| # To work with text You can only carry out the actions for which you are authorized. For details, refer to To use authorizations for texts. To read a text: Select the record. If the Text check box is selected, a text is attached to the record. On the Edit menu, click Texts, or click the Text toolbar button. The text editor starts and displays the text. After reading the text, quit the text editor. To edit a text: Select the record. If the Texts check box is selected, a text is attached to the record. On the Edit menu, click Text, or click the Text button on the toolbar. The text editor starts and you can edit the text. Consult the text editor Help for information about the text editor functions. Save the text and quit the text editor. To create a text: Select the record. On the Edit menu, click Texts, or click the Text toolbar button. If the record already has a text, the text editor starts and you can edit the text as described earlier. If there is no text, ERP LN asks whether you want to: Create a text Type the text. Save the text. On the File menu, click Change Keywords. Enter one or more keywords as described in To define text keywords. Quit the text editor. Duplicate a text If you duplicate a text, you create a new text based on an existing text. The Change Index box appears. This lists different ways to sort the available texts. Select how you want to sort the texts and click OK. The Texts Overview (tttxt1500s000) session starts. All the texts that are present in the system are listed. Select the text that you want to copy and click OK. The text editor starts with a copy of the text. Edit the text and save the changes. On the File menu, click Change Keywords. Enter or change the keywords as described in To define text keywords. Quit the text editor. The text is linked to the record. Select a text Select how you want to sort the texts and click OK. The Texts Overview (tttxt1500s000) session starts. All the texts that are present in ERP LN are listed. Select the text that you want to use and click OK. The text editor starts. If you have Use authorization, you can read the text. If you have Update authorization you can edit the text. For details, refer to To use authorizations for texts. If you edit the text, save the changes. Quit the text editor. The text is linked to the record. If you select a text, you link an existing text to the record. If you edit the text, the updated text is used for all the records to which the text is linked. Note You can only create a text for records that have a text group attached to them. If you create or duplicate a text, ERP LN stores the text and generates the following text data: Text number. The new text number is the highest used text number plus one. At least one keyword. If you have not entered a keyword, ERP LN adds the item code or the session code as a default keyword. If you define meaningful keywords for a text, it is easier to find the text later on in the Texts Overview (tttxt1500s000) session. For details, refer to To define text keywords. If you select a text, you link an existing text to the record. If you edit the text, the updated text is used for all the records to which the text is linked. Related topics To use texts To print text To use authorizations for texts To define text keywords |