About Input Guidelines

For background information, see: About Data Windows

You can enter information most efficiently in a data window when you follow some input guidelines.

 

Keyboard shortcuts

Tab key – press the tab key to move between fields.

Alt+ the underlined character – moves to that tab or field.

Input control colors

Data windows controls are color-coded as described below:

Control

Description

White

An enabled control. You can add or modify information in this control.

Yellow

A required control. This control must contain information.

Green

The current active control.

Grey

A disabled control. You cannot add or modify information in this control.

 

Default values

Data window controls can contain default values.

 

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