Achieve Planner has several keyboard shortcuts that can come in very handy when you are entering data or when you perform certain tasks repetitively.

When entering dates in the grids, you can just type the letter t as a shortcut for today’s date. Achieve Planner should automatically convert it to today’s date when you move out of the cell.

You can also use t+x or t-x to represent dates that are x number of days ahead or before today’s date…

  t+1 is tomorrow

  t-1 is yesterday

  t+7 is same day next week

and so on.

Achieve Planner also supports keyboard shortcuts associated with menu items and toolbar buttons.

There are two types of shortcuts:

Regular shortcuts consist of a single key press combination. For example, the Edit -> Delete command has the shortcut of Ctrl+D. This means you have to press the Ctrl key and, while holding it down, press the D key.

Another example is Ctrl+Alt+O for the Tools -> Options command, where you need to press and hold the Ctrl and Alt keys and then press the O key.

To give you even more flexibility, Achieve Planner also supports “chord shortcuts” consist of two consecutive set of key press combinations. For example, the Go -> Outline command has the shortcut (Ctrl+G, L).

This means you have to press the Ctrl key and, while holding it down, press the G key. This is the first part of the chord.

You will see in the status bar the following “(Ctrl+G) was pressed. Waiting for second part of the chord…”

This means that Achieve Planner is waiting for you to enter the second part of the chord. In this case, you need to press the L key (without holding down the Ctrl or any other key) to complete the shortcut.

Some chord shortcuts may require you to press a modified key (Ctrl, Alt, or Shift) on each of the two key press combinations.

Each menu item displays the shortcut key combination that you need to use to invoke that command using the keyboard.

You can also customize the keyboard shortcut combinations for each command using the Tools->Customize Keyboard… menu item.

To get a quick reference of the most common keyboard shortcuts in Achieve Planner, use the Help->Keyboard Reference (PDF) menu item.