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Conventions Date—The program uses the default date format from the Windows operating system. This format can be changed by opening the Windows Control Panel and selecting “Regional Settings.” Select the “date” tab to change the date format. The program will normally show dates in the medium format “dd-mmm-yyyy” after the user leaves the date field to avoid any confusion. Currency—The program uses a standard number format with a two-place decimal. SMP allows the user to set the currency symbol on the Country tab on the Setup form. Tab—moves between fields. “Ctrl-X”—cuts the contents of information highlighted and places the contents in the Windows clipboard. “Ctrl-C”—copies the contents of highlighted text to the Windows clipboard. “Ctrl-V”—pastes the contents of the Windows clipboard to the location of the cursor. Editing Data—If the contents of a field are highlighted, any keyboard entry will replace the highlighted contents of the field. The previous contents of the field may be restored after replacing the field contents by entering the Esc key, but only before leaving the field. Multi-select lists--Make multiple selections by holding down the Ctrl key. To select all records in a range, select first record, hold down Shift key and make second selection. All records between the first and last record will be selected. Drop-down (combo) box--Click on the small arrow on the right side of the box to see a list of available options, or begin typing and the first item that matches what is typed is returned as typing. Underscored letters on menus and forms are keyboard shortcuts. Instead of using the mouse to select the item, simply use the Alt-key Letter combination (eg. Alt-U). Form Views--There are two ways that information is viewed in forms. The standard form view shows a singled record or multiple records continuously. The second is the data sheet view (similar to a worksheet in Excel) that shows columns and rows. Here are a few guidelines for the data sheet view:
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