The Purchasing menu bar is used by all Purchasing windows. The exact selections that are available on the menu bar vary according to the program you have displayed.
The Action menu is one of the selections available. From the Action menu you can select the action you want to perform. For example, you are working in the Purchasing and Receiving window and want to save your work. From the Action menu, you would select Change.
Listed next to each action is the shortcut key(s) that will perform that action. You can press the shortcut key(s) to perform the action instead of selecting the action from the Action menu.
Actions also can be found on the toolbar. For more information about the toolbar, click here.
The selections available from the Action menu vary according to the window you have displayed. The following is a list of Purchasing actions.
Add— to add a new vendor record.
Add PO— to add a new purchase order.
Alt P# LU— to display an item after entering the alternate part number.
Catalog— to open the Eagle for Windows Catalog application.
Change— to save the changes you've made.
Clear— to clear most of the fields on the screen.
Delete— to delete a record.
Display— to display a record.
Flip— to scroll through the three available posting window formats.
Go To— to display the Go To list. This is a list of other windows that you can display.
Header— to display the header information for this purchase order.
Help— to display the online help topics.
Manufacturer Lookup— to display an item after entering the manufacturer part number.
Misc. Procedures— to display the Miscellaneous Actions list.
Next— to display the next record.
Post— to display the item posting grid.
Previous— to display the previous record.
Print— to print a copy of the record that is currently displayed.
Receive— to display the Receive Method dialog to select the method by which the items on the purchase order should be received.
Refresh— to reload the Purchasing grid. This is handy if you have inserted columns or filters. As you add, remove, and change items on the PO, inserted columns and filters do not get updated with those changes. Thus, click Refresh to see the affect of the changes.
Select Next Tab— to go to the next tab. For example, you are in the Vendor Maintenance window and the History tab is displayed. Select this action and the Notes tab will display.
Select Previous Tab— to go to the previous tab. For example, you are in the Vendor Maintenance window and the Order Info tab is displayed. Select this action and the Main tab will display.
Spcl. Inst.— to display the Special Instructions dialog in which you can enter notes specific to this purchase order.
UPC Lookup— to display an item after entering the UPC number.
Viewer— to display the Purchasing Viewer window.