I Prefer to Use Help From the Internet, Rather Than My Computer

Due to the size of the BusinessBasics Help files, you have the option of storing the Help files locally on your hard drive or accessing them from the Internet. In either case a browser is necessary to read the Help files. Netscape Versions 4 and 6 and Internet Explorer Versions 4 and 5 are compatible with the Help system.

Mark this selection if you wish to access the BusinessBasics Help files from the Internet.

Save Windows Size and Locations

The windows in MYOB BusinessBasics have been assigned default sizes and locations on your computer screen. Many windows in MYOB BusinessBasics can be resized and all can be moved. Mark this selection if you want BusinessBasics windows to open in the on-screen location and size they had when you last closed them. If you are satisfied with the default sizes and positions, leave this selection unmarked.

Regardless of your selection here, all alert messages and other dialog boxes will appear in the center of your computer screen.

Show Currency Symbols in Windows

Mark this selection if you want currency symbols to appear with all currency amounts in MYOB BusinessBasics windows. Leave it unmarked if you don't want currency symbols to appear.

The selection you make here does not affect the use of currency symbols in reports or forms. You can do that in the Reports & Forms view.

Select and Display Account Name, Not Account Number

Mark this selection if you wish to select accounts by their descriptive names.

If you find it easier to recognize your accounts by their names rather than by their numbers, mark this selection so that you can enter accounts and sort your account search lists alphabetically by account name instead of by account number.

If you don't mark this selection, you can enter accounts on transactions using their numbers, and account search lists will be sorted in numerical order.

Select Items by Item Name, Not Item Number

Mark this selection if you wish to select items by their descriptive names.

If your company has many items in stock, your list of items is probably long. If you'd like to sort your item search lists alphabetically by the item names instead of by the item numbers, mark this selection.

If you mark this selection, you can enter item names in the Sales window when you're creating item invoices.

If you don't mark this selection, you can enter item numbers in the Sales window when you're creating item invoices. Search lists of items will be listed in numerical order.

Select Cards by Card ID, Not Card Name

If you have many cards in your Card List, your list of customers, vendors or employees is probably long. If you'd like enter cards and sort your card lists numerically by the card IDs instead of alphabetically by the names on the cards, mark this selection.

For this option to work effectively, you must enter Card IDs for every card in the Card Information window.

If you don't mark this selection, you can enter cards on transactions using names, and card search lists will be sorted in alphabetical order.

Use Easy-Fill When Selecting From a List

Mark this selection if you want MYOB BusinessBasics to recognize your entries from the first characters and fill in the rest of the field automatically. This feature, known as Easy-Fill, allows you to work a little faster. You can use the Easy-Fill feature to quickly enter account names or numbers, item names or numbers and card names that you enter frequently. (To use Easy-Fill)

Mark this selection if you want to use Easy-Fill. If you leave it unmarked, you'll have to enter the full number or name for each account, item and card name you enter.

Use Expandable Data Entry Fields in Windows

Mark this selection if you want to view long descriptions (up to 255 characters) of line items in their entirety in transaction entry windows throughout BusinessBasics.

If this option is marked, selected fields in lists of line items will expand when you move the insertion point into them, and you'll be able to view all of your comments as you write them.

If this selection isn't marked, these fields won't expand, and you'll be able to see only those characters that fit into one line of the field -- the first 30 to 60 characters of your entries. (You can click in these fields and use the insertion point to scroll through the entries so you can read the hidden portions.)

The Enter Key Works Just Like the Tab Key When Entering Data

If you prefer to be able to press the Enter key to click the default button (indicated by a dark border) in any window, leave this selection unmarked.

If you'd rather press the Enter key to move between fields, mark this selection on the Windows tab of the Preferences window. (If you mark this selection, you can still use the Tab key to move between fields.)

There are a few areas in BusinessBasics where the Enter and Tab keys work differently, regardless of your selection here:

In text boxes where you can enter multiple lines of information (such as address fields), the Enter key moves the insertion point to the next line in the text box, while the Tab key moves the insertion point out of the text box and into the next field in the window.

When you're entering line items for sales and other transactions, the Tab key moves the insertion point to the next column but remains on the same line; the Enter key, however, moves the insertion point to the next line, where you can begin entering a new line item.

Window button

Click this button to open the Change Default Windows Font window, where you can establish the default font you want to display in BusinessBasics reports.

OK button

Click this button to accept the entries you've made in this window.