Tips and Tricks (as presented in our Newsletters)
Menu Style:
Did you know that you can toggle between Graphic. Text and Start Menu mode,
just by hitting the Shift-F5 key? Instead of the long, tedious process of going
through the Workstation Configuration setup.
Online Documentation:
The online guide requires you to use Adobe Acrobat. Just define the "Acroread
path" in
Workstation Configuration. It is one line. Then anywhere in OSAS when you press
Shift-F1,
you will access the users guide.
Get the Acrobat Reader here.
Click here!
Picture of your kids?
Would you like to see a picture of your kids, dog or something soothing while
working with OSAS?
Just change the Menu Style to Start, then in Workstation Configuration, enter
the name of the
image of your choice in the line Bitmap Image. Note! It needs to be in Bitmap
format, but almost
all images can easily be converted through Windows Paint program-it takes approx.
30 seconds.
Favorites:
If you do Payable transactions most often, why go through the steps to get there
each time?
Just add the functions you use often to the Favorites Menu. It is easy and saves
you tons of time.
Just highlight the function you use and hit the F10 key to add it to your Favorites
Menu.
To toggle between the OSAS menu and the Favorites, simply hit F2.
Preview shortcut:
Now you can preview Page 90 of a 90 page report without having to enter through
each screen to reach it.
Speed:
Did you know you can increase the -mValue (in the OSAS icon setup) to increase
the speed/performance of your OSAS,
The default value is 4096. (Right Click on your OSAS icon, and look at the Target
value.). If you increase it has to
be by a factor of 1024. So, the next value above the default is 5120.
Forms:
Form printing in OSAS allows you to print out multiple copies of forms while
executing the function once only.
Go to Forms Codes in System File Maintenance.
AP/PO:
- When in PO, you can Shift-F2 from the receipt number field to a summary of
posted and un-posted receipts.
- Default the Vendor Name as your GL description when entering transactions.
AR/SO:
- F2 Inquiry Sort by Customer PO number in Sales Order
Entry
- Customer ID and Order
number added to Transaction Entry
- You can use the F6
Maintenance function to add GL accounts on the fly.
What's a Julian Date?
This system is what OSAS be one of the best programs to own when the Y2K bug
(remember?) was going around.
A Julian Date is the number of days
that have passed since January 1st 4713 BC. ( Slightly before IMS was founded).
Julian date 2452497 corresponds to Aug. 8, 2002
