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Making a menu selection
Down To Earth provides several choices for
making a menu selection*:
Use any of the choice combinations that
work the best for you.
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Commonly used Shortcut
keys
You can access
the General menu
column from anywhere in Down To
Earth.*
The General menu column contains menu
selections and shortcuts that make your life easier.
Unique functions and the respective Key
shortcuts for your system, are always displayed in the General Menu column.
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| Windows: |
PC |
| Exit an input window or Down To
Earth |
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| Go and start a report or
process |
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| Fill
defaults for the remaining window
entry |
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| Delete an
entry or record |
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| Find value within a results
window |
Ctrl-F |
| Find
Next Find value |
Ctrl-N |
| Reverse Direction to Find value |
Ctrl-D |
| Non-Windows: |
PC |
vt100 |
| Exit an input window or Down To
Earth |
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| Display
a Help message for any field of
entry |
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| Go start a report or
process |
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| Abort or Cancelinput within a
window |
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| Display the
next Tab (window) |
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| Go back to the
previous Tab |
Shift-
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| Find value within a results window |
Ctrl-G |
Ctrl-G |
| Find Next value |
Ctrl-N |
Ctrl-N |
| Reverse Direction to
find |
Ctrl-D |
Ctrl-D |
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Activating a
menu bar
Once you are in any input window, the menu bar
shown at the top of your screen can be activated.
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Left click
on any menu column heading and pull down the menu selections for a
Windows®
distribution.
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Hold the
Control key and press 'P' ( ) on most VMS or UNIX
systems.
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The input window remains on the
screen, but the menu bar shortcuts are display for viewing or
selection.
For example, within an transaction
input window the Records menu column is enabled. When
viewing a report to screen, the View menu column lists the options
available.
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Getting Around in
DTE
