
ABP Report Management System Operations Manual
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System Navigation
The Client application is capable of displaying multiple, independent windows, enabling you to
have several different reports open at once. Each report opens in a separate window which can be
moved, resized, opened, closed, and printed.
To activate a window:
1
Click the window,
-OR-
2
Press CTRL+TAB to cycle through the open windows.
You can also open the
Window
menu on the menu bar and select from the list of open windows
Note:
•
When an object appears lighter than the rest, or dimmed, this means that the object is not
available. An object may be unavailable if:
-
You do not have permission to access this object (refer to User Permissions on page 1-
6 for more information).
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Your version of the Client application does not support the object’s function.
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Patient demographics or report information has been confirmed.
Menu Bars
Click an item on the menu bar to open a list of menu commands corresponding to that item.
Figure 1-5: Example of a menu bar
You can use either the mouse or the keyboard to select a item in a menu.
Using the Keyboard
To access menu items using the keyboard:
•
Hold down the ALT key and press the appropriate hot key (the underlined letter) to activate a
menu. For example, hold down the ALT key and press
R
to open the
Procedure
menu.
•
Press the appropriate underlined hot key to select an item from the menu that appears. (The
ALT key is not needed once the menu is active.) The up arrow and down arrow keys may also
be used to highlight an item in a menu.
•
Press ENTER to select the highlighted item.
•
Press ALT to close menus, or use the left and right arrow keys to move to other menus.