Hi Lynda!

There is a very simple solution to your struggles here! Instead of worrying about clicking the 'New' button, why not (while your right hand is on the numeric keypad) just reach your thumb over to the arrow keys, and hit the down arrow? This will take you to the blank 'new' detail line on the Distribution list, then just press Enter! (Once the new blank line is selected, the default will be changed to the 'New' button!

Other posts to do with keyboard shortcuts have been entered on this forum as well, but here's the scoop:

(See the Adagio Fundamentals Guide, Chapter 5 ? it?s dedicated to this very topic)
The easiest method to find the 'shortcut' keys that are specific to Adagio is to look for any Option that has an under-lined letter in it's name.

For example, in all Adagio modules to access the File menu - you would press Alt-F, as the F in File is under-lined.

Pressing Alt and any of the underlined characters in a menu option will open that sub-menu, from there all you have to do is press the underlined character only.

E.g. Pressing Alt-F-G Will open the File|Group Setup option in the main File menu, or Alt-R will open the Reports toolbar menu selection.

Additionally, there are keyboard shortcuts to take you directly to a specific screen, as identified by the underline on the screen's tab name. Use the Alt key and the character to go to the desired screen For example, Alt-H takes you to the Header screen, Alt-A for Details, Alt-B for Bill to/Ship To, and Alt-T for Totals.

If you press Ctl-Tab, you move one screen to the right. Ctl-Shift-Tab takes you one screen to the left.

We've tried to design Adagio so that you never have to use the mouse, though of course in a Windows application, the necessary keyboard shortcuts aren't always obvious.

Actually, there should be no place in Adagio where your hands have to leave the keyboard while doing data entry.

Is that better?

Take care,

Alas! You are truly a unique gem of an End User - thank YOU! (...and you read, too?!) LOL

Feel free to post here again if you have further questions or need clarification on Adagio!

Take care,

Hi Lynda,

There are two ways of getting the GL bank account onto a cash payment. The first way is exactly what you found, where a Control Account Set is chosen on the Payment entry, and the GL bank account is read from the Control Account. The default Control Account is defined on the customer.

The other way is to delete the value in the Control Account field on Payment entry, If you do this, then the GL Bank Account field below becomes active and editable. You can then select any GL account you wish to update - though of course you would want to select a proper bank account.

Whichever way works best (and safest) for you is the way to go. You might want to choose selecting Control Accounts to get the proper bank, so that you can be sure a valid bank account is always used. The other way might be prone to data entry errors that can't be undone easily after posting the batch.

Happy reading!
Regards,