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Bloomberg Guide: Commands to Get Started

To Begin with

BLP <GO>: Personalize your "Bloomberg Launchpad" that launches upon login.

FFM <GO>: "Functions for the Market": Examples showing how Bloomberg functions can be applied to current market events.

GRAB <GO>: Email a screenshot of the current page.

LANG <GO>: Change the interface to any supported language.

LAST <GO>: Display the last few commands you ran.

LOGI <GO>:  Log out.

BPS <GO>: Bloomberg Resource Center to locate "cheat sheets" and guides that help you learn more about the functionality of the terminal. 

SEARCH <GO>: Allow to search using natural language.

HELP <GO>: Access support documentation and contact customer support.

[Function]+F1 HELP: Help for the used function from where the user can generate a PDF.

 

USER and USER ENHANCE are commands that allow to see what's new on the terminal, including recent terminal enhancements.

Stay Informed

BBG <GO>: Access Bloomberg.com articles on the Bloomberg terminal's web browser.

BRC <GO>: Analyst reports / broker research.

BRIE <GO>: "Bloomberg Briefs": Daily newsletters on the following topics: Economics; Economics Europe; Economics Asia; Municipal Market; Oil Americas; Oil Europe; Oil Asia; Credit; Regulation; ETFs; Private Equity; Hedge Funds; Dine; QuickTake; Special Reports.

KI <GO>: "Key insights": Bloomberg's artificial intelligence flags the most interesting news and information about a company.

QUIC <GO>: "Quick Takes": One-page, authoritative guides to current news topics.

TOP <GO>: View Bloomberg's most popular news stories.

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