VIEW A LIST OF DENTAL MATERIALS

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Under the Dental Materials menu, choose Material Log or Material List.

ENTER A NEW MATERIAL

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There are two ways to do this as there are two lists of materials.

1 If you are using the Material Log window, click on the button in the toolbar.

2 Then, position the insertion point in the last entry in the list. Continue to press the tab key to move over by one field, and you will create a new entry.

3 Type in the data here. If more than one new item is being entered, continue pressing tab after the end of the previous entry and a new one will be created.

4 Once you have entered the data, click on the button in the toolbar.

1 If you are using the Material List window, click on the Open Material Description button in the toolbar. This will bring up the Dental Material window.

2 Click on the button to enter a new item.

3 Enter the information into the fields.

4 Then, click to save the item into the list. If more than one item is being entered, return to step 2 (click after completing each one, then click to start a new item).

EDIT A MATERIAL IN THE LIST

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There are two ways to do this as there are two lists of materials.

1 If you are using the Material Log window, click on the button in the toolbar (this will place you in the mode).

2 Then, position the insertion point in the field to change and type in the new data.

3 Once you have entered the data, click on the button in the toolbar.

1 If you are using the Material List window, click on the Build List button if this has not already been done.

2 Select the item to modify from the list and click on the Open Material Description button in the toolbar. This will bring up the Dental Material window.

3 Click on the button to enter new information.

4 When done, click to save the changes.

DELETE AN ITEM FROM THE MATERIAL LIST

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There are two ways to do this as there are two lists of materials.

1 If you are using the Material Log window, click on the button in the toolbar (this will place you in the mode).

2 Then, position the insertion point in any field in the item that you wish to delete.

3 Click on the button in the toolbar.

1 If you are using the Material List window, click on the Build List button if this has not already been done.

2 Select the item to delete from the list and click on the Open Material Description button in the toolbar. This will bring up the Dental Material window.

3 Click on the button in the toolbar of this window.

IMPORT A LIST OF MATERIALS

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1 Make sure that the main data file has been backed up. This will prevent data loss in case the importing process is unsuccessful.

2 Choose Import List from the Dental Materials menu. This will bring up a window asking to begin the importing process.

3 Click Start in this window. This will cause the program to delete the current data about supplies.

4 Select the data file to import the list from in the resulting file dialog.