This layout enables you to edit the current Note.
Running from the top to the bottom of this layout, left to right:
?
Click this button to view the online help facility for the application.
save
Click this button to save the changes that you have made to the current record, and return to the detail layout.
find and replace
Click this button to search for a keyword in the current Note, and replace it.
Enter a search string in the field containing the placeholder text enter find string here.
Enter a replace string in the field containing the placeholder text enter replace string here.
replace
Click this button to replace the keyword in the field containing the placeholder text enter find string here with the keyword in the field containing the placeholder text enter replace string here.
N.B. this process is case-sensitive.
original
Click this button to view the original version of the current Note.
After clicking this button, a pop-up field will display the first version of the current Note that you saved to the application.
replace (current version with this)
Click this button to replace the latest version of the current Note with the first version that you saved to the application.
cancel (current version with this)
Click this button to close the replace current version pop-up.
format
Click this button to reset the font of the Note field to the default (Verdana 13).
copy
Click this button to copy the contents of the Note field to the clipboard.
paste
Click this button to copy the contents of the clipboard to the Note field.
cancel
Click this button to cancel the editing process, and return to the detail layout without saving any of the changes that you have made to the current record.
Sort
This layout enables you to reset the default order of the records listed.
Running from the top to the bottom of this layout, left to right:
?
Click this button to view the online help facility for the application.
pop-up
Click this button to select new order numbers from a pop-up list in the field order.
After you select a number from the pop-up list, and transfer it to the order field, that number will disappear from the pop-up list.
N.B. this function is only available on record sets numbering less than 500 (it would be impracticable to select from a pop-up list containing more values).
set (pop-up sort)
Click this button to fix the manual sort order that you created.
cancel (pop-up sort)
Click this button to ignore the values that you entered in the order field, and restore all of the sort option buttons.
record number bar
The record number bar on the far right of the layout facilitates navigation through the records listed.
Click the buttons to the right and left of the record number field to navigate to the first, previous, next or last record in the list.
alphanumeric
Click this button to sort records by alphanumeric order on the principal field (for example, on the Category field).
This button will appear only after changes are made to the original sort order.
N.B. This will clear all of the values in the field order.
drag and drop
Click this button to drag and drop records into a new order sequence.
Drag a record to the top of another record to insert it before that record.
Drag a record to the bottom of another record to insert it after that record.
N.B. this method of re-ordering records may be sluggish on large record sets (i.e. fifty plus), involving great spans (for example, moving the first record fifty or more places).
save
Click this button to save the last sort sequence created, and return to the list layout.
cancel
Click this button to restore your records to the order that they were in before you clicked the sort button.