Getting Around TTPay: Menus, Keys, and the Status Bar

Revised on September 4, 2026

Before you start using TTPay day to day, it helps to know a few basics about how the screens work.

The Menu

You can open any feature from the pull-down menu at the top of the screen, using either your mouse or your keyboard.

  • With the mouse: Click a menu item, or double-click to select it right away.
  • With the keyboard: Press Alt, then the underlined letter in the menu name. For example, pressing Alt, then S, then D opens the Deductions Table.
  • If a menu item has a > next to it, that means it has a submenu — clicking it opens more choices rather than a data screen.
  • If a menu item has no >, selecting it opens a data entry screen directly.

Function Keys

TTPay is largely driven by function keys (F1, F2, F3, and so on). These keys do things like create a new record, look up an existing one, or delete a record — you’ll see them referenced throughout these articles.

If you ever forget what a key does, press F1, or go to Help > Command Keys on the menu, for a full list.

The Status Bar

At the bottom of every screen is the status bar. It tells you what’s going on with the screen you’re looking at:

  • TTPay — confirms which program is running.
  • Zoom — appears when a lookup is available for the field your cursor is in. Press F5 to open that lookup screen.
  • Mode — tells you what you’re currently able to do:
    • Modify — you can change existing data.
    • Create — you’re entering a brand-new record.
    • Query — read-only; you can look but not change anything.
    • To switch into Modify mode, press Ctrl + M.
  • INS / OVR — shows whether typing will insert new text at the cursor (INS) or type over existing text (OVR).
  • Any error message appears on the left side of the status bar.

The Scroll Bar

Some screens show a list of records. Use the scroll bar to move through them:

  • Click the up arrow to go to the previous record.
  • Click the down arrow to go to the next record.
  • Click the down arrow one more time past the last record to add a brand-new one.

Date Format

TTPay always expects dates as DD/MM/YYYY — day first, then month, then a four-digit year.