Shortcut Key in Tally – Tally ERP & TallyPrime

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Post creating a company in TallyPrime now it’s time to learn some of the most important shortcut key in TallyPrime. Keyboard shortcuts help you to enhance your data entry speed/ quickly generation of the report and many more things let’s start…

Shortcut Key in Tally: Remember this Key Tips

Shortcut Key in Tally | Faster Data Entry

Shortcuts to Quick Access in Reports

Key Shortcut	Description of Key Shortcut	Where it is Located	Working Area
Alt+I	To insert a voucher in a report	Hidden key	Reports
Alt+2	To create an entry in the report, by duplicating a voucher	Hidden key	Reports
Enter	To drill down from a line in a report	Hidden key	Reports
Alt+D	To delete an entry from a report	Hidden key	Reports
Alt+A	To add a voucher in a report	Hidden key	Reports
Ctrl+R	To remove an entry from a report	Hidden key	Reports
Alt+T	To hide or show the details in a table	Hidden key	Reports
Alt+U	To display all hidden line entries, if they were removed	Hidden key	Reports
Ctrl+U	To display the last hidden line (If multiple lines were hidden, pressing this shortcut repeatedly will restore the last hidden line first and follow the sequence)	Hidden key	Reports
Shift+Enter	To expand or collapse information in a report	Hidden key	Reports
Ctrl+Enter	To alter a master during voucher entry or from drill-down of a report	Hidden key	Reports
Alt+F1 Alt+F5	To view the report in detailed or condensed format	Right button	Reports
Space bar	To select/deselect a line in a report	Hidden key	Reports
Shift+Space bar	To select or deselect a line in a report	Hidden key	Reports
Shift+Up/Down	To perform linear selection/deselection multiple lines in a report	Hidden key	Reports
Ctrl+Space bar	To select or deselect all lines in a report	Hidden key	Reports
Ctrl+Shift+End	To select or deselect lines till the end	Hidden key	Reports
Ctrl+Shift+Home	To select or deselect lines till the top	Hidden key	Reports
Ctrl+Alt+I	To invert selection of line items in a report	Hidden key	Reports
Alt+V	To open the GST Portal	Right button	Statutory Reports
Alt+C	To add a new column	Right button	Reports
Alt+A	To alter a column	Right button	Report
Alt+D	To delete a column	Right button	Report
Alt+N	To auto repeat columns	Right button	Report
Alt+F12	To filter data in a report, with a selected range of conditions	Right button	Reports
Ctrl+F12	To calculate balances using vouchers that satisfy the selected conditions	Right button	Reports
Ctrl+B	To views values in different ways in a report	Right button	Reports
Ctrl+H	👉To change view – display report details in different views 👉To navigate to Voucher View from Summary reports 👉To navigate to post-dated cheque related transactions report	Right button	Reports
Ctrl+J	To view the exceptions related to a report	Right button	Reports

Shortcut Key in Tally: Shortcuts to Quick Access Vouchers

Key Shortcut	Description of Key Shortcut	Where it Is located	Working Area
F4	To open Contra voucher	Accounting Vouchers	Vouchers
F5	To open Payment voucher	Accounting Vouchers	Vouchers
F6	To open Receipt voucher	Accounting Vouchers	Vouchers
F7	To open Journal voucher	Accounting Vouchers	Vouchers
Alt+F7	To open Stock Journal voucher	Inventory Vouchers	Vouchers
Ctrl+F7	To open Physical Stock	Inventory Vouchers	Vouchers
F8	To open Sales voucher	Accounting Vouchers	Vouchers
Alt+F8	To open Delivery Note	Inventory Vouchers	Vouchers
Ctrl+F8	To open Sales Order	Order  Vouchers	Vouchers
F9	To open Purchase voucher	Accounting Vouchers	Vouchers
Alt+F9	To open Receipt Note	Inventory Vouchers	Vouchers
Ctrl+F9	To open Purchase Order	Order Vouchers	Vouchers
Alt+F6	To open Credit Note	Accounting Vouchers	Vouchers
Alt+F5	To open Debit Note	Accounting Vouchers	Vouchers
Ctrl+F4	To open Payroll voucher	Payroll Vouchers	Vouchers
Ctrl+F6	To open Rejection In voucher	Inventory Vouchers	Vouchers
Ctrl+F5	To open Rejection Out voucher	Inventory Vouchers	Vouchers
F10	To view list of all vouchers	Vouchers	Vouchers
Alt+R	To retrieve Narration from the previous ledger	Hidden key	Vouchers
Alt+C	To open the calculator panel from Amount field	Hidden key	Vouchers
Ctrl+T	To mark a voucher as Post-Dated	Right button	Vouchers
Alt+D	To delete a voucher/transaction	Hidden key	Vouchers
Alt+V	To open a manufacturing journal from the Quantity field of a journal voucher	Hidden key	Vouchers
Ctrl+D	To remove item/ledger line in a voucher	Hidden key	Vouchers
Ctrl+F	To autofill details	Right button	Vouchers
Ctrl+R	To retrieve the Narration from the previous voucher, for the same voucher type.	Hidden key	Vouchers
Ctrl+H	To change mode – open vouchers in different modes	Right button	Vouchers
Alt+S	To open the Stock Query report for the selected stock item	Right button	Vouchers
Ctrl+L	To mark a voucher as Optional	Right button	Vouchers

