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- CONTROL PANEL HELP
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- Slider bar - The slider bar above the control panel can be used to move
- quickly about through your records , simply by clicking on the bar.
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- || Pause - use when rewinding or fast-forwarding
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- ## Stop - use when rewinding or fast-forwarding
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- |< Goto first record.
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- << Rewind records.
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- < Previous record
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- ^ Edit current record.
- (If one of the fields you have set up is of EXTernal type then
- you will not be able to edit that field as normal.
- For an external field you have to click on the XT ^ icon to
- choose an IFF picture or ASCII text file filename.
- The external IFF picture/ASCII text file can then be viewed
- with the XT viewing icon.)
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- Like external fields Calculated fields cannot be edited directly.
- The calculation can be changed from the field setup utility by
- clicking on the calculation.
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- When entering date fields : If you omit the year it will automatically
- be added for you using the year from the system date.
- If you enter 93 for the year it will add the 19 in front of it giving
- 1993. If you enter 2/8/93 it will be converted to 02/08/1993.
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- When editing a record you can use the cursor up and down keys to
- move between the fields.
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- > Next record
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- >> Fast forward records (Speed of FF & Rewind can be changed in the
- preferences).
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- >| Goto last record.
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- ? Search.
- You have to enter into each field the part of that field you
- wish to search for from the current record.
- (ie. If one field is the NAME of people and you enter `a` as
- a search parameter , then all names containing the letter `a`
- will be found.)
- Use the #> icon on the extra menu to find the next occurance.
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- = Exact search.
- You have to enter into each field the exact field data you
- wish to search for from the current record.
- (ie. If again one field is the name of people you would have
- to enter the full name of a person to find.)
- Use the #> icon on the extra menu to find the next occurance.
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- XT ^ If one of the fields you have set up is of type EXTERNAL you
- will be presented with the file requester and asked to
- choose an IFF picture or an ASCII text file to put into this
- field.
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- XT View
- This will display an IFF picture or ASCII text file from an
- EXTERNAL field if you have one set up.
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- FILTER (Please read the FILTER HELP file).
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- EXTRA MENU
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- The extra menu is displayed if you have the preference option turned on and
- you move the mouse pointer over the control panel.
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- This extra menu contains from left to right :-
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- Add rec. - This will automatically move to the end of your database and
- begin adding a record for you.
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- # > - Find next used when using either of the two searches.
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- Label - Label prints the current record.
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- Print - Prints the current record.
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- Use the printer preferences to alter the way labels and printed records are
- output.
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