Style Maintenance

Use Style Maintenance to maintain codes and descriptions for the various styles of vehicles.  Examples of styles can include sedan, bus, van, and station wagon.

Tip:  For more information about working with data in fields, see the Data Entry Guidelines.

Directions:

To see directions for...

• Opening Style Maintenance, click More.

   

  1.  Click File Maintenance from the Menu Bar.

  2.  Click Style.
  
  Tip:  Or, use the keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [m] [s].

   

  Style Maintenance Window Example:

  

   

• Creating a New Style, click More.

   

  To create a new record choose one of these methods:

  • Enter the new Style Code and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
    Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]

  • Or, enter the new Style Code and click File from the Menu Bar; next click New.
    Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [n]

  Tip:  To indicate that you are building a new Style, New  displays near the Style Code.  Default entries display and the first field is highlighted to let you know you can begin entering information.

   

  Style Maintenance Prompts Tip:  To see more information about a field, click the hyperlink for the field name.
  Style Code	Enter the code that uniquely identifies the style. (up to 14 characters)
  	To update the new or changed information, click Save or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]
  	CAUTION To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.
  	To view all of the existing Styles, click Search.  From the Search list you can select the record to change or delete. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + r]
  	To display an existing Style, enter the Style Code and click Retrieve, or press [ENTER]. Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Description	Enter the description associated with the style. (up to 40 characters)

   

• Editing an Existing Style, click More.

   

  CAUTION:  To avoid losing data, you must save new or changed records.

  1.  To display the record to be changed, enter the Style Code and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  
  Tip:  If you do not know the Style Code, you can click Search  to see a list of Styles.

  2.  To position the pointer to the information that you want to change, press [TAB] or click the field using the mouse.

  3.  Enter the data changes.

  4.  To complete the edit process, click Save , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + s]

   

• Deleting an Existing Style, click More.

   

  1.  To display the record to be deleted, enter the Style Code and click Retrieve , or press [ENTER].
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT + t]
  Tip:  If you do not know the Style Code, you can click Search  to see a list of Styles.

  2.  Click File from the Menu Bar, and next click Delete.
  Keyboard shortcut:  [ALT] [f] [d]

  3.  At the Delete Records prompt, click Proceed to delete the record, or click Cancel to escape from the delete routine.

  Example:

  

   

  Note:  After you click Proceed, you will see the following message on the Status Bar.