Shortcuts
- Last UpdatedAug 14, 2026
- 9 minute read
Most of the features in the various documents of the product can be accessed using keyboard shortcuts or ribbon buttons. These methods are listed in context throughout, but are collated in this section for easy reference.
Tip: Many operations in the product require use of the context menu to access options.
Most keyboards have a key to open the context menu, usually labelled with a
icon and found between the right Alt (Alt Gr) and right Ctrl keys.
Shortcuts for standard functionality
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Action |
Button |
Keyboard |
Ribbon |
Alternative |
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Save the crude to the database. |
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Ctrl-S |
Home > Document > Save |
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Print the graph, measurement grid or database view, depending on which document page is in focus. |
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Ctrl-P |
Menu button > Print |
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Preview the graph, measurement grid or database view to be printed. |
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Menu button > Print > Print Preview |
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Cut crudes or blend items to the clipboard. |
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Ctrl-X or Shift-Delete |
Home > Clipboard > Cut |
Blend crude list: right click for context menu. |
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Copy crudes or blend items to the clipboard. |
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Ctrl-C or Ctrl-Insert |
Home > Clipboard > Copy |
Blend crude list: right click for context menu. |
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Copy all cell values to the clipboard. |
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Ctrl-Shift-C |
Home > Clipboard > Copy > Copy Special |
Measurement Grid: right click for context menu. |
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Paste crudes or blend items from the clipboard. |
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Ctrl-V or Shift-Insert |
Home > Clipboard > Paste |
Blend crude list: right click for context menu. |
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Undo an action. |
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Ctrl-Z or Alt-Backspace |
Quick Access Bar > Undo |
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Redo an action. |
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Ctrl-Y |
Quick Access Bar > Redo |
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Launch the Configure Filters dialog. |
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Home > View > Filter |
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Launch the Configure Views dialog. |
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Home > View > View |
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Export the current view to Excel. |
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Home > View > Export to Excel |
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Select all crudes or blend items. |
Ctrl-A |
Measurement Grid: Click top left of grid. |
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Open the help. |
F1 |
Help icon |
Shortcuts for Generation functionality
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Action |
Button |
Keyboard |
Ribbon |
Alternative |
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Add new Measurement Grid. |
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Shift-F11 or Alt-Shift-F1 |
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For relevant documents exploiting the statistical model, calculate the range of the model for all property/stream combinations in the measurement grid. |
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F7 |
Home > Assay > Calculate Model Range |
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Begin a generation in a document. |
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F5 |
Home > Assay > Generate |
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For documents exploiting the statistical model, check the consistency of the measured values against the generated values predicted by the model. |
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Shift-F5 |
Home > Assay > Check Consistency |
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Copy measurement data for the selected crude. |
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Home > Document > Open > Open With > |
Database: Right click on a selected crude for context menu option Open With |
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Open the measurement data for the selected assay in the selected document. |
Ctrl-T |
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View a human-readable data report for the selected crude(s). |
Reporting > Reports > Select Report Type |
Database: right click on selected crudes for context menu option View Report |
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Export a data file for the selected crude(s). |
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Home > Document > Export |
Database: right click on selected crudes for context menu option Export |
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Launch the set manager. |
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Reference Data > Managers > Set Manager |
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Launch the unit manager. |
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Reference Data > Managers > Unit Manager |
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Launch the Correlation Manager. |
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Reference Data > Managers > Correlations |
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Launch the Property Manager. |
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Reference Data > Managers > Properties |
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Launch the Flowsheet Manager. |
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Reference Data > Managers > Flowsheet Manager |
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Launch the Assay Report Template Manager. |
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Reporting > Reports > Assay > Manage Templates |
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Launch the Planning Template Manager. |
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Integration > Reports > Planning > Manage Templates |
Right click in Database for context menu and choose View Report > Planning Templates > Manage Templates |
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Launch the Nearness Manager. |
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Reference Data > Managers > Nearness Manager |
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Launch the SRPV Manager. |
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Reference Data > Managers > SRPV Manager |
Shortcuts for general functionality
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Action |
Keyboard |
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Move to the next control |
Tab |
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Move to the previous control |
Shift-Tab |
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Go to the next top level item in the document navigator |
Ctrl-Tab |
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Go the previous top level item in the document navigator |
Ctrl-Shift-Tab |
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Go to the next item in the document navigator |
Ctrl-PgDn |
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Go to the previous item in the document navigator |
Ctrl-PgUp |
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Select the item #n in the document navigator |
Ctrl-Shift-# (for example, Ctrl-Shift-4) |
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Go to the Database View |
Ctrl-Shift-D |
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Go to the main view |
Ctrl-Shift-M |
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Go to the Graph view |
Ctrl-Shift-G |
