Reading Menu Paths in Topics

When a topic refers to a window, it begins with a Menu Path navigation ribbon. Some windows require a number of mouse clicks and/or actions before you can access them.

Example:

Account > General Ledger > [Search] > {double click on the Account} > (Details Tab) >

Command

Action

Description

Account > Stock

Menu Commands

The > is a separator between menu commands. In this case, click Account then choose Stock from the list.

> [Search]

Click button

After following the menu commands a window should open, there are any number of commands that can be executed from this window, square brackets [ ] indicates that a button with this name needs to be clicked.

> {double click on the Account}

Procedure

Sometime there are no buttons but actions that need to take place to get further into this menu path. These actions are designated by the curly brackets { }. This action designates double clicking an account name.

> (Details Tab)

Click a TAB

Many windows in MYOB Exo Business have two or more tabs, the brackets ( ) indicate the tab name to select.

 >

Click an icon

Icon, this simply designates an Icon to click.

 

Note: These actions aren't necessarily listed in the same order as illustrated in this example.