PROPANE98 Newsletter # 27 (March 19, 2004)
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Shortcuts . . .
There are a number of keyboard shortcuts and "tricks" that you may or may not know about that makes using the Lynx system even easier to use.
For instance . . . Let's say you're entering a batch of invoices and the phone rings and you need to find out something about a customer. You could close the batch, return to the Main >Menu, select Find a Customer, and then look them up. When you're done, you would have to close the customer record, find the batch you were working on, and then find where you left >off when the phone rang. HOWEVER, there's a much easier way:
When the phone rings, simply click on the 
key and the
letter F (for "find"). This will immediately take you to the Find a
Customer window. When you're done, simply hit the button and you will immediately
return to the screen you were working on when the phone rang (in fact, the cursor will even be
positioned exactly where you left it). Pretty slick.
There are other shortcuts similar to this as well. For instance:
Click on the key and the letter A to "Add a
Customer"
Click on the key and the letter P to "Add a
Product"
Click on the key and the letter T to "Add a
Tank"
These (and other tips and tricks) are described in detail in the Lynx Help system.
From the "Index" tab, enter the key word "Tips".
Latest Versions . . .
The latest version of the Lynx software is 7.7.50.136. To check which version of the software you have on your system, go to the Main Menu, left-click on "Help" and then left-click on "About...".
The latest version of the Help System is 4.36. To check which version of the Help System you have, go to any Help topic (it doesn't matter which one) and left-click on the word "Help" near the top of the window on the second line and then left-click on the word "Version".
Both of these are now available for downloading from our web site www.LynxPropaneSoftware.com. By the way, as you probably know, these are downloaded separately. The process is described in detail in Help under the key word "Internet".