Quick Reference Guide to Entering and Editing Data

THE PROMPT

USING THE KEYS

Many CMS prompts contain several empty fields, as in the following example:

ADD AGENT: Last Name:

 

First:

 

ID:

 

.

When a prompt appears, the cursor is positioned at the beginning of the first field.

In many instances, both keyboards allow more than one key to perform the same function. The table below shows the function keys you use to cancel a prompt, move the cursor to different fields in a prompt, and enter data.

 

 

 

 

Press

 

 

 

 

 

 

Or

 

To

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ F1 ] (Cancel Prompt)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Cancel a prompt, including any data

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you may have already entered in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

any field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

<

 

 

 

 

[ F5 ] (Previous Field)

[

^

] + [

>

]

 

Move to the beginning of the

 

(the shift key and the tab key

 

previous field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

both at once)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ F6 ] (Next Field)

[

< > ] (the tab key)

 

Move to the beginning of the next

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ > ] (the right arrow key

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Move one character to the right.

on the numeric keypad)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does not work in a blank field.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ <

] (the left arrow key

[ <

] (the backspace key)

 

Move one character to the left.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Does not work in a blank field.

on the numeric keypad)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ F8 ] (Enter Data)

 

[ ] (the return key)

 

Indicate you have finished your

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

response.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

ENTERING DATA

Follow these guidelines when completing the fields in a prompt:

 

You may use uppercase or lowercase letters.

 

Some field entries can be numbers or special characters.

 

Spaces are not allowed, use underscores. To get an underscores, press

 

the shift key ( [ ^

] ), and then press the hyphen and underscores key in

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the top row of the keyboard.

 

Press [ F8 ] (labeled “Enter Data”), or [ ] PC to process the data you have

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

entered.

Your PC beeps and displays an error message if you skip a required field in a prompt and press [ F8 ] or [ ] .

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