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Please note that many of the windows, including the Educator Tab pages, of CACTUS normally you accessed from icons or menu selections can also be activated with hot/short-cut keys. For example, ALT+C (the ALT key held down while pressing the "C" key) will activate the License/ Area/ Endorsements tab page from within the Educator Tab page. The definitions of all these hot keys can be found by finding the menu item in the menu bar used to access that window. All the Educator Tab page hot-keys are found in the Educator/teacher menu list.
Undo
The Undo (Ctrl+Z) menu item is used when manipulating text in single or multi-line edit boxes such as the one found in the Educator's Comments Tab. Undo reverses the operation just completed. For example, if you just "Cut" a section of text out the the box, clicking on Undo will reinstate the text at the place from which it was removed.
Cut
The Cut (Ctrl+X) menu item is used when manipulating text in single or multi-line edit boxes such as the one found in the Educator's Comments Tab. If you highlight a section of text, clicking on Cut will remove the highlighted section text. The text is actually not lost but copied to the clipboard where it can be copied somewhere else with the use of the paste command. Highlighting is done by moving the vertical bar form of the cursor to the first character you want to highlight, left clicking and then dragging the cursor over the other characters you wish to highlight. See Copy too
Copy
The Copy (Ctrl+C) menu item is used when manipulating text in single or multi-line edit boxes such as the one found in the Educator's Comments Tab. If you highlight a section of text, clicking on Copy will copy the highlighted section text to the clipboard. It can be copied somewhere else with the use of the Paste command. See Cut too.
Paste
The Paste (Ctrl+V) menu item is used when manipulating text in single or multi-line edit boxes such as the one found in the Educator's Comments Tab. Once the cursor (in its vertical bar form) is positioned in the box, clicking on Paste will copy the current contents of the clipboard into the box starting at that position.
Select All
Instead of highlighting the entire contents of an edit box by dragging the cursor over all the text, you can click on Select All (Ctrl+A) to have all the text in the box automatically highlighted.
First Record
This menu item is an alternative to using the First Record VCR button when navigating through a set of educator records being displayed in tab pages. Clicking on it will move you to the first record in the list you selected from a search grid.
Next Record
This menu item is an alternative to using the Next Record VCR button when navigating through a set of educator records being displayed in tab pages. Clicking on it will move you to the next record (symbolically to the right) in the list you selected from a search grid.
Previous Record
This menu item is an alternative to using the Previous Record VCR button when navigating through a set of educator records being displayed in tab pages. Clicking on it will move you to the previous record (symbolically to the left) in the list you selected from a search grid.
Last Record
This menu item is an alternative to using the Last Record VCR button when navigating through a set of educator records being displayed in tab pages. Clicking on it will move you to the last record in the list you selected from a search grid.
First
When a set of educators has been selected from some grids this will move you back to the first item in a list of records.
Next
When a set of educators has been selected from some grids this will move you to the next item in a list of records.
Cascade
This is one of four ways to arrange all the open windows in CACTUS or any multiple document Windows application. Cascade will show all windows like a card hand (overlapping) in the upper left corner of the main window or frame. You can bring the desired window to the top by clicking anywhere on its visible boarder.
Tile Horizontal
This is one of four ways to arrange all the open windows in CACTUS or any multiple document Windows application. All window will appear at once in the main frame or windows. Each one will appear as a horizontal band across the entire width. The more windows you have open the more narrow they become.
Tile Vertical
This is one of four ways to arrange all the open windows in CACTUS or any multiple document Windows application. All windows will appear at once in the main frame or windows. Each one will appear as a vertical band up and down the entire height. The more windows you have open the more narrow they become.
Layer
This is the default way to arrange all the open windows in CACTUS or any multiple document Windows application. You see the latest one on top. You must minimize it, resize it, or use Cascade or Tile to see the other open windows.
Topics
Clicking on this menu item will bring up the CACTUS Help Web of which this page is a part.
About
This menu item bring up a window that displays: The version number of CACTUS currently running, a list of the CACTUS development team, and the User ID and security group of the current user. The version number, User IDand security group can be valuable information for use is debugging and troubleshooting problems.
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