Specifications

Chapter 2. System Training
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Menus
Generally, logins are assigned to menus, which allow you to perform certain tasks.
So when you enter a login from the login screen, the corresponding menu is
displayed on your screen every time. For example, the system manager login
displays this menu:
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| DIM 10 DATA | === DIMENSIONS MAIN MENU === | 10.1|
+-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| 1. Sales |
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| 2. Inventory |
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| 3. Accounts Receivable |
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| 4. Purchasing & Receiving |
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| 5. Accounts Payable |
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| 6. General Ledger |
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| 7. Day End/Month End/Year End |
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| 8. System Manager |
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| 9. Other Options +
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+-----------------------------------------+
The top line includes your company name, menu title (== Dimensions Main Menu ==),
and release number (10.0). The center of the screen contains the body of the
menu. Menu option 1 is highlighted in reverse video. Since Dimensions is menu-
based software, programs are run by selecting an option from a menu of options.
Throughout the system you will either be selecting an option from a menu or
running a program. The menu options lead to other menus or programs and back
out again through the same menus.
To select a menu option, you can do one of the following:
Ø Enter the menu number of your selected option and press Enter. For
example, enter 2 and press Enter to go to
Inventory.
Ø If the highlighted bar is positioned on the menu item you want, merely press
Enter.
Ø Move the highlighted bar to the menu item you want using the arrow keys (up
or down arrows). Then press Enter. The computer displays the selected
menu.
F NOTE: Pressing up arrow (#
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#) at 1. Sales will move the highlighted bar to 8. Other Options.
Likewise, pressing down arrow at 8. Other Options will move the highlighted bar to 1.
Sales.
Ø To end a menu, press Esc or enter E and press Enter. You are returned to
the previous menu. When you return to a previous menu, the highlighted bar
will be positioned on the menu option you left. Or if you were at the main
menu, the screen goes back to the login screen.