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Top 5 Shortcuts Top 5 Shortcuts

Down To Earth has many Hot Keys”  or   Shortcuts”   to do what you need to do quickly.  Find  a record, Fill remaining fields, Link to the maintenance window, Go into action, and View the end of a report are the Top 5 most commonly used for DTE v7.0.




The “Find”
and “Locate record” shortcuts
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If the results list is too long and you still can't find what you want, use the Filter shortcuts.

Filter shortcuts  search within the Results window (Ctrl-F for Windows and Ctrl-G for non-windows).

Windows or non-Windows: PC

Use the “Find” or  “Locate record” shortcuts to search for data master records such as chart of accounts, vendor, customer, employee, item, or any of the codes contained within a master record.

You can search from the beginning of the data file or narrow down the search by entering all or part of the specific field options. You can even use standard wildcards ( * ).

F5

 

The resulting list of choices is displayed in order by the field chosen as the primary search.

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 



The “Fill defaults” shortcut
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Gets thru the rest of the window quickly.

Takes the place of pressing the <Enter> key through each field.

Windows or non-Windows: PC

Enter the defaults for all remaining fields in the input or report selection window by selecting the “Fill defaults” shortcut from the menu.

If a required field does not have a default value, the cursor will stop on that field so that you can enter the appropriate data.

Page Down

 

Next  Screen



 

The resulting list of choices is displayed in order by the field chosen as the primary search.

 

 


 

 

 

 

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The “Field maintenance”  shortcut

Need to create a new master record but don't want to loose your place?

Define new maintenance records by quick link, then go back to where you were.

This shortcut can be used to add chart of accounts, customers, vendors, employees, assets, items, bills, jobs, or any of the codes within these master records.

When you use this shortcut , the new maintenance window is displayed for you to edit or add a code then  “Exit ”  to return to the original input window.

 Down To Earth for Windows indicates this shortcut is enabled by displaying the field name in green .

Non-windows environments display "(^A Maintenance)" in the lower left corner of the input window when the cursor is placed in the field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The “Go” shortcut
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Says, "I'm done with entry and ready to continue."

Starts a process, function, or report after values entered.

Windows or non-Windows: PC

The  “Go”  function is what starts a process like a report, an import/export routine, or a purge. Enter your criteria, return to any field to change the criteria, then when you’re sure the entries are correct,  Go  !

F12

 

The  “Go”  function is what starts a process like a report, an import/export routine, or a purge. Enter your criteria, return to any field to change the criteria, then when you’re sure the entries are correct,  Go  !

 

 

 

 

 

 

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The “Last Page” shortcut *

Go immediately to the last line of a displayed report. 

Windows or non-Windows: PC

Don't forget the  “Last page”  shortcut to move the cursor to the last record of a displayed report.   Very handy when you are interested in report totals only!

Display the View menu column for your system shortcut key sequence.

<Shift> 

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<Ctrl-L>



 

 

 

 

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* Shortcut and key information is based on the standard keyboard configurations distributed with Down To Earth Business Software.
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