Introduction to TallyPrime
TallyPrime is complete business management software for small and medium business. TallyPrime helps you manage
accounting, inventory, banking, taxation, banking, payroll and much more to get rid of complexities, and in turn, focus on
business growth.
What you can do with TallyPrime?
Invoicing & Accounting- TallyPrime makes it amazingly simple to create and record invoices.
Optimized invoice components, host of configurations, multiple billing modes and so on.. makes TallyPrime really moulding to
your business. The wide variety of TallyPrime’s features makes it a simple accounting system.
Inventory management- The features of TallyPrime’s make it one of the most flexible system for
optimal inventory management. Features such as godown management, multiple stock valuation, manufacturing, batch and
expiry date, job costing etc., and the powerful inventory reports make inventory management a cakewalk.
Insightful Business Reports- TallyPrime comes with more than 400 business reports which
are readily available with powerful insights that will allow you make informed decisions.TallyPrime’s amazing flexibility allows
you to slice and dice your reports and look at them the way you want, the way it works for your business.
GST/Taxation- With TallyPrime, you can generate GST compliant invoices such as tax invoice, bill of supply
etc. in seconds and file accurate GST returns always. What’s more? You can automatically generate e-invoice and print invoices
with IRN and QR code instantly. Using TallyPrime’s features, you can also manage TDS, TCS and payroll statutory such as PF,
ESI and employee income tax.
Credit and Cash Flow Statement- By increasing the efficiencies in accounts receivable,
accounts payables, inventories, and several other areas of business, TallyPrime helps you optimise cash flows. TallyPrime’s
insightful reports help you to be on top of your cash flow.
Multi-task Capabilities- TallyPrime supports multi-tasking and helps you handle the day-to-day
interruptions. You are in the middle of the sales invoice but want to record another new sale? Or in the middle of making a
payment entry but want to refer to outstanding report before proceeding? Using TallyPrime, you will be able to handle many such
situations without the hassle of switching between multiple instances of Tally or the worry of losing your progress.
Go to Features- With TallyPrime, discovering insights just got easier. This is made possible with TallyPrime’s
new and powerful search bar called “Go To”. Using Go To, you can search and find the things you didn’t know Tally could do
for you and discover new insights to run your business better.
Banking- TallyPrime comes with a wide range of banking features/utilities that help you manage all your banking
needs easily. Using TallyPrime’s banking features such as auto bank reconciliation, pre-defined cheque formats, cheque
management, e-payments etc. makes banking an effortless task.
Access Business Data Online- TallyPrime gives you the ability to view business reports online
from the comfort of a web browser, wherever you are with the promise that your data will always rest with you.
Secure Data- We understand that your business data is sensitive and ensure that you will always remain in custody
of it. With multiple user access control and feature-based security levels ensure that access to your data is restricted based on
your choice.
Keyboard Shortcut Keys
This topic lists the shortcut keys and other menu keys used in TallyPrime Developer.
Editor Keys
Short Cut Keys Functionality
Up To scroll the cursor up by a line
Down To scroll the cursor down by a line
Left Arrow To scroll the cursor left by a character
Right Arrow To scroll the cursor right by a character
Home To move the cursor to the beginning of the current line
End To move the cursor to the end of the current line
PageUp To move the cursor one page up at a time
PageDown To move the cursor one page down at a time
Insert To select the edit mode or override mode in editor window
Delete To clear the next character from the cursor location or to clear the
selected text
Esc To come out of a dialog box, similar to the option ‘cancel’
Back Space To delete one character back from the current location
Tab To leave one tab space from the current location
Enter To start a fresh line
Shift + Down To select a line downwards from the cursor position
Shift + Up To select a line upwards from the cursor position
Shift + Left Arrow To select a character left of the cursor position
Shift + Right Arrow To select a character to the right of the cursor position
Shift + Home To select the text from the cursor location to the starting point of the
line
Shift + End To select the text from the cursor location to the ending point of the
line
Shift + PageUp To select one page up from the cursor location
