TallyPrime Shortcut Keys: Full List Every Accountant Uses

Picture the accounts desk of a hardware distributor in Siyaganj, Indore, on the last working day of the month. The accountant has 140 purchase bills, 60 receipts and a pile of cheques to enter before the owner asks for the month's profit.

Every time the accountant reaches for the mouse, finds a menu and clicks through three screens, about five seconds go. Over 200 entries, that is more than a quarter of an hour lost on clicking alone. The accountant next to them, who never lifts a hand from the keyboard, finishes early.

That second accountant is not typing faster. They simply know which key opens which screen. Press F9 and a purchase voucher appears. Press Ctrl+A and it is saved. Press Alt+G, type "day" and the Day Book opens.

TallyPrime shortcut keys are single keys or key combinations that open vouchers, reports, menus and actions in TallyPrime directly from the keyboard.

This guide uses TallyPrime 7.2, released by Tally Solutions on 12 October 2026. Every key below is taken from Tally's official keyboard shortcuts page. Where a key behaves differently in an older release, the article says so.

How do keyboard shortcuts work in TallyPrime?

TallyPrime was designed keyboard-first. Every screen shows a top menu (Company, Data, Exchange, Go To, Import, Export, Share, Print) and a right-side button panel. Each button has its key printed next to it, so the screen itself tells you the shortcut.

The keys fall into three families:

• Function keys (F1 to F12) open the most used vouchers and settings.
• Alt + key usually opens a menu or performs an action on the current item.
• Ctrl + key usually changes how a screen behaves, such as saving, switching or marking a voucher.

A shortcut only works when the screen you are on supports it. F8 opens a Sales voucher from a voucher screen, but inside the GSTR-1 report the same F-keys do different jobs. If a button is greyed out in the right panel, its key does nothing on that screen.

If you are new to the product itself, read what TallyPrime is and what it does first, then come back here.

Which TallyPrime shortcuts move you around fastest?

These keys work almost everywhere in the product and save the most time.

Key	What it does in TallyPrime
Alt+G	Go To: open a report, or create a master or voucher, by typing its name
Ctrl+G	Switch To: jump to a different report from the one you are in
Esc	Close the current screen and go back, or clear a field you just filled
Ctrl+A	Accept (save) the current screen
Ctrl+Q	Exit the current screen or the application
F1	Open the Help menu
Ctrl+F1	Open the Help article for the screen you are on
F2	Change the voucher date, or the date or period of a report
Alt+F2	Change the period of the company
F3	Switch to another company that is already open
F11	Open Company Features (GST, inventory, payroll and so on)
F12	Open the configuration options for the current report or screen
Alt+F	Open the find bar to search masters and transactions
Ctrl+N	Open or hide the calculator panel

Alt+G is the one key worth learning on day one. Instead of remembering where Ledger Vouchers sits in a menu, you press Alt+G, type a few letters and press Enter. It also lets you create a ledger or voucher in the middle of other work.

What are the voucher shortcut keys in TallyPrime?

A voucher is the entry you make for one business transaction: a sale, a purchase, a payment. If the word is new, the voucher entry tutorial explains each type with examples.

The six function keys that open TallyPrime's main accounting vouchers, with the Alt and Ctrl variants above them.

Key	Voucher it opens	Typical use
F4	Contra	Cash deposited into the bank, or withdrawn from it
F5	Payment	Rent, salary or a supplier paid
F6	Receipt	Money received from a customer
F7	Journal	Adjustments such as depreciation
F8	Sales	A sale invoice
F9	Purchase	A purchase bill
Alt+F6	Credit Note	Goods returned by a customer
Alt+F5	Debit Note	Goods returned to a supplier
Alt+F7	Stock Journal	Moving or converting stock
Ctrl+F7	Physical Stock	Recording an actual stock count
Alt+F8	Delivery Note	Goods sent before the invoice
Alt+F9	Receipt Note	Goods received before the bill
Ctrl+F8	Sales Order	An order from a customer
Ctrl+F9	Purchase Order	An order placed on a supplier
Ctrl+F4	Payroll	Salary voucher (when payroll is enabled)

A simple memory trick: the money vouchers run in order from F4 to F7, and the trading vouchers are F8 for Sales and F9 for Purchase. Alt+ and Ctrl+ on the same keys open the related order, note or return.

