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@1@Field Editing@0@                                  
                                                     
MEGA-Check 2 provides many features for              
editing fields.  See the table in the manual         
in the section @4@Field Editing@0@ for details       
on all of the keyboard equivalents for field         
editing.                                             
                                                     
The mouse can also be used in field editing.         
Clicking on any field or field label will            
position the cursor in that field.  If the           
field contains any characters, the cursor will       
be positioned to the exact place within the          
field that you clicked.  Otherwise, it will be       
placed in the beginning of the field.  Right         
clicking while the cursor is in a field will         
bring up a list of available things that can         
go in that field, @1@if@0@ the field is a            
listable field.                                      
                                                     
MEGA-Check 2 will not allow you to type              
characters that do no belong in a field, like        
alpha characters in a numeric or date field.         
If you attempt to do so, MEGA-Check 2 will           
sound the system bell.                               
                                                     
Note that when you a field is modified, it can       
be reverted back to its previous state by            
pressing @1@Undo@0@.  Once you move the cursor       
out of that field, however, it is changed and        
cannot be undone.  In addition, pressing             
@1@Control+Home@0@ or @1@Shift+Home@0@ to            
clear the entire panel cannot be undone,             
except by selecting @1@Cancel@0@ on that panel       
and coming back to it.                               
                                                     
@1@Defaulted fields@0@                               
                                                     
@8@Entry Panel@0@ fields can be defaulted to         
values that are @1@likely@0@ to entered by           
using the @2@Configure Entry Panel Defaults@0@12.hlp
panel.  The @1@Date@0@ field can be defaulted        
to the current date, or the date that is one         
day higher than the current highest                  
transaction date existing in your system.  The       
@1@Check #@0@ field can also be defaulted to         
the current highest check #.  Any other Entry        
Panel field can be defaulted with a constant         
by entering the appropriate value in the             
@2@Configure Entry Panel Defaults@0@ panel.12.hlp   
                                                     
@1@Automatic Ledger Amount field entry@0@            
                                                     
Ledger entries can get tiring when you only          
need to enter simple transactions that simply        
transfer money to or from your checking              
account to various expense accounts.  This is        
because, ordinarily, the amount would have to        
be typed no less than @8@three@0@ times; once        
for the @1@Check Amount@0@ field, and once for       
each of the @1@Ledger Amount@0@ fields.  But         
MEGA-Check 2 recognizes this as an                   
inconvenience and tries to eliminate as much         
typing as possible by @8@copying@0@ the amount       
you enter in the Check @1@Amount@0@ field to         
each of the Ledger @1@Amount@0@ fields that          
are left blank.  If you are only making a            
ledger entry (without a check involved), you         
can just enter the first ledger amount field,        
and all blank ledger amounts (that have an           
account typed for them) following it will be         
copied (note, however, that you will probably        
only have @1@one@0@ additional line in your          
ledger entry, since leaving a ledger amount          
field blank on a compound entry (one which           
involves @8@more@0@ than two accounts) would         
cause your debits and credits to not be equal        
for that transaction.                                
                                                     
@9@Related topics@0@:                                
                                                     
  @2@Cursor Conventions@0@cursconv.hlp              
                                                     