Shift + PageDown To select one page down from the cursor location
Shift + Insert To paste the content from clipboard
Shift + Delete To cut the selected text
Shift + Back Space To delete one character back from the current location
Shift + Tab To move the cursor one tab back from the current location
Shift + Enter To start a fresh line
Ctrl + <Mouse Click> To copy contents from multiple locations or to paste the selected
contents at multiple locations
Ctrl + Down To scroll the page one line down at a time
Ctrl + Up To scroll the page one line up at a time
Ctrl + Left Arrow To move the cursor a word left
Ctrl + Right Arrow To move the cursor a word right
Ctrl + Home To move the cursor at the beginning of the file
Ctrl + End To move the cursor at the end of the file
Ctrl + Insert To copy the selection
Ctrl + Delete To delete a word right from the cursor location
Ctrl + L To cut the current line
Ctrl + T Toggles current line with the line above it
Ctrl + Back Space To delete one word back from the current location
Ctrl + ] To point cursor to the next definition in a file
Ctrl + [ To point cursor to the previous definition in a file
Alt + Home To point the cursor at the beginning of the line
Alt + End To point the cursor to the end of the line
Alt + Back Space Undo
Alt + Shift + Down To move one line down during column selection
Alt + Shift + Up To move one line up during column selection
Alt + Shift + Left Arrow To move one character left during column selection
Alt + Shift + Right Arrow To move one character right during column selection
Alt + Shift + Home To extend the rectangular selection to the starting of the line
Alt + Shift + End To extend the rectangular selection to the end of the line
Alt + Shift + PageUp To select one page up from the current location during column
selection
Alt + Shift + PageDown To select one page down from the cursor location during column
selection
Ctrl + Shift + [ To select one paragraph up
Ctrl + Shift + ] To select one paragraph down
Ctrl + Shift + Left Arrow To select a word from the left
Ctrl + Shift + Right Arrow To select a word from the right
Ctrl + Shift + Home To select the text from the cursor location to the beginning of the file
Ctrl + Shift + End To select the text from the cursor position to end of the file
Ctrl + Shift + Delete To delete the line right from the current location
Ctrl + Shift + Back Space To delete the line left from the current location
Ctrl + Shift + L To delete the current line
Ctrl + Shift + T To copy the current line
Ctrl + Shift + ‘+’ To zoom in to the Editor Window
Ctrl + Shift + ‘-‘ To zoom out of the Editor Window
Ctrl + F2 To add bookmarks along required lines in the Editor
Shift + F2 To navigate to the Previous bookmark
F2 To navigate to the Next bookmark
Menu Keys
Short
Functionality
Cut Keys
Del Delete
F1 To get the Help Manual
To find the next occurrence
F3
in the current file
To find and replace the next
F4
search result
F7 To compile a file
F9 To build the current project
To go back to the previous
Shift + F3
search result
To find and replace the
Shift + F4
previous search result
To directly jump to any other
Alt + P
File
Alt + 1 To hide Explorer window
Alt + 2 To hide Output window
Ctrl + N To create a new TDL file
Ctrl + O To open an existing TDL file
Ctrl + S To save a file or a project
Ctrl + Z Undo
Ctrl + Y Redo
Ctrl + A Select all
Ctrl + X Cut
Ctrl + C Copy
Ctrl + V Paste
Ctrl + E Execute OS Command
To find a text in the current
Ctrl + F
file
To locate the given text in all
Ctrl + D
the files
Ctrl + G Move to a Line number
To find and replace a text
Ctrl + H
with a new text
To directly Jump to any
Ctrl + J
Definition
Ctrl + 1 To go to Project Explorer
Ctrl + 2 To go to Output Window
Ctrl + 3 To go to Edit Pane
Ctrl + 4 To go to Definition Explorer
Ctrl + 5 To go to Schema Explorer
Ctrl + 6 To go to Build Window
Ctrl + 7 To go to Search Window
Ctrl + 8 To go to Function Browser
Ctrl + 9 To go to Action Browser
To move to the next search
Ctrl + F3
location
Ctrl + F7 To compile a project
To move to the original
Ctrl +
description from a reference
Dot
or modifier
Ctrl + To expand the pointed
Plus definition
Ctrl + To collapse the pointed
Minus definition
To show all the references
Ctrl + /
for the current description
Ctrl +
To jump to previous location
PgUp
Ctrl + To jump to subsequent
PgDn location
Ctrl +
To create a new project
Shift + N
Ctrl +
To open an existing project
Shift + O
Ctrl + To comment one or more
Shift + C lines
Ctrl + To uncomment one or more
Shift + U commented lines
Ctrl + To move to the previous
Shift + F3 search location
Ctrl + To show all the modifiers for
Shift+ / the current description
Ctrl + Alt
To exit from Tally Developer
+Q
Ctrl + Alt To open the Attribute
+A References Search Dialog
Ctrl + Alt To open the Definition
+D References Search Dialog