Which keys help while entering a voucher?

Once a voucher is open, these keys stop you from leaving the screen.

Key	What it does during entry
Alt+C	Create a new master (for example a ledger) on the fly
Ctrl+H	Change mode, such as Item Invoice or Accounting Invoice
Ctrl+I	Add more details to the voucher for this entry only
Ctrl+D	Remove the selected item or ledger line
Ctrl+T	Mark the voucher as post-dated
Ctrl+L	Mark the voucher as optional
Alt+R	Fetch the narration from the previous voucher for the same party
Ctrl+R	Fetch the narration from the previous voucher of the same type
Alt+A	Open the GST Tax Analysis of the voucher
Alt+S	Open Stock Query for the selected item
Ctrl+O	Open related reports while in the voucher
Alt+D	Delete the voucher
Alt+X	Cancel the voucher
PgUp / PgDn	Move to the previous or next voucher
F10	Open the list of all vouchers or masters

Alt+C saves the most frustration. Suppose a new customer, Shree Ganesh Traders, walks in. You don't need to save half a sales voucher, go to the ledger menu and come back. Press Alt+C in the party field, create the ledger, save it, and you land back in the voucher.

Alt+A matters once you set up GST. It shows how the voucher's tax was worked out, rate by rate, before you save. The GST setup guide for TallyPrime uses it to check a first invoice.

Which shortcut keys work in TallyPrime reports?

Reports such as the Day Book, Trial Balance and Balance Sheet have their own keys. The TallyPrime reports tutorial explains what each report shows.

Key	What it does in a report
Enter	Drill down into the selected line
Ctrl+Enter	Open the selected voucher for display, or alter a master
Alt+F1	Switch between detailed and condensed view
Ctrl+B	View values in different ways
Ctrl+H	Change the view of the report
Ctrl+J	Show the exceptions related to the report
Ctrl+F	Filter the report by conditions (TallyPrime 3.0 and later)
Alt+I	Insert a voucher from inside the report
Alt+2	Create a new entry by duplicating the selected voucher
Alt+D	Delete the selected entry
Ctrl+R	Remove (hide) a line from the report view
Ctrl+U	Restore the last hidden line
Alt+U	Restore all hidden lines
Shift+Enter	Expand or collapse details
Alt+P / Alt+E / Alt+M	Open the Print, Export or Share menu

Alt+E is how most accountants move data into Excel. Export the Sales Register or a ledger, then build a summary with Excel pivot tables. Analysts who start from Tally data often find this is the bridge into Excel for data analysis.

Company and data keys

Key	What it does
Alt+K	Company menu (create, alter, select companies)
Alt+Y	Data menu (backup, restore, repair)
Alt+O	Import menu
Alt+F3	Open another company from the same or another data folder
Ctrl+F3	Shut the currently loaded companies
Ctrl+Alt+R	Rewrite data
Ctrl+Alt+B	Show build information
Ctrl+K	Choose the display language

How do you record a sale using only the keyboard?

Here is one full sale with zero mouse clicks. It assumes the company, a sales ledger, a stock item and the GST ledgers already exist. If they don't, follow the company and ledger setup guide first.

1. From the Gateway of Tally, press Alt+G, type Create Voucher and press Enter.
2. Press F8 to switch to Sales.
3. Press F2 if the invoice date is not today, and type the date.
4. In Party A/c name, type the first letters of the customer and press Enter. If the customer is new, press Alt+C to create them.
5. Select the sales ledger, then the stock item, and type the quantity and rate.
6. Select the tax ledgers, then press Alt+A to check the tax breakup.
7. Type a narration, or press Alt+R to reuse the last one for this party.
8. Press Ctrl+A to save.
9. Press Alt+P if you want to print the invoice straight away.

Do this ten times with dummy data and the sequence becomes muscle memory.

What changed from Tally.ERP 9 to TallyPrime?