Shortcut Key in Tally: Shortcuts to Quick Access Masters & Vouchers

Key Shortcut	Description of Key Shortcut	Where it is located	Working Area
Tab	To go to the next input field	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers
Shift+Tab	To go to the previous input field	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers
Backspace	To remove the value typed	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers
Alt+C	To create a master, on the fly	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers
Alt+C	To open the calculator panel	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers
Ctrl+I	To add more details to a master or voucher for the current instance	Right button	Masters & Vouchers
Alt+4 Ctrl + 4	To insert the base currency symbol in an input field.	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers
Page Up	To open the previously saved master or voucher To scroll up in reports	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers
Page Down	To open the next master or voucher To scroll down in reports	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers
Ctrl+C Ctrl+Alt+C	To copy text from an input field	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers
Ctrl+V Ctrl+Alt+V	To paste input copied from a text field.	Hidden key	Masters & Vouchers

Shortcut Key in Tally: Additional Shortcuts for Quick Access of both Vouchers & Reports

Key Shortcut	Description of Key Shortcut	Where it is Located	Area of Working
Ctrl+E	To export the current voucher or report	Top menu	Vouchers & Reports
Ctrl+M	To e-mail the current voucher or report	Top menu	Vouchers & Reports
Ctrl+P	To print the current voucher or report	Top menu	Vouchers & Reports
Alt+J	To define stat adjustments	Right button	Vouchers & Statutory Reports
Alt+X	To cancel a voucher To cancel a voucher from a report	Hidden key	Vouchers & Reports
Alt+Z	To zoom in while on print preview	Hidden key	Vouchers & Reports

Shortcut Key in Tally: Navigation & Other Shortcuts| Reports| Vouchers | Masters

Key Shortcut	Description of Key Shortcut	Where it is Located	Area of Working
+	To navigate to the next artifact in the context To increment the Report date or next report in a sequence of reports displayed	Hidden key	Masters, Vouchers, and Reports
–	To navigate to the previous artifact in the context To decrement Report date or previous report in a sequence of reports displayed	Hidden key	Masters, Vouchers, and Reports
F2	To change the date of voucher entry or period for reports	Right button	Masters, Vouchers, and Reports
Ctrl+A	To accept or save a screen	Hidden key	Masters, Vouchers, & Reports
Alt+Enter	To expand or collapse a group in a table	Hidden key	Masters, Vouchers, & Reports
Ctrl+End	To move to the last field or last line	Hidden key	Masters, Vouchers, & Reports
Ctrl+Home	To move to the first field or first line	Hidden key	Masters, Vouchers, and Reports
Alt+F2	To change the date of voucher entry or period for reports	Right button	Across TallyPrime
Ctrl+N	To open or hide calculator panel	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
Ctrl+Q	To exit a screen or the application	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime

Shortcut Key in Tally: Shortcut keys which run across TallyPrime

Key Shortcut	Description of Key Shortcut	Where it is Located	Working Area
Alt +G	To primarily open a report, and create masters and vouchers in the flow of work.	Top menu	Across TallyPrime

Key Shortcut	Description of Key Shortcut	Where it is Located	Working Area
Ctrl+G	To switch to a different report, and create masters and vouchers in the flow of work.	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
Esc	To go back to the previous screen by closing the currently open screen To remove inputs that is provided/selected for a field	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
Alt+K	To open Company top menu	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
F3	To switch to another company from the list of open companies	Right button	Masters, Vouchers, and Reports
Alt+F3	To select and open another company located in the same folder or other data paths	Right button	Masters, Vouchers, and Reports
Ctrl+F3	To shut the currently loaded companies	Right button	Masters, Vouchers, and Reports
Ctrl+F1	To open TallyHelp topic based on the context of the screen that is open	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
F11	To open Company Features screen	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
F12	To open the list of configurations applicable for the report/view	Right button	Across TallyPrime
Alt+K	To open the company menu with the list of actions related to managing your company	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
Alt+Y	To open the list of actions applicable to managing the company data	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
Alt+Z	To open the list of actions applicable to sharing or exchanging your company data	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
Alt+O	To open the import menu for importing masters, transaction, and bank statements	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
Alt+M	To open the e-mail menu for sending transactions or reports	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
Alt+P	To open the print menu for printing transactions or reports.	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
Alt+E	To open the export menu for exporting masters, transactions, or reports	Top menu	Masters, Vouchers, and Reports
F1	To open the Help menu	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
Ctrl+F1	To open TallyHelp topic based on the context of the screen that is open	Top menu	Across TallyPrime
Ctrl+K	To select the display language that is applicable across all screens	Top menu	Gateway of Tally, About Page and Reports
Ctrl+W	To select the data entry language that is applicable to all screens	Top menu	Gateway of Tally, About Page and edit Reports
Ctrl+Up/Down	To move to the first/last menu in a section	Hidden key	Top menu, Gateway of Tally
Ctrl+Left/Right	To move to the left-most/right-most drop-down top menu	Hidden key	Top menu
Home & PgUp	To move from any line to the first line in a list	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
Home	To from any point in a field to the beginning of the text in that field	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
End & PgDn	To move from any line to the last line in a list	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
End	To move from any point in a field to the end of the text in that field	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
Up arrow	To move one line up in a list To move to the previous field	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
Down arrow	To move one line down in a list To move to the next field	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
Left arrow	To move: One position left in a text field To the previous column on the left to the previous menu on the left	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime
Left arrow	To move: One position right in a text field To the next column on the right to the next menu on the right	Hidden key	Across TallyPrime

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Source: Tally Solutions

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