Every official keyboard shortcut for Oracle Primavera P6, on one page: P6 Professional (the desktop app most schedulers use) and P6 EPPM (the web client). It’s the same content as our free Primavera P6 Keyboard Shortcuts pocket card, checked against Oracle’s own P6 Help (Version 25).
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P6 Professional (Desktop) Shortcuts
Oracle lists these as the P6 Professional menu options that have shortcut keys. If an option is not listed, it has no shortcut key.
File Menu (Alt+F)
| Ctrl + N | New |
| Ctrl + O | Open |
| Ctrl + W | Close All |
| Ctrl + P | |
| F10 | Commit Changes |
| F5 | Refresh Data |
Edit Menu (Alt+E)
| Ctrl + Z | Undo |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Insert | Add |
| Delete | Delete |
| Ctrl + F | Find |
| F3 | Find Next |
| Ctrl + R | Replace |
| F7 | Spell Check |
View Menu (Alt+V)
| Alt + F1 | Hint Help |
Tools Menu (Alt+T)
| F9 | Schedule |
| Shift + F9 | Level Resources |
| Shift + F12 | Disable Auto-Reorganization |
Help Menu (Alt+H)
| Ctrl + F1 | Local Help |
| Ctrl + Alt + F1 | Online Help |
P6 EPPM (Web) Shortcuts
In the P6 web client, press Tab to move between elements and Enter to open them. Oracle notes that shortcuts may vary depending on your browser.
General
| Ctrl + S | Save |
| Escape | Cancel |
| Delete | Delete a row in a detail tab or grid |
| Insert | Add |
| Shift + Insert | Add child |
| Ctrl + C | Copy |
| Ctrl + X | Cut |
| Ctrl + V | Paste |
| Ctrl + P | |
| Ctrl + → | Expand |
| Ctrl + ← | Collapse |
| F11 | Full screen |
| Alt + ↑ | Move focus up |
| Alt + ↓ | Move focus down |
| Alt + → | Move focus right |
| Alt + ← | Move focus left |
| Shift + F10 | Open the right-click menu |
| F9 | Schedule |
| Shift + F9 | Leveler |
Picker Windows
| Ctrl + ← | Move selected nodes to the left |
| Ctrl + → | Move selected nodes to the right |
Grids and Detail Tabs
| ↑ | Move to the node or cell above |
| ↓ | Move to the node or cell below |
| Ctrl + ← | Collapse group node or move to parent node |
| Ctrl + → | Expand group node or move to first child node |
| Home | Move to the first node in the tree |
| End | Move to the last visible node in the tree |
| Escape | Remove search string |
| Space | Select current node |
| Shift + ↑ | Add the row above to the selection |
| Shift + ↓ | Add the row below to the selection |
| Ctrl + Shift + ↑ | Move the selected node up |
| Ctrl + Shift + ↓ | Move the selected node down |
| Insert | Add |
| Ctrl + Insert | Assign |
| Ctrl + C | Copy row |
| Ctrl + X | Cut row |
| Ctrl + V | Paste row |
| Ctrl + Shift + C | Copy cell value |
| Ctrl + Shift + X | Cut cell value |
| Ctrl + Shift + V | Paste cell value |
| Ctrl + Alt + R | Assign resource (Assignments detail window) |
| Ctrl + Alt + O | Assign role (Assignments detail window) |
| Ctrl + Alt + Q | Request a resource (Assignments detail window) |
| Insert | Assign predecessor or successor (Relationships detail window) |
Moving tree nodes works only in trees that can be reordered; extending a selection works only where more than one node can be selected.
Sources: Oracle Primavera P6 Professional Help, Version 25, Using Shortcut Keys; Oracle Primavera P6 EPPM Help, Version 25, Navigating Using a Keyboard.
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