Accessibility, keyboard shortcuts, and touch gestures

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Overview

This section covers the ways to work in Business Central without relying only on a mouse. It includes the accessibility features built into the product, keyboard references for PC and macOS, and gestures for touch and pen devices.

Start with Assistive features for an overview of keyboard shortcuts, tab navigation, heading structure, alternative text, screen reader support, zoom, and tooltips. Then use Keyboard Shortcuts for the full list across navigation, lists, cards, documents, Copilot autofill, quick entry, calendars, reports, zooming, and role explorer. Keyboard quick reference - PC only is a shorter PC-focused reference for navigation, data entry, filtering, sorting, and common actions. Touch and pen gestures covers tablets and phones.

Key points

• Assistive features page covers keyboard shortcuts, tab navigation, heading structure, image alt text, link titles, screen reader support, zoom, and tooltips.
• Keyboard Shortcuts is the comprehensive reference for both PC and macOS.
• Shortcut areas include general navigation, lists, cards, documents, Copilot autofill, quick entry, calendars, reports, zooming, and role explorer.
• Keyboard quick reference - PC only covers the factbox pane, tell me, find entries, new record creation, column sorting, and search toggle.
• Access keys and multitasking across pages are covered in the keyboard shortcuts.
• Touch and pen gestures cover tap and hold, swipe actions, and horizontal scrolling on tablets and phones.
• Gesture topics also include chart tooltips, the tile menu, and Power BI report selection and controls.

Learn pages

• Assistive features: This article provides information about keyboard shortcuts and other assistive features in Business Central for people with disabilities.
• Keyboard quick reference - PC only: A print-friendly reference sheet containing the most popular keyboard shortcuts for PC users.
• Keyboard Shortcuts: View a list of key combinations (keyboard shortcuts) that you can use to work efficiently with your data.
• Touch and pen gestures: Learn about touch and pen gestures that help you work efficiently with your data from tablets and phones.

Business Central pages and reports

The pages, reports and queries this hub’s Learn pages name (ms.search.form, API reference), joined to the code by exact object id (data/index/docs-objects.json); a page shows the table it runs on.

• Page 9000 “Whse. WMS Role Center” · captioned “Shipping and Receiving - Warehouse Management System”
• Page 9004 “Bookkeeper Role Center” · captioned “Bookkeeper”
• Page 9005 “Sales Manager Role Center” · captioned “Sales Manager”
• Page 9006 “Order Processor Role Center” · captioned “Sales Order Processor”
• Page 9007 “Purchasing Agent Role Center” · captioned “Purchasing Agent”
• Page 9009 “Whse. Worker WMS Role Center” · captioned “Warehouse Worker - Warehouse Management System”
• Page 9010 “Production Planner Role Center” · captioned “Manufacturing Manager”
• Page 9016 “Service Dispatcher Role Center” · captioned “Service Manager”
• Page 9017 “Service Technician Role Center” · captioned “Outbound Technician - Customer Service”
• Page 9020 “Small Business Owner RC” · captioned “President - Small Business”
• Page 9022 “Business Manager Role Center” · captioned “Business Manager”
• Page 9024 “Security Admin Role Center” · captioned “Administration of users, security groups and permissions”
• Page 9026 “Sales & Relationship Mgr. RC” · captioned “Sales and Relationship Manager”
• Page 9027 “Accountant Role Center” · captioned “Accountant”
• Page 9030 “Account Manager Activities” · captioned “Activities” · on Table 9054 “Finance Cue”

Source: Microsoft Learn (CC BY 4.0). Descriptions are Learn’s own.