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Go to the next pane in the application |
F6 |
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Go to the previous pane in the application |
Shift-F6 |
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Close the current document |
Ctrl-W or Ctrl-F4 |
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Expand or collapse the open document in the document navigator |
Ctrl-NumPad-* |
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Toggle the document's Show on Graph button in the document navigator |
F8 |
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Open the Edit With menu on the Database view |
Ctrl-E |
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Rename the selected grid in the document navigator |
F2 |
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Delete the selected grid in the document navigator |
Ctrl-Delete |
Shortcuts for editing functionality
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Action |
Keyboard |
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Begin editing |
F2 or Shift-F2 |
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Begin editing (with characters typed) |
Typing |
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Begin editing (with empty contents) |
Backspace |
Shortcuts for editing lists
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Action |
Keyboard |
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Begin editing |
F2 or Shift-F2 |
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Begin editing (with characters typed) |
Typing |
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Begin editing (with empty contents) |
Backspace |
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Add or insert a new item |
Insert or Numpad-plus |
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Delete the selected item |
Delete |
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Edit the selected item |
Enter or Return |
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Move item(s) up |
Ctrl-PgUp |
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Move item(s) down |
Ctrl-PgDn |
Shortcuts for non-editable lists
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Action |
Keyboard |
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Find the item matching the typed string |
Typing |
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Move down |
Enter or Return |
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Move up |
Enter-Shift or Return-Shift |
Shortcuts for graphing functionality
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Action |
Button |
Keyboard |
Ribbon |
Alternative |
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Launch the Graph Properties Manager. |
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Reference Data > Managers > Graph Properties |
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Toggle the visibility of the graph. |
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Ctrl-G |
Home > Graphing > Graphs |
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View the property graph |
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Home > Graphs > Property Graph |
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View the residue profile graph |
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Home > Graph > Residue Graph |
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View the scatter graph |
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Home > Graphs > Property/Property Scatter Graph |
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View the Property Bar graph |
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Home > Graphs > Property Bar Graph |
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View the viscosity graph |
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Home > Graphs > Viscosity Graph |
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View the distillation graph |
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Home > Graphs > Distillation Graph |
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Toggle Cross-Hairs mode on the profile graph. |
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Make the left axis active in the profile graph. |
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Ctrl-[ |
Graph: click in white space to left of left axis |
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Make the right axis active in the profile graph. |
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Ctrl-] |
Graph: click in white space to right of right axis |
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Display axis details for the selected graph axis. |
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Choose pan mode in the graph. |
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Graph: right click for context menu item Pan Mode |
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Choose Zoom mode in the graph. |
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Graph: right click for context menu item Zoom Mode |
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Reset the graph scaling to its original unzoomed view. |
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Show the graph information dialog. |
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Ctrl-R |
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Select an item on the graph in graph editing mode. |
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Add a guide point in graph editing mode. |
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Remove a guide point in graph editing mode. |
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Toggle the activity status of a measurement in graph editing mode. |
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Toggle the molecular scatter on the property profile graph. |
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Toggle the guide points on the property profile graph. |
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Toggle the h-bars on the property profile graph. |
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Toggle the profile curves on the property profile graph. |
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Toggle the property constraints on the property profile graph. |
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Select a range of crudes on the scatter graph. |
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Graph: right click for context menu item Selection Mode |
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Zoom to the selected range of crudes on the scatter graph. |
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Graph: right click for context menu item Zoom to Selection |
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Filter database by the selected range of crudes on the scatter graph. |
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Graph: right click for context menu item Filter database by selection |
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Toggle Tracking mode on the viscosity graph. |
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Toggle the measurements on the viscosity graph. |
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Toggle the measurement precisions on the viscosity graph. |
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Toggle the generated profile curves on the viscosity graph. |
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Toggle the interpolated profile curves on the viscosity graph. |
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Shortcuts for editing grids
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Action |
Keyboard |
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Change the focus layer in the advanced grid view |
Ctrl-[ or Ctrl-] |
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Grid Zoom |
Shift-Numpad-minus or Shift-Numpad-plus |
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Change the activity of the measurement |
Space |
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Paste as Text |
Ctrl-Alt-V or |
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Apply edit to entire selection |
Ctrl-Enter (while editing) |



























































