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- Simplified Logic
- of accessing records in the Activity file:
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- The tutorials describe the process of adding records into the activity file
- from the Activity file menu, Add screen, and will help you in understanding
- the flow of logic in the program. Over time, however, some new functions
- have been added into the program that make access into the activity file
- much more streamlined.
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- From the Client file, Get option, you will observe these 3 functions:
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- S for search
- F6 for Act Now
- F7 for Flash Report
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- The 'S' option gives you the ability to look at the Client file in any one
- of six 'views' or search criteria:
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- "1) Search by Company Name"
- "2) Search by First Name"
- "3) Search by Last Name"
- "4) Search by Phone Number"
- "5) View or search by Zip Code"
- "6) View or search by Category"
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- Once you select your 'view,' then all records are stacked or ordered in
- that sequence. If, for example, you select the last name 'view', then
- after you search and locate one record, all records before and after that
- one will be ordered alphabetically by last name.
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- After you have identified and isolated your single record in the Client
- file using this 'S' option, then enter the 'F7' function key. In a few
- seconds Flash Report will appear and will display to you all associated
- activity records for the person. The most recent activity will appear
- first. If, for example, you have entered 50 activities for that person
- over the last three years, then you will be looking at all of those
- activities, and can scroll up or down to see the entire listing of comments
- that you had entered at the time you originally created the activity.
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- At that point, you enter function key 'F6' for Act Now, or Activity Now.
- This single function key sets up a blank record in the activity file,
- partly filled out with that person's information but waiting on you for any
- comment specific to that activity as well as any future commitment date.
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- If you enter a commitment or callback date, then in a few seconds a window
- appears and displays to you all associated activities on that date. In
- this way, you can level your work load without leaving the record or while
- still on the phone.
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- "Light bars"
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- Each selection on any menu is highlighted with a light bar. As you scroll
- up or down the light bar, explanatory text appears on the bottom line of
- the screen, explaining the highlighted option. Each light bar selection
- has different explanatory text.
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