Shortcut Menu - Mouse Right-Click

The shortcut menu appears when you click the right mouse button (right-click). Inventory includes different shortcut menus for different purposes. For example, most fields contain a shortcut menu for manipulating the text in the field. This topic describes the most commonly used shortcut menus.

Tip: Some modules may have additional shortcut menus for functions unique to the module.

To display the field-level shortcut menu, left-click in any field box, and then right-click.

Tip: To see information about the Field Level shortcut menu options, click More.

Example:

Field-Level Shortcut Menu Options
Undo	Reverses the last command.
Cut	Moves text from one field to another (or from one location within a field to another) in partnership with the Paste command. To move text: 1. Highlight the text you want to move and click Cut. Tip: You can highlight partial text within a field. 2. Position the cursor to the target location, right-click, and then click Paste. Note: Cut differs from Copy in that Cut removes the text from the original location (when you click Paste).
Copy	Copies text from one field to another (or from one location within a field to another) in partnership with the Paste command. To copy text: 1. Highlight the text you want to copy and click Copy. Tip: You can highlight partial text within a field. 2. Position the cursor to the target location, right-click, and then click Paste. Note: Copy differs from Cut in that Copy leaves the original text intact.
Paste	Inserts text that was previously cut or copied. To paste text, position the cursor to the target location, right-click, and then click Paste. Note: Clicking Paste after clicking Cut deletes the original highlighted text.
Delete	Erases highlighted text. To delete text: Highlight the text, right-click, and then click Delete. Or, highlight the text and press [DEL]. Note: Delete differs from Cut in that Delete does not move the text to another location.
Select All	Highlights the entire contents of the field.
Properties	Displays field properties. This is handy to see formatting rules for a field. Note: For more information about formatting fields, refer to the Data Validation section in Data Entry Guidelines.
Help	Launches Field-Level Help. Keyboard shortcut: [F2]

To display the Search List shortcut menu, position the pointer anywhere in the list of records displayed in the Search window, and then right-click.

Tip: To see information about the Search List shortcut menu options, click More.

Example:

Search List Shortcut Menu Options
Set Column Size	Automatically resizes all columns so that the entire heading and field contents are visible (without truncation of any of the values).

To display the WebHelp shortcut menu, position the pointer anywhere in the Viewing Pane area (on the right) or the Navigation Pane (on the left), and then right-click.

To display the Hyperlink shortcut menu, position the pointer on top of a hyperlink in WebHelp, and then right-click.

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