QUE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM USEFUL DOS COMMANDS Command Description CTRL S These two keys when pressed together will pause the present activity. It will stop screen scrolling and halt the printer. A likely use would be to change the printer's paper when jammed. Hitting CTRL S again will resume activity. CTRL ALT DEL These three keys when hit together will "reboot" the system. Rebooting is similar to turning the machine off and back on. This is a good command to try only when the computer seems hung and no input is accepted from the keyboard. SHIFT PRTSC These two keys allows us to print whatever is on the screen. It may be useful in recording error messages or displaying data not readily available on reports. For instance printing a single master file record. CHKDSK /F Used to check the memory available for use and the amount of diskspace. The /F parameter is used to rebuild bad file allocations. FORMAT Used to ready a diskette for copying during the backup procedure. QUE ACCOUNTING SYSTEM USEFUL Keystrokes Cursor Movement The cursor, a flashing minus sign, may be moved through the use of the four directional keys on the right hand side of the keyboard. The upper arrow is used to return back to the preceding field. The down arrow or the RETURN key are used to move on to the next field. The right and left arrows move the cursor one space in the corresponding direction. Vendor PE Invoice test12 Date 12/31/87 For instance, if the cursor was sitting on the eight of the date field, hitting the up arrow twice would move it to the Vendor field. If I wanted to move it only to the beginning of date, I would hit the left arrow 4 times, since the "/" are fixed and not considered part of the data. Any field where the last character entered fills up the display, the computer will automatically assume the entry is finished and will continue onto the next field. In the case of most menu selections, therefore, hitting return after a selection is not necessary. Screen Function Keys While processing data on a data screen, certain key combination can be used to facilitate the process. Intuitively, moving the cursor key with the arrows, as described above and pressing the DEL and INS keys will get the job done and may be all that is necessary. However, there are advantages to using the keystrokes listed below: CTRL A Moves the cursor a Word to the left. CTRL F Moves the cursor a Word to the right. CTRL Home Moves the cursor to the top of the screen. CTRL END Moves the cursor to the bottom of the screen. CTRL T Deletes the word to the right of the cursor. CTRL Y Deletes from the cursor position to the end of the field. CTRL U Restore the current field to its original value, as long as you did not exit the field. CTRL U Terminate the current process, saving all changes made including the current field. ESC Terminate current process, saving all changes but those made to the current field.