Dictionaries - Common Features

Dictionaries are simple lists.

All list windows provide options to view, edit, and print the list of items shown.

Button	Keyboard Shortcuts	Operation
$image\button-add.gif$	Alt+A, Insert	Add a new record to the list
$image\button-edit.gif$	Alt+I, Ctrl+Enter	Edit the currently highlighted record.
$image\button-delete.gif$	Alt+D, Delete	Delete the currently highlighted record (with a confirmation message before deletion).
$image\button-print.gif$	Alt+P	Call the Print Report wizard. Where more than one report option is available, a menu will appear below the Print button.
$image\button-close.gif$	Alt+O	Close the current window.
$image\button-select.gif$	Alt+S	Select the currently highlighted record. Only shown when a list is called as a lookup from another window.
$image\button-cancel.gif$	Escape	Cancel the selection process. Only shown when a list is called as a lookup from another window.

Dictionaries can be scrolled through by one of three methods:

� Keyboard when list is focused upon: Up, Down, Page Up, Page Down, Ctrl + Page Up, Ctrl + Page Down

� VCR control in lower-left corner of list (best)

� Scrollbar located on the right-side of list. Please note that when a list is large, this scroll bar will not always produce accurate results due to paged loading. This is where only a subset of items (one page) are loaded rather than the entire file. Page-loading gives the fastest performance possible, but it is not possible to accurately determine the scrollbar�s relative location within the file. We recommend using the VCR or keyboard on lists with over 10 pages of information.