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Answered By: Leigh Lehmann
Last Updated: May 08, 2024     Views: 14005

Q.
Bloomberg: keyboard

How does the Bloomberg keyboard work?

A.
  • In Bloomberg type BPS and hit GO for the Bloomberg Resource Center where you will find cheat sheets by topic. Select 'Getting Started' on the left side menu and then open the Terminal Getting Started User Guide. The keyboard shortcut cheat sheet begins on page 14 of this document.

 

Commonly Used Keys

Key Color Description
Esc/Cancel		 Red Exit the current function and return to the home page
Enter/GO Green Execute a typed command
Menu Green Navigate from any function back to a menu of related functions, or return to a previous screen
End/Back Green Navigate back to the previous screen
F1/Help Green Connect to function Help Pages and Bloomberg Help Desk
F3/Corp Yellow Load securities and access market sector menus
Panel Blue Switch between windows; double click on a panel to resize screen.
PFD Yellow Preferred Shares
EQUITY Yellow Equity Shares
CMDTY Yellow Commodity Markets
INDEX Yellow Indexes
CRNCY Yellow Currency Markets
PgUp/PgDn Green Moves up and down through multiple screens of information
PRINT Green Prints displayed screen or X [PRINT] prints multi-screen documents, e.g., 10 [PRINT] prints 10 pages
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