Help Menu
The Help menu gives access to the followings commands:
- User's guide - gives access to the documentation that explains the various functions of the program and the accounting issues.
- Keyboard shortcuts - contains the list of all keyboard shortcuts with detailed use description.
- Check for updates - connects to our website to check if there are newer versions of the software
- Support center - access to the Banana Accounting support web page
- Manage subscription
The dialogue box to manage your subscription, indicating the following information:- Email with which you registered and the possibility to remove it.
- Version in use and expiration.
- Link to unlock your version with a product key.
- Link to purchase a subscription.
- Link that checks the availability of an updated subscription.
- About Banana Accounting
Opens a window that shows technical information about the program such as version number, serial number, Copyright.....
Keyboard shortcuts
You can also consult the list of keyboard shortcuts directly from the program, by choosing Keyboard shortcuts from the Help menu.
Keyboard shortcuts for Windows computers
Accounting Keys | Description |
F9 | Perform simple recheck. |
Shift+F9 | Perform global recheck. |
F6 | This key executes different functions depending on the column the user is working on. The functions are explained in the information window. |
Alt+ Left click | Display the Extract rows table or the Account card table when clicking on an account number. |
. (Full stop/Period) | On a date column insert the current date. |
Editing Keys | Description |
Enter, Tab | Confirming keyed-in text and advance one cell. |
Alt+Enter | Confirming keyed-in text and advance one row. |
Shift+Tab | Confirming keyed-in text and return to previous cell. |
F2 | Edit content of cell. |
Double click | Edit content of cell. Under the program options you can select to edit content of cell with a single click. |
Backspace, Space | Delete content of current cell and edit the content. |
Backspace | Delete preceding character. |
Del | Delete subsequent characters. |
Ctrl+C | Copy selected text or cells. |
Ctrl+V | Paste copied text or cells. |
Del | Delete content of selection. |
not assigned | Delete text from the cursor point to the end of the cell. |
F4 | Copy previous cell from same column. |
Shift+F4 | Copy previous cell from same column and advance one cell. |
Ctrl+Shift+C | Copy selected rows. |
Ctrl+Shift+V | Insert copied rows. |
Ctrl+- | Delete selected rows. |
| Ctrl+D | Duplicate selected rows. |
Ctrl++ | Insert rows before position of cursor. |
Ctrl+Enter, Ctrl+Return | Add one row below position of cursor. |
Moving keys | Description |
Left | Scroll towards left. |
Right | Scroll towards right. |
Up | Scroll up. |
Down | Scroll down. |
PgUp | Scroll up one screen page. |
PgDown | Scroll down one screen page. |
Home | Scroll to beginning of row. |
End | Scroll to end of row. |
Ctrl+Home | Scroll to top-left angle of table. |
Ctrl+End | Scroll to bottom-right angle of table. |
Ctrl+Left | Moves towards left to the edge of the current data region. |
Ctrl+Right | Moves towards right to the edge of the current data region. |
| Alt+Up | Move rows up. |
| Alt+Down | Move rows down. |
| Alt + Left Arrow | Move cursor to previous position |
| Alt + Right Arrow | Move cursor to next position |
Ctrl+Up | Moves up to the edge of the current data region. |
Ctrl+Down | Moves down to the edge of the current data region. |
Alt+PgDown | Next view. |
Alt+PgUp | Previous view. |
Ctrl+PgDown | Next table. |
Ctrl+PgUp | Previous table. |
Ctrl+Tab | Next window. |
Ctrl+Shift+Backtab | Previous window. |
F5 | Scroll to desired row by keying in row number in active window. |
Shift+F5 | Go to original row. |
Selection Keys | Description |
Shift+PgUp | Select column moving upwards, page by page. |
Shift+PgDown | Select column moving downwards, page by page. |
Shift+Left | Select row to left. |
Shift+Right | Select row to right. |
Shift+Up | Select upper column. |
Shift+Down | Select lower column. |
Shift+Home | Select back to start of row. |
Shift+End | Select forward to end of row. |
Ctrl+Shift+Home | Select back to top of table. |
Ctrl+Shift+End | Select forward to end of table. |
Ctrl+A | Select entire table. |
Other Keys | Description |
Ctrl+F4 | Close active window. |
not assigned | Exit program. |
Ctrl+N | New file. |
Ctrl+S | Save. |
Ctrl+O | Open. |
Ctrl+P | Print. |
Esc | Cancel operation. |
Ctrl+Z | Undo operation. |
Ctrl+Y | Redo operation. |
Ctrl+F | Find. |
F3 | Find next. |
Ctrl+B | Bold text. |
Ctrl+I | Italic text. |
F1 | View help. |
Multimedia keyboard | Is performed by |
Function key (eg. F6) | Press the fn key as well as the corresponding function key (e.g. Fn+F6). |
Keyboard shortcuts for Mac (Apple) computers
Keyboard shortcuts on Apple computers are slightly different from those on Windows. The main difference is that instead of the Crtrl key on the Mac keyboard there is the Command key. You can find the complete list under Help → Keyboard shortcuts.
