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- C H A P T E R T H R E E
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- HOME INVENTORY PROGRAM
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- Select the Home Inventory option from the Main Menu. The menu and
- data entry form for the Home Inventory program will appear.
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- Menus
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- To activate the pull down menus:
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- Press the <Alt> key then press the highlighted letter or
- use the arrow keys.
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- or Place the mouse cursor over the selected menu and click
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- New File
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- If there are no data records stored in the file, the form will be
- blank. You can start adding records by typing in the information
- requested.
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- To move back and forth through the form, use the <Tab> and <Shift>
- + <Tab> keys. Use the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys to move back and forth
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- Adding Records
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- If you have already stored records in the file, the first record
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- You can add records to the file by pressing the <PgDn> key until
- you get to a blank record or by selecting the Add Record option from
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- Enter the necessary data in each field. After entering a record,
- press the <PgDn> key to add another record.
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- Deleting Records
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- To delete a record, make the record to be deleted the current
- record. Press the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys until the record is show-
- ing in the form or by using the Find option in the Search menu (see
- more about using Find later in this chapter). When the record is
- the current record, select Delete from the Edit menu. If you are
- sure you want this record deleted, click Yes or press Y when asked
- if you are sure.
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- Sorting Records
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- The last option in the Edit menu is Sort. There are four ways to
- sort the records in the Home Inventory program.
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- To sort the records by Location, select Sort from the Edit menu.
- Use the arrow keys or mouse to select Location in the Sort screen.
- Press O or click <Ok> with the mouse. The records will now be viewed
- or printed sorted by Location.
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- Viewing Lists
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- To view a list, select List from the View menu.
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- When viewing the list, you can use the arrow keys and <PgUp> and
- <PgDn> keys or the mouse to scroll through the records if there are
- more than can be seen on one screen. Press the <Esc> key to cancel.
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- Viewing Reports
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- To view a report, select Report from the View menu.
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- When viewing the report, press <Enter> to continue through the
- report page by page. When the last page has been viewed the program
- will return back to the data entry form. Press the <Esc> key at any
- time to cancel.
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- Printing Lists
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- To print a list, select List from the Print menu.
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- Enter the number of copies to be printed.
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- Select whether to print to a disk file or to a printer. If it is
- to be printed to a file, enter the file name you want to save it as
- or it will be saved under the default file name shown on the file
- name line.
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- Press O or click <Ok> with the mouse.
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- Printing Reports
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- To print a report, select Report from the Print menu.
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- Enter the number of copies to be printed.
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- Select whether to print to a disk file or to a printer. If it is
- to be printed to a file, enter the file name you want to save it as
- or it will be saved under the default file name shown on the file
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- Press O or click <Ok> with the mouse.
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- Find
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- Selecting the Find option in the Search menu will search all the
- records in the file and find the text string you entered in the Find
- text field, if it exists. When found, the record containing the text
- will be displayed and made the current record.
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- The search is not case sensitive. That means it doesn't matter if
- the text is in upper or lower case (ABCD=abcd).
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- The routine searches each text field (i.e. Location, Item, Model,
- etc.) in each record starting at the beginning of the field.
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- Example:
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- FIND: lamps MATCH: Lamps
- or lamps
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- NOT: blue lamps
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- If there are no text strings matching the one specified, a window
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- Find Next
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- To find the next occurrence of the same text string, select the
- Find Next option from the Search menu. This routine will search for
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- the next occurrence of the text string. If no other match is found,
- the 'No Match Found' window will appear.
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- Quit
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- To return to the Main Menu, click the Quit menu with the mouse or
- press the <Alt> key, then Q.
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