QPM Keyboard Shortcuts
Quick Pallet Maker can be operated without constantly reaching for the mouse or trackpad, by using the keyboard shortcuts shown below. Your wrists will thank us. The first column of the table displays the windows where the shortcuts are used: Std: Standard cases and pallets window; IW: Input Window; OW: Output Window; Lay. Ed.: Layer Editor; Rep: Report window; C. Fill: Container Fill Window; All.
| Where | Command | Windows shortcut | Mac OS shortcut |
| All | Start from Primary Package. Opens a new document that contains all the input options to create a pallet from the Primary Package dimensions. | Ctrl+N | Command+N |
| All | Close Window. Closes the frontmost document window. Saves the data automatically if the user has selected that option in the Preferences window. | Ctrl+W | Command+W |
| All | Quit (Exit). Quits the application. | Ctrl+Q | Command+Q |
| IW | Load Input Data. Opens an input data file and loads it onto the frontmost window. If there is no window available, this command will open a new window. | Ctrl+O | Command+O |
| IW | Save Input Data. Allows the user to save the input data onto a text file with the same name as current. If the file has never been saved, then the user will be prompted with a "Save As" dialog box. | Ctrl+S | Command+S |
| IW | Save As...: Allows the user to save the input data onto a text file with a different name as current. Opens a dialog box. | Ctrl+shift+S | Command+shift+S |
| IW, OW, Rep | Open Report. Opens a saved report. Opens a dialog box where the user can look for a saved report. | Ctrl+shift+O | Command+shift+O |
| Rep | Export Report Graphics. Opens a dialog box that allows the user to save the landscape report in any graphics format supported by QuickTime. If QuickTime is unavailable, will save to Bitmap format (Windows) or PICT format (Mac). | Ctrl+G | Command+G |
| Rep | Export Report Text. Opens a dialog box that allows the user to save the report information to a Tab-delimited text file. This is useful for creating custom reports on a spreadsheet or word-processing program. | Ctrl+E | Command+E |
| Rep | Export Report Text to MS Excel. Opens a dialog box that allows the user to save the report information to a Tab-delimited text file with the ".xls" extension. | Ctrl+shift+E | Command+shift+E |
| Rep, IW | (Report) Export Palletizing Movie. Opens a dialog box that allows the user to save the palletizing sequence as a QuickTime movie (requires QuickTime). (Input Window) If starting from box dimensions, will calculate multiple boxes on a pallet if the amounts are greater than zero. | Ctrl+M | Command+M |
| Rep | Page Setup. Opens the last tab of the Preferences window where the user can set the printing options. | Ctrl+shift+P | Command+shift+P |
| Rep | Print Report. Displays the printing windows as a function of the specified printers. | Ctrl+P | Command+P |
| IW | Shift between controls. | Tab | Tab |
| Rep | Copy Report. Selects the report graphics and copies it for pasting onto a third-party application. | Ctrl+shift+C | Command+shift+C |
| Lay. Ed. | Undo. Places the selected box in the location and orientation where it was in the first place. | Ctrl+Z | Command+Z |
| Std, C. Fill, Rep | Paste. (Standard Boxes window) pastes the standard box data. (Container Fill) pastes the box and pallet data onto the input table from the Container Fill window. (Report window) pastes graphics onto the appropriate space in the left part of the first tab of the window. | Ctrl+V | Command+V |
| Std, OW | Duplicate. Create a new pallet or standard case by duplicating an existant pallet or case (std. cases and pallets window). Create a new box or pallet load by duplicating an existant (output window). | Ctrl+D | Command+D |
| IW, OW | Recalculate. Uses the available data to calculate box dimensions and pallet arrangements. If used from a selected box in the Output Window, will calculate two columnar pallet arrangements. | Ctrl+R | Command+R |
| OW, Rep | Change Data. Go back to previous window. | Ctrl+B | Command+B |
| IW | Advanced Input Options. Displays the Advanced Input window where the user can vary one of the input values within a range to create different palletizing scenarios. | Ctrl+shift+I | Command+shift+I |
| IW | Load Multiple Packages. Displays a window in which multiple package types can be combined in the same calculation. | Ctrl+shift+M | Command+shift+M |
| OW | Fill Container. Opens the fill container window. | Ctrl+Y | Command+Y |
| OW | Layer Editor. Opens the pallet Layer Editor window. | Ctrl+L | Command+L |
| OW | Power Sort. Opens the window where criteria can be set for pallet sorting. | Ctrl+K | Command+K |
| OW | Box Compression. Displays the window where the user can calculate the minimum top-bottom resistance for his/her box. | Ctrl+shift+B | Command+shift+B |
| All | Preferences (settings). Opens the preferences window. | Ctrl+; | Command+; |
| OW,Rep | All Layers. Displays all the layers of the visible pallet load on the frontmost window. | Ctrl+A | Command+A |
| OW | First layer. Displays only the first layer of the displayed pallet on the frontmost window. | Ctrl+F | Command+F |
| Rep, OW, C. Fill | Detailed Report and OW: Shifts through the different pallet views. Container Fill: shifts through the container views in the second tab. | Ctrl+T | Command+T |
| OW | Detailed Report. Displays the detailed palletizing report based on the selected data in the Output Window. | Ctrl+shift+R | Command+shift+R |
| Rep | Shift through tabs in the Detailed Report window. | Ctrl+Left / Ctrl+Right | Command+Left / Command+Right |