Menus - Activant Dimensions Getting Started

Menus

Generally, passwords are assigned to menus, which allow you to perform certain
tasks. So when you enter a password from the password screen, the
corresponding menu is displayed on your screen every time. For example, the
system manager password displays this menu:
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The top line includes your company name, menu title
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:
Enter the menu number of your selected option and press Enter. For
example, enter 2 and press Enter to go to
If the highlighted bar is positioned on the menu item you want, merely press
Enter.
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.
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 password screen.
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DIM 10 DATA | === DIMENSIONS MAIN MENU ===
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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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NOTE: Pressing up arrow (
Likewise, pressing down arrow at 8. Other Options will move the highlighted bar to 1.
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Chapter 2. System Training
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