Many accountants learnt on Tally.ERP 9, and a few of its keys moved. If you see an old shortcut list online, check it against this table.

Action	Tally.ERP 9	TallyPrime
Credit Note	Ctrl+F8	Alt+F6
Debit Note	Ctrl+F9	Alt+F5
Sales Order	Not a shortcut	Ctrl+F8
Purchase Order	Not a shortcut	Ctrl+F9
Physical Stock	Alt+F10	Ctrl+F7
Help article for current screen	Alt+H	Ctrl+F1
E-mail current voucher or report	Alt+M	Ctrl+M
Restore all hidden lines	Ctrl+U	Alt+U
Restore last hidden line	Alt+U	Ctrl+U

Within TallyPrime itself, filtering a report also moved: Ctrl+F applies from TallyPrime 3.0 onwards, while TallyPrime 2.1 and earlier used Alt+F12.

Common mistakes with TallyPrime shortcuts

• Using a Tally.ERP 9 list. Pressing Ctrl+F8 for a credit note now opens a Sales Order. Check the release you are on.
• Pressing Esc to save. Esc closes the screen, so an unsaved entry can be lost. The safe habit is Ctrl+A.
• Expecting a key to work everywhere. F5 opens a Payment voucher from a voucher screen, but in the GSTR-1 and GSTR-3B reports it switches views. Watch the right-hand button panel.
• Forgetting F11. Many "missing" fields, such as GST details or batch numbers, appear only after you switch on the feature in F11.

Memorising shortcuts is a lot like preparing for an aptitude test: short daily drills work better than one long session. You can keep your speed sharp with timed quizzes on Debugshala Test. Debugshala also teaches TallyPrime hands-on at its Old Palasia campus, if you prefer drilling these keys with a trainer.

Key takeaways

• TallyPrime is built for the keyboard, and the right-hand button panel shows the key for each action on the current screen.
• Learn F4 to F9 first: Contra, Payment, Receipt, Journal, Sales and Purchase.
• Alt+G (Go To) opens any report or master by name, Ctrl+A saves and Esc goes back.
• Alt+C, Alt+A and Ctrl+H save the most time during voucher entry.
• Credit Note, Debit Note and several other keys changed from Tally.ERP 9, so trust Tally's official list for your release.

FAQ

What is the shortcut key for a sales voucher in TallyPrime?

The shortcut for a sales voucher is F8. From the Gateway of Tally, press Alt+G, choose Create Voucher and press F8, or press F8 from any voucher screen. Ctrl+F8 opens a Sales Order instead, and Alt+F8 opens a Delivery Note, so check which document you need before pressing.

What does Alt+G do in TallyPrime?

Alt+G opens Go To, a search box that takes you straight to a report, or lets you create a master or voucher, by typing its name. For example, Alt+G then "trial" opens the Trial Balance. It replaces most menu clicking, and it works from almost any screen in the product.

What is the shortcut to save a voucher in TallyPrime?

Press Ctrl+A to accept and save the current voucher or master, from any field on the screen. Pressing Esc closes the screen instead and can discard what you typed, so make Ctrl+A your habit after every entry and every new ledger.

How do I see all shortcut keys inside TallyPrime?

Look at the right-hand button panel and the top menu on each screen, since every button shows its key. For the full list, press F1 for the Help menu, or Ctrl+F1 to open the help article for the screen you are on. Tally's official keyboard shortcuts page lists every key by area.

Where can I learn TallyPrime with shortcuts in Indore?

Debugshala teaches TallyPrime at its Old Palasia campus in Indore, with classes in English and Hindi and a free demo class before you pay anything. Shortcut speed comes from daily practice on real vouchers, so a classroom with guided exercises helps. You can ask Debugshala about its current TallyPrime batches.

Sources

• Keyboard Shortcuts in TallyPrime, TallyHelp, Tally Solutions (accessed November 2026)
• Release Notes for TallyPrime Release 7.2, TallyHelp, Tally Solutions (12 October 2026)
• How to Record Sales Under GST in TallyPrime, TallyHelp, Tally Solutions (accessed November 2026)