Lookup Window

LOOKUP SCREEN EDIT HELP

EXPLANATION OF LOOKUP SCREEN

HELP FOR A/P BILL LIST SCREEN

LOOKUP SCREEN EDIT HELP
and Arrows, and - On all of the Lookups you can use the and Arrow keys and the and keys to view the list and place the cursor on your selection. When you hit on your choice, you are either given another Lookup screen with further choices or you are taken back to the former screen with your choice entered onto the screen.

When in help screens and choosing options you can then press to go back one level at a time.

This will go foreward one level at a time if was used first.

LOOKUP SCREEN OPTIONS HELP <Alt A> On many Lookup screens you have the option to Add a new customer, item, vendor, G/L #, etc., by using . This takes you to the screen where you can setup a new customer, item, vendor, G/L #, etc.

<Alt C> or <F5> To close the Lookup screen without making a choice, press or .

<Ctrl F> Pressing , on the Lookup screen, allows you to search by any information in any of the fields displayed on the Lookup screen. For more information press <S> to see "Lookup Search."

<Ctrl P> To print the information accessed on the Lookup Screen, press . You are given the message "Print All Records. Use to Mark Beginning. Enter Device P,0-9,W,D". Press P or the printer # to print the entire list.

To print a partial list, follow these steps:

1. Place the cursor where you want the printing to begin and press .

2. Place the cursor where you want the printing to end and press .

3. Enter P or the printer # to print the partial list.

You can also print to the Word Processor with W or to the Hard Disk with D. For more help see the paragraphs on PRINTING TO THE WORD PROCESSOR and PRINTING TO THE HARD DISK by pressing <P>. The same information is found by selecting a report, and then in the Report Generator Screen, pressing .

<Shift F3> Calculator. Use / to divide and * to multiply.

<Shift F4> Record macro. Hit to begin recording.Then enter the macro keystrokes. Hit to end the macro. Press <M> for more information.

<F4> Start macro from the line the cursor is on. Hit and the macro name.

                           LOOKUP SCREEN VIEW HELP

                         <Esc> Exits one level at a time.

                          <F5> Exit Lookup

                          <F6> Open Lookup

                    <Shift F5> Exit all Lookup

                    <Shift F6> Indexed Lookup

                         <F10> Seletion Screen

EXPLANATION OF LOOKUP SCREEN
A "Lookup" screen is available on hundreds of fields throughout the ABC program. This gives you a list of names, items, bill numbers, etc., in alphabetical order. To get a Lookup screen, press on a field that has Lookup available. Many of these fields will automatically display a Lookup screen if you type in a code that has not been setup in the computer. Also, a mouse click displays the Lookup screen on the fields with Lookup available.

Lookup Search
Pressing , on the Lookup screen, allows you to search by any information in any of the fields displayed on the Lookup screen.

For example, to find a certain customer, press when the cursor is on the Customer Code field. (This could be on the C, R, D, J, or Q screens). This gives you a Lookup screen. Then press . A message appears at the bottom of the screen, "Enter Search Word(s)." Because Code, Name and Phone # appears on the Lookup screen, you can search by any information in any of these three fields. To search by Name or Code, type a Name, Code or part of a Name or Code, and press . The computer will display any customer that has those letters (in the same order that you specified for the search) in their Code or Name. To search by Phone #, type a Phone # or part of a Phone # and press . The computer will display any customer that has those digits in their phone number.

NOTE: The computer will look for exact matches. If the phone number sought for is 827-7781, a search using 777 will not find the number, but a search using 7-77 would find it.

HELP FOR A/P BILL LIST SCREEN

         Selection options:

              * - To select open bills for payment,  due or not

              + - To select open bills for payment, if they are due

              / - To clear bills from the Payment list

If you use *, + or / on the top line, TOTAL TO BE PAID, it will apply to all of the bills on the list. If you use *, + or / on a line that has a vendor's name, it will apply to all the bills listed for that vendor.

          Display options:

                To Mark the beginning of a list to print

               To Print a list of open accounts

                To show the next level of A/P detail

               To Search by vendor name or amount

           Place cursor on the top line of the screen.

          Place cursor on or below the last line.

         ,  or   Return to First Screen