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- The Description List function lets you edit descriptions
- to be used in the PAY/DESC and MEMO input fields of the
- Transaction Requester. Selecting an entry in this list
- places the description in either the PAY/DESC input
- field or MEMO field (depending on the current location
- of the cursor).
-
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-
- The following list describes the functions available in
- the Description List Requester. The order of these
- functions corresponds to the order they appear in the
- requester's menu bar. You can select any function using
- either the keyboard (shown as "Keyboard:") or mouse
- ("Mouse:").
-
-
- Description Menu
-
- Okay
-
- Accept the current values as the Description List
- for the current checkbook.
-
- Double-clicking on a Description List entry is
- equivalent to highlighting it and selecting "Okay".
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA Y
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
- Add
-
- Activate the description input field for you to
- define a new description. Once you press the
- RETURN key, the description will be entered into
- the Description List in alphabetical order.
- Duplicate and blank descriptions are not allowed
- and will not be entered into the Description List.
-
- Once a description has been added to the list, it
- cannot be edited, although it can be deleted and
- added again.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA A
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
- Delete
-
- Remove the highlighted description from the current
- Description List. A description must be
- highlighted for this function to work.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA D
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
- Cancel
-
- Terminate the current editing session of the
- Description List. Changes, such as those from the
- Load, Save, Add, Delete, and Clear functions will
- be preserved, unlike other Cancel functions which
- restore the previous values.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA N
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
-
- List Menu
-
- Load
-
- Retrieve from disk a specified Description List as
- the current description list. A file requester
- will be displayed for the selection of the
- Description List to retrieve. Files with an
- extension of ".CAd" (signifying a Checkbook
- Accountant description file) will be displayed.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA L
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
- Save
-
- Store to disk the current Description List under
- the selected file name. A file requester will be
- displayed for the selection of a file name. If the
- Description List was previously saved, its current
- file name will appear in the File input field of
- the file requester. If the Description List file
- currently exists, the program will ask if the
- Description List on disk should be replaced with
- the current Description List version. The current
- Description List will be saved with a ".CAd"
- extension (signifying a Checkbook Accountant
- description file).
-
- An icon file will be created to accompany the
- description file if the Icon Creation Description
- List option in the Program Prefs Requester is
- selected.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA S
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
- Default
-
- Save the current Description List as the default
- Description List. This is the same default
- Description List which can be loaded immediately
- after the definition of a new checkbook. The
- Description List is saved under the file name
- "CAdefault.CAd" in the CA: defined directory.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA F
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
- Clear
-
- Remove all the entries in the current Description
- List. The file name of the Description List does
- not change.
-
- Keyboard: RIGHT-AMIGA E
- Mouse: Menu Item; Command Button
-
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-
- The following list describes the input field which holds
- the description. The input format of this field is also
- given (shown as "FORMAT:").
-
-
- Description
-
- The spelling of the description.
-
- FORMAT: Any sequence of characters (maximum of 50).
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- -- END OF DESCRIPTION LIST HELP --
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