Microsoft Dynamics NAV Keyboard Shortcuts

Dynamics NAV Keyboard Shortcuts (Navision)

When it comes to using any type of software, it’s always helpful to know if there’s a quicker and easier way than using your mouse.

Here are some useful keyboard shortcuts for those of you that are using Microsoft Dynamics NAV (Navision). Depending on your Microsoft Dynamics NAV system will depend on which shortcuts you use, so in this case we've just included the Microsoft Dynamics NAV Windows Client shortcuts.

Microsoft Dynamics NAV Keyboard Shortcuts

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

Did you find these keyboard shortcuts in Dynamics Navision useful? Do you have any other tips you’d like to share with other Dynamcis NAV users?

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Dynamics NAV Keyboard Shortcuts (Navision)

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