 Top 5
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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.
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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).
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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 ( *
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The
resulting list of
choices is displayed in
order by the field
chosen as the primary
search.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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 *
Says, "I'm done with
entry and ready to
continue."
Starts a process,
function, or report after values
entered.
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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
“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.
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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.
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<Shift>
<Ctrl-L>
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* Shortcut and key
information is based on the standard
keyboard configurations distributed
with Down To Earth Business
Software.
Additional
assistance is also available from
our Technical Support
department.
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