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		<Title xmlns:ssa="http://www.ssaglobal.com" xmlns:HTML="http://www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40">The session window</Title>
		<Keyword><Level1>session window</Level1>
		</Keyword>
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	<GeneralSection><Paragraph></Paragraph>
		<ProcedureList><ListIntro>The SSA ERP session windows contain some or all of the following elements:</ListIntro>
			<ListItem>Window title bar.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Menu bar.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Standard toolbar.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Application toolbar.</ListItem>
			<ListItem>Status bar.</ListItem>
		</ProcedureList>
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		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Window title bar (1)</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>The window title bar shows the session name, which reflects the type of object that the session displays. If the session displays a specific characteristic of the object, this is the second part of the title. For example:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Items - General</GUIRef> session list the general item data.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Items - Sales</GUIRef> session list the item data that is specific for handling sales orders.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Items - Warehousing</GUIRef> session list the item data that is specific to item storage and inventory handling.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Menu bar (2)</SectionTitle>
		<Paragraph>The menu bar shows the menus that apply to the session.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>You can display Help for menu commands as described in <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000016" role="manual">To display What's this? Help</Link>. You can display more online Help as described in <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/using.help" role="manual">To use Help</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<Paragraph>For a list of the menu commands, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/stcommands/stcommands" role="formcommand">Standard Commands</Link>.</Paragraph>
		<Note><SectionTitle>Note</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListItem>The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Group</GUIRef> menu is only available in a records-by-group overview session.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Specific</GUIRef> menu contains the commands that are specific for the session. You can often use the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Specific</GUIRef> menu to start related sessions. If there are no session-specific commands, the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Specific</GUIRef> menu is not available.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</Note>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Toolbars</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>The session window contains one or more toolbars:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The standard toolbar <GUIRef href="" role="manual">(3)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>The application toolbar <GUIRef href="" role="manual">(4)</GUIRef>.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<Paragraph>The standard toolbar is always present. The standard toolbar contains buttons for the standard commands of SSA ERP session windows. For an overview of the standard toolbar buttons, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000026" role="manual">Toolbar buttons</Link>.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>The application toolbar contains buttons for some of the session-specific commands that are also present in the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Specific</GUIRef> menu.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>To display the command description in the tooltip or in the status bar, point to the command button.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>To start a command, click the corresponding button. If there are no session-specific commands, the application toolbar is empty.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>To display Help on the application toolbar buttons, first click the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">What's This?</GUIRef> button as described <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000016" role="manual">To display What's this? Help</Link> Help.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>To change the position of the toolbars, on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Tools</GUIRef> menu click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Options</GUIRef>.</Paragraph>
			<Paragraph>You can temporarily change the position of the toolbars as described in <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000027" role="manual">To move the toolbar</Link>.</Paragraph>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>Status bar (5)</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>The status bar at the bottom of the session window displays, from left to right:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>The description and the shortcut keys of the toolbar button, command button, or menu command that you point to.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<List><ListItem>The mode and type of the selected field, or information about the current process, such as Busy or Ready.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<List><ListItem>The session code, for example, <Code>tcibd0501m000</Code>. The first two characters, <Code>tc</Code>, indicate the package to which the session belongs. The next three characters, <Code>ibd</Code>, are the module code. Note that your user profile can be set up in such a way that the session codes are not displayed.</ListItem>
			</List>
			<List><ListItem>The company number. The number of the current company, in which you are working. You can only process data belonging to the current company, and the data you define only apply to the current company. For details, refer to <Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000032" role="manual">To change the company number</Link>.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
		<GeneralSection><SectionTitle>To change the windows settings</SectionTitle>
			<List><ListIntro>To change some of the windows settings, on the <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Tools</GUIRef> menu click <GUIRef href="" role="manual">Options</GUIRef>. This starts the <GUIRef href="/baanerp/tt/ams/ttams1100s100" role="session">Options (ttams1100s100)</GUIRef> session, which you can use to:</ListIntro>
				<ListItem>Select some window settings.</ListItem>
				<ListItem>Select the way in which SSA ERP displays messages to you while you work with the SSA ERP sessions.</ListItem>
			</List>
		</GeneralSection>
	</GeneralSection>
	<RelatedTopics><SectionTitle>Related topics</SectionTitle>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000026" role="manual">Toolbar buttons</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000027" role="manual">To move the toolbar</Link>
		</RelTopic>
		<RelTopic><Link href="/baanerp/basictasks/000029" role="manual">To use the SSA ERP sessions</Link>
		</RelTopic>
	</RelatedTopics>
</ManualTopic>