Accounting Keys | Description |
⌘9 | Perform simple recheck. |
⇧⌘9 | Perform global recheck. |
⌘6 | This key executes different functions depending on the column the user is working on. The functions are explained in the information window. |
⌥ Left click | Display the Extract rows table or the Account card table when clicking on an account number. |
. (Full stop/Period) | On a date column insert the current date. |
Editing Keys | Description |
⌤, ⇥ | Confirming keyed-in text and advance one cell. |
⌥⌤ | Confirming keyed-in text and advance one row. |
⇧⇥ | Confirming keyed-in text and return to previous cell. |
⌘2 | Edit content of cell. |
Double click | Edit content of cell. Under the program options you can select to edit content of cell with a single click. |
⌫, Space | Delete content of current cell and edit the content. |
⌫ | Delete preceding character. |
⌦ | Delete subsequent characters. |
⌘C | Copy selected text or cells. |
⌘V | Paste copied text or cells. |
⌦ | Delete content of selection. |
not assigned | Delete text from the cursor point to the end of the cell. |
⌘4 | Copy previous cell from same column. |
⇧⌘4 | Copy previous cell from same column and advance one cell. |
⇧⌘C | Copy selected rows. |
⇧⌘V | Insert copied rows. |
⌘- | Delete selected rows. |
⌘D | Duplicate selected rows. |
⌘+ | Insert rows before position of cursor. |
⌘⌤, ⌘↵ | Add one row below position of cursor. |
Moving keys | Description |
← | Scroll towards left. |
→ | Scroll towards right. |
↑ | Scroll up. |
↓ | Scroll down. |
⇞ | Scroll up one screen page. |
⇟ | Scroll down one screen page. |
↖ | Scroll to beginning of row. |
↘ | Scroll to end of row. |
⌘↖ | Scroll to top-left angle of table. |
⌘↘ | Scroll to bottom-right angle of table. |
⌥← | Move towards left to the edge of the current data region. |
⌥→ | Move towards right to the edge of the current data region. |
⌥↑ | Move rows up. |
⌥↓ | Move rows down. |
⌥← | Move cursor to previous cursor position. |
⌥→ | Move cursor to next cursor position. |
⌘↑ | Move up to the edge of the current data region. |
⌘↓ | Move down to the edge of the current data region. |
⌥⇟ | Next view. |
⌥⇞ | Previous view. |
⌘⇟ | Next table. |
⌘⇞ | Previous table. |
⌘} | Next window. |
⌘{ | Previous window. |
⌘5 | Scroll to desired row by keying in row number in active window. |
⇧⌘5 | Go to original row. |
Selection Keys | Description |
⇧⇞ | Select column moving upwards, page by page. |
⇧⇟ | Select column moving downwards, page by page. |
⇧← | Select row to left. |
⇧→ | Select row to right. |
⇧↑ | Select upper column. |
⇧↓ | Select lower column. |
⇧↖ | Select back to start of row. |
⇧↘ | Select forward to end of row. |
⇧⌘↖ | Select back to top of table. |
⇧⌘↘ | Select forward to end of table. |
⌘A | Select entire table. |
Other Keys | Description |
⌘W | Close active window. |
⌘Q | Exit program. |
⌘N | New file. |
⌘S | Save. |
⌘O | Open. |
⌘P | Print. |
⎋ | Cancel operation. |
⌘Z | Undo operation. |
⇧⌘Z | Redo operation. |
⌘F | Find. |
⌘G | Find next. |
⇧⌘G | Find previous. |
⌘B | Bold text. |
⌘I | Italic text. |
⌘? | View help. |
⌘3 | Save screenshot of current dialog or table. |
MacBook keyboard | Is performed by |
⌦ | fn⌫ |
↖ | fn← |
↘ | fn→ |
⇞ | fn↑ |
⇟ | fn↓ |
⌘↖ | fn⌘↖ |
⌘↘ | fn⌘↘ |
About Banana Accounting+
In the About dialog window (menu Help → About Banana Accounting+), you will find various information about the program.
Version
The version number you are using (eg 10.0.4) of Banana Accounting + is clearly visible. Banana Accounting Plus, numerically it is version 10, which will be continuously improved, so there will be additional version numbers, eg10.0.1, 10.0.2, etc. for each subsequent release.
Important: for any technical question, before contacting the support service, make sure you have the latest release (by downloading it from our download page)
Along with the version number you will also find the serial number, web address and Copyright information.
Patents and legal notices
In this tab you will find again the Copyright information, the Banana Accounting patents and the trademark declarations. You will also find the indication of all the programming platforms that the software uses with the relative licenses and copyrights.
Credits
In this section, acknowledgments and credits are given to all those who have participated and still actively participate in the development, maintenance and promotion of our program.
Error messages
When the programme encounters errors, a dialogue box appears to report them:
- Select the OK button to display each individual message.
- By activating the Do not report option, all error messages reported by the programme are saved in the Error messages window.
- Information on the Help button can be found under Contextual Help.
Warnings and error messages
- Complete list of error messages
- For further information on the Message Error window refer to the Interface page.
If the program displays error messages
- Revert to the the help page for the reported error: in the 'Info' and 'Messages' (where the error messages appear), next to the error message, the
symbol will show. By clicking on this symbol, you will be connected directly to the online page corresponding to the error, containing the possible causes and solutions.
- If the error persists:
- Update your software to the latest available version, by downloading it at the following page Download.
- Check Accounting (menu Actions).
- In Multi-currency Accounting, ensure that Exchange Rate differences have been generated and applied (menu Actions).
Deactivate and Reactivate error messages
To deactivate/reactivate the display of the dialogue of messages:
- from the Window menu, put or remove the check mark on the Warning messages command.
- from the Actions menu launch the Check accounting command.