The top of the Inform application provides navigation options to help you get around the application. These options are constant regardless of where you are in the application.
You'll find the following
Options menu
The Options menu, which you can access by clicking the Inform icon in the upper left of the page, contains options that impact the overall Inform application, including
- Zoom: Increase or decrease the text size within the application.
- Themes: Change the color scheme used throughout the application. The default is Chicago Blue.
- Touch Options: Increases the size of button commands to make them easier to select on tablets.
- Active Windows: Displays all open Inform windows.
- Recently Viewed: Provides a history of all open Inform windows since you started this session.
- Print Screen: Sends the contents of the screen to the default printer.
- Help: Displays information to help you use Inform effectively.
Application menu
The Application menu provides access to all of the functionality within Inform. Click a menu to reveal related options. Note that on each menu, the top portion displays actions while the bottom portion contains reports.
Quick Contact search
The Contact box lets you search for any data in Inform: Type a customer name, company name, location, ID, product ID–any information you know about the data or form you want to view, Inform will find all matching records and display them in a list below.
Quick change bar
Lets you or change active windows, company, branch, or user.
Toolbar
Provides one-click access to all of the functionality within Inform that you can reach through the menus. As you use this Training Guide, you will see the related toolbar icon alongside the instructions.
Open windows
Displays all open windows. Click to change active windows, or click the X to close one.
