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- [CATEGORIES]
-
- Swift POS allows for the products to be entered in
- categories or groups. You will find the CATEGORIES
- entry panel under the EDIT menu at the top of the
- screen.
-
- It is not imperitive that you use this feature but
- if you do, enter each of your category names
- on a separate line in the CATEGORIES panel by
- hitting the ENTER key after each entry.
-
- If you choose not to separate your products into
- categories, at least one category heading must
- be entered such as PRODUCTS. Setting the
- search feature on the SETTINGS tab in the
- preferences to NAME will then allow products
- be found by typing the first few letters of the
- product name.
-
- The advantage of using this feature is that your
- products are grouped together with like items
- and can be quickly found in a search.
-
- example:
-
- SHIRTS <-{Category}
- Long Sleeve Mens <-{Product}
- Short Sleeve Mens <-{Product}
- Long Sleeve Boys <-{Product}
- Short Sleeve Boys <-{Product}
- Ladies Dress <-{Product}
- Ladies Casual <-{Product}
-
- Typing an 'S' on a search panel causes a jump
- to SHIRTS and the individual products will appear
- in the search window.
-
- Care should be taken in setting up the categories
- and product names. It is imperative that the cat-
- egory names be general terms and the product
- names be unique and specific descriptions of the
- products. The program and its reports key on the
- PRODUCT NAME and not the category.
-