Rice Lake TransAct 3.5 User Manual

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Using TransAct

Welcome

Version 3.5

NOTE:

The following format will be used throughout this manual to indicate the selection of a
menu and submenu:

Admin | Preferences | Ticket Printer Port

. This example corresponds to

the above picture.

With the Keyboard

Press and hold the

ALT

key on the keyboard to activate the menu bar.

One letter in each icon that appears on the menu bar is underlined. The underlined letter is the menu’s
hot key. Each command has an underlined hot key. While holding the

ALT

key, press the underlined

letter to display the pull-down menu. For example, to access the Admin pull-down menu using the
keyboard, press ALT ‘i’. To select one of the commands, release the ALT key and press the underlined
letter from the list or use the

and

DOWN

arrow keys and press

Enter

Closing a Menu

To close a pull-down menu, move the mouse pointer into the TransAct window and click, or press

Escape (ESC)

on the keyboard.

Using Dialog Boxes (Windows and Tables)

TransAct is designed to use dialog boxes throughout the program. For simplicity, dialog boxes are
referred to as windows throughout this manual. Each dialog box could have several tables, lists or forms
associated with the window. All of the information necessary to run TransAct is entered into these
dialog box windows.

Dialog box windows are often separated into groups. Current options are highlighted or have a dotted
rectangle around them. There are two ways to move from one option to another.

Mouse:

Click the option or group.

Keyboard: To move from one option to the next or move to a different option group, press the

TAB

key.

To move the opposite direction, hold down

Shift

and press

TAB

To move between options within a group, use the arrow keys.

Press

ALT

plus the underlined letter in the option name.