Use web browsers

This page offers tips and information on using browser-based software. Learning which tools are available via your browser and keyboard will make it even quicker and easier to use CCH iFirm.

Because CCH iFirm is a browser-based application, you can use familiar browser features like the back and forward buttons to navigate around it.

Additionally, you can bookmark pages you use often or add them to your Favorites list.

There are three ways to bookmark pages:

  1. Click the Bookmark (Firefox and Chrome) or Favorites (IE) buttons to save pages to your Most Visited or Favorites/Bookmarks list.

  1. Drag the lock button to the Bookmarks toolbar.

  1. Drag the submenu item to the Bookmarks toolbar.

If the Internet connection on your local network runs a proxy server, firewall, or other Internet gateway solution (such as WebMarshal), we recommend that you add your CCH iFirm website address to the list of exceptions. This can affect the performance of your CCH iFirm application. If you experience speed issues then you should eliminate your proxy server, firewall, or gateway software as the possible cause.

You should add the following sites to your exceptions list:

  1. .cchifirm.us
  2. Google-analytics.com

Although you will mostly use your mouse to navigate around CCH iFirm, you can also use the keys listed in the table.

Shortcut Function
Enter Press as an alternative to clicking Go, Update, or Search
Tab Move between fields
Ctrl+C Copy selected text
Ctrl+F Find text or numbers on a page
Ctrl+P Print a page
Ctrl+V Paste copied text
Ctrl+X Cut selected text
F5 Refresh or reload the current page from the browser cache
Ctrl+F5 Force the browser to download the page again (NOT from the cached version)
Shift or Ctrl+navigation arrow Select all or some options in a list