Quick Tip: Date Field Keyboard Shortcuts

April 2021    Tags: Accounts Payable, General Ledger, PracticeMaster, Tabs3 Billing, Trust Accounting

Did you know that there are several keyboard shortcuts you can use to quickly adjust the date in any Date field?

• To quickly set the date to the current system date, press T (Today) or D (Date).
• To open the QuickDate Calculator, which can be used to calculate a past or future date, press Q (QuickDate) or M (Date Math).
• To change the value of the Date field to mm/dd/yyyy, press C (Clear).
• To increase or decrease the month, press PgUp/Page Up or PgDn/Page Down, respectively.
• To increase the day, press one of the following:
  • Up-Arrow
  • > 
  • . (period)
• To decrease the day, press one of the following:
  • Down-Arrow
  • < 
  • , (comma)

Additionally, if either no portion of the date is highlighted or the entire date is highlighted, pressing + (plus) or – (minus) will increase or decrease the day, respectively. However, keep in mind that if any segment of the date is highlighted, pressing + or – will increase or decrease that segment.