Finding a Form

To search through the available forms, choose  Tools  Word Processing  Form . The field Language is set to your logon language.

Leave the Form field empty. Choose Find or F7.

A hit list of all forms, whose selection criterion was the Language field, is displayed in alphabetical order. The following information is contained in the hit list:

• Form name

  The form name assigned by the person who created the form

• Meaning

  A short explanation of the content of the form

• Language

  The current language key

• Original language

  The language for which the form was originally created

• Status

  The current status of the form:

  New	No active version
  Active	Current object is active and an operational version
  Revised	Object is being revised; there is an active and an edited version
  Translate	Current object is ready for translation

  • Development class

    Class in which the form was developed

  Select a form by placing the cursor on the line you want and choosing F2 or Choose. You can also double-click on a line to choose it. The initial screen appears again displaying the selected form, which you can now process.

  You also have the option to display more detailed information about a form in the hit list.

  1. Position the cursor on the form you want more information about.

  2. Choose F8 or Form Information.

     A list appears containing comprehensive information about the selected form. Development-related information is displayed as well as definitions contained in the respective form.

     The list is subdivided into areas.

     • Header Data

     • Characters

     • Window

     • Pages

     • Text Elements

  3. You can print the list by choosing Print or F13.

     There are several additional functions available. You can search through the list for character strings. You can also download the list to a local file.