Customizing the Shortcut List
The Icon Bar doesn't take up much room across the top of the QuickBooks window, but if you prefer a vertical list of your favorite features, use the Shortcut List instead. Like the Icon Bar, the Shortcut List is a collection of the windows you use all the time. But in the Shortcut List, windows and navigators come grouped by area. (If you look carefully, you'll notice that the headings for QuickBooks areas match the names of the Navigators that the program provides.)
Note
When you first install QuickBooks, it displays the Icon Bar and opens the Open Window List pane, which lists QuickBooks Navigators and all the windows that are open. If you customize the Shortcut List to include all the windows and Navigators you use, nix the Icon Bar (choose View→Icon Bar to turn off the checkmark) and the Open Window List (choose View→Open Windows List) because they simply repeat what you have already in the Shortcut List.
To show the Shortcut List, choose View→Shortcut List. With the Shortcut List visible, choose View→Customize Shortcut List to add, remove, or rename entries in the list, as illustrated in Figure 22-3.
Tip
Choosing View→Shortcut List toggles the Shortcut List on and off. When the Shortcut List is visible, the Shortcut List menu entry includes a checkmark.

Figure 22-3. Top: To add a window, in the "Select windows to add" box, choose the one you want ...
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