Application Support Note
ASN-2000-124
AXIS Diplomat 2000 - Keyboard Shortcuts
Last Reviewed: 05 November 2004
Products affected: AXIS Diplomat 2000
Description: List of keyboard shortcuts within
AXIS Diplomat 2000.
Introduction: AXIS Diplomat 2000 supports
numerous keyboard shortcuts designed to optimise efficiency by reducing
or eliminating the need for an operator to move from the keyboard to the
mouse during data entry.
Most of the basic keyboard shortcuts provided in AXIS
Diplomat are standard within Microsoft Windows applications. Where necessary
we have extended these standards to ensure more complete functionality
from the keyboard.
The following tables show the keyboard
shortcuts are provided. Where more than one key is used in combination
the tables show a plus sign "+" between them. For example "SHIFT
+ TAB" means depress the shift key (and keep it pressed) whilst pressing
the TAB key once.
1. AXIS Diplomat Scheduler
This is the main AXIS Diplomat program which
most operators will see when first running the software. A sample screen
shot is shown below.
AXIS Diplomat
2000 Scheduler |
Shortcut Key(s) |
Function |
ALT + F4 |
Exits (terminates) the program. |
ENTER |
Runs the currently highlighted function
(or expands the menu tree where a "+" sign is shown). |
SHIFT + TAB |
Moves the cursor to the previous
prompt or window (the opposite of TAB). |
TAB |
Moves the cursor to the next prompt
or window. |
Right arrow |
Expands the menu tree (where a plus
sign "+" is shown). |
Left arrow |
Contracts the menu tree (where a
minus sign "-" is shown). |
Down arrow |
Moves the cursor down highlighting
the next function, menu or option. |
Up arrow |
Moves the cursor up highlighting
the previous function, menu or option. |
SHIFT + * |
Expands the entire menu tree (all
levels) from the current cursor position. Note that the asterisk used
must the that from the numeric keypad and that no equivalent function
to automatically undo the expand without exiting and reloading AXIS
Diplomat exists! |
F1 |
Displays Help information on the
highlighted function (Function key 1). |
F4 |
Expands a drop-down list (for example
the list of Companies or sales and purchase ledgers shown on the toolbar
of you have multiple companies or ledgers implemented on your system). |
2. AXIS Diplomat Functions
The screen shot below shows a typical AXIS
Diplomat function once loaded from the AXIS Diplomat 2000 scheduler.
AXIS Diplomat 2000 Functions |
Shortcut Key(s) |
Function |
ALT + underlined character |
Moves the cursor to the prompt or
menu identified by the underlined character. For example, in the screen
shown above pressing ALT+p would cause the cursor to move directly
to the "Price at" prompt. |
CTRL + TAB |
In a function which contains tab
stops (multiple screens headed with 'tabs' like a filing system),
CTRL + TAB causes the next tab screen to be displayed. |
ENTER |
Accepts all data/prompts on the current
screen and executes the currently selected action button (the button
displayed with a dotted line framing the button text). |
ESC |
Exits the current screen or function. |
SHIFT + TAB |
Moves the cursor to the previous
prompt (the opposite of TAB). |
SHIFT + CTRL + TAB |
Causes the previous tab screen to
be displayed (the opposite of CTRL + TAB) |
TAB |
Moves the cursor to the next prompt. |
F1 |
Displays Help information on the
currently selected prompt. |
F4 |
Where the prompt shows an arrow (triangle)
pointing downwards to the right of the text this indicates that a
list of options can be expanded by pressing function key F4 (or clicking
with the mouse). |
3. Scrolling Lists within functions
Within AXIS Diplomat functions you are often presented
with a list of items from which to choose. The example below has been
displayed as a result of a stock reference search. A item can be selected
from the list by moving the highlighted bar up or down to the required
item and pressing the ENTER key. In order to navigate more easily within
long lists the following keyboard shortcuts are available:
AXIS Diplomat
2000 Scrolling Lists |
Shortcut Key(s) |
Function |
End |
Jump to the bottom of the currently
displayed page. |
Enter |
Selects the currently highlighted
item. |
Home |
Jump to the top off the currently
displayed page |
CTRL + End |
Jump to the bottom of the list. |
CTRL + Home |
Jump to the top of the list. |
PgUp |
(Page up) Displays the previous page
of the list. |
PgDn |
(Page down) Displays the next page
of the list. |
Down arrow |
Moves the cursor down to highlight
the next item in the list. |
Up arrow |
Moves the cursor up to highlight
the previous item in the list. |
4. AXIS Diplomat Report Viewer
The AXIS Diplomat report viewer is used throughout
the system to display or preview reports and documents before printing,
saving to disk, faxing, or e-Mailing.
AXIS Diplomat
2000 Report Viewer |
Shortcut Key(s) |
Function |
ALT + F4 |
Exits (terminates) the program. |
CTRL + F |
Find - Opens the find/search dialogue. |
CTRL + M |
Mail - Opens the e-Mail dialogue. |
CTRL + P |
Print - Opens the print dialogue. |
CTRL + S |
Save - Opens the save to disk dialogue. |
End |
Moves directly to the last page of
the displayed document. |
ESC |
(Escape) Exits (closes) the report
viewer |
F1 |
Displays Help information on the
report viewer. |
F3 |
Find next. Finds the next instance
of the current find text (see CTRL + F). |
Home |
Moves directly to the first page
of the displayed document. |
PgUp |
(Page up) Moves to the previous page
of the displayed document. |
PgDn |
(Page down) Moves to the next page
of the displayed document. |
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Revision History:
1.0 |
08.02.2001 |
First draft. |
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