sorting on multiple column headers using Shift+left-click, use Shift+double-click on the first column that was clicked on and this will toggle ascending/descending direction of all the columns included in the sorting.
Left-click
Left-click on a column header to sort a column ascending, then left-click again to toggle between ascending and descending.
Ctrl+F1
Collapse or expand the ribbon
Ctrl+F2
Create a new document
Ctrl+F3
Select Search pages
Ctrl+F4
Look up to the related list
Ctrl+F7
View entries
Ctrl+F9
Release document
Ctrl+F10
Select the ribbon and display key tips
Ctrl+F11
Reconcile or split lines
Ctrl+F12
Select the address bar
Ctrl+C
Copy
Ctrl+G
Go to
Ctrl+E
Export to Microsoft Office Excel
Ctrl+L
Show links
Ctrl+N
Create a new record
Ctrl+O
Open the company
Ctrl+P
Print
Ctrl+T
Select sorting
Ctrl+V
Paste
Ctrl+W
Export to Microsoft Office Word
Ctrl+X
Cut
Ctrl+Z
Undo
Ctrl+Page Down
Display next document or card in a list
Ctrl+Page Up
Display previous document or card in a list
Ctrl+Up Arrow
Move up while the selected line stays selected
Ctrl+Down Arrow
Move down while the selected line stays selected
Ctrl+Left Arrow
Move to the first field on a line
Ctrl+Right Arrow
Move to the last field on a line
Ctrl+Alt+F1
Open the About this Page/Report window (Zoom)
Ctrl+Delete
Delete the selected line
Ctrl+Home
Move to the first line in a list
Ctrl+End
Move to the last line in a list
Ctrl+Enter
Save and close window (equivalent to choosing the OK button)
Ctrl+Insert
Insert new line
Ctrl+Shift+F3
Select Limit totals to (table filter)
Ctrl+Shift+A
Clear all filters
Ctrl+Shift+C
Copy Rows
Ctrl+Shift+D
Show dimensions
Ctrl+Shift+E
Edit list
Ctrl+Shift+R
View list
Ctrl+Shift+Q
Collapse/expand a line in a hierarchy
Ctrl+Shift+V
Paste rows
Ctrl+Shift+W
Open a list place in a separate window
Ctrl+Shift+Enter
Save and close the window and open a new window
Alt
Display access keys in the ribbon
Alt+F2
Toggle to display/hide FactBoxes
Alt+F3
Filter to the value in the field
Alt+F4
Close window or close program
Alt+F6
Collapse or expand the active frame
Alt+F12
Optimize space for the current page
Alt+Left Arrow
Go to the previous window in the navigation history
Alt+Right Arrow
Go to the next window in the navigation history
Alt+Enter
Move to the field below without opening the drop-down menu
Alt+Tab
Toggle between open windows

Thank you jonathan archer for sharing the original article

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Tharanga Chandrasekara

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1 comment

    • Anonymous on February 27, 2019 at 11:32 am

    Hello, can you please tell me how do you enable them? I am more interested in the down arrow function to change fields and it is not working.

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