How To Select Multiple Records From Lists

Once you have entered a List, you can Select, Cancel a Selection, Add, Delete or Edit records.

Using The Spacebar

You may use the arrow keys to move onto a record, then use the Spacebar to select or deselect the record. The selected record is highlighted in in color when you press the Spacebar - this means the record is tagged. Pressing the Spacebar again will deselect the record, removing the highlighted bar and removing the item from any list you are in the progress of tagging.

After a record is selected, it is highlighted in blue. Only the currently selected record is highlighted in yellow when you are selecting a group of records. You can tell that a record is tagged when you see the blue highlight.

Clearing A Selection

Pull down the Edit menu and choose Clear Tags to deselect all tagged records. The blue highlight will disappear and the blue box around the letter T in the Status Bar at the bottom of your screen will return to a T on a white background.

Using Keys

Use keys and combinations to work in lists.

Moving in the list:

Up and Down arrow keys scroll by record.

PageUp and PageDown scroll by pages.

Ctrl+Home go to the start of the list.

Ctrl+End go to the end of the list.

Esc to Exit.

Find

To Find a record:

Type the information you are looking for in the column header where the column label appears. This will sort through the list looking for your entry or the closest match to your entry.

Press Tab or Shift+Tab to move to a different field.

Select

To Select a record from the list:

Press the Enter key.

Cancel

To Cancel the current record selection:

Press the Esc key.

Add New

To Add a record:

Press the F3 key.

The new record will be added to the list after the record you selected.

Edit Existing

To Edit a record in the list:

Highlight the record of interest and press Edit at the bottom of the screen.

Using The Mouse

Use the mouse, scroll bar and menu choices to work in a list.

Moving in the list using the scroll bar:

Click on the up arrow to scroll up one record.

Click on the down arrow to scroll down one record.

Click above the scroll bar highlight to page up.

Click below the scroll bar highlight to page down.

Left click outside of the form to close it.

Select

To Select a record from the list:

Select the record you want, and select the left button on the selected record. This will open the record.

Cancel

To Cancel the current record selection:

Left click outside of the choice.

Add New

To Add a record:

Select the place where you want the record added.

Click the left button on "Edit" on the menu bar.

Click the left button on "Add" in the Edit menu.

The new record will be added to the list after the record you selected.

Edit Existing

To Edit a record in the list:

Select the record you want to edit.

Click the left button on "Edit" on the menu bar.

Click the left button on "Edit" in the Edit menu.