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BANNER for people switching from Character to Current GUI (3.x)

To get into BANNER

• Click on the BANNER icon.

• Enter your BANNER id and password as usual. (Remember to press the TAB key to take you from the id to the password field.) Leave the Database field blank. Press ENTER.

To get to the BANNER forms

• If you know the name of the form (eg, SGAADVR), enter that name in the box labeled Direct Access and press ENTER, just like in character mode.

• To get the Student Menu you are familiar with
  • Click on the scroll bar on the left side of the screen.
  • When you see 'Student' display, click on it. The Student Menu will display.
  • Click on the desired menu to display the related forms (for example, click on General Person Menu to see the SPAIDEN form).
  • Click on the form name and you will be taken to it (i.e., click on SPAIDEN and you will be taken to the SPAIDEN form).
  • Use the scroll bar on the right side of the screen to see additional menu items.
  • Clicking on a menu item will 'open' it so the forms display. Clicking on the menu again will 'close' the menu and the forms will no longer display.

To move around in BANNER

• Icons: The most common commands like EXIT, NEXT BLOCK, SAVE are icons at the top of the page. Move your cursor across the top of the page. The name of the command will display when your cursor is on it. Click on the icon to execute the command.

• Drop down Menus: Click on the menus at the top of the page. For example, to execute the NEXT BLOCK command, click on BLOCK, and then click on NEXT.

• Keyboard: Some people prefer using the keyboard. This is still possible, though the commands are different. The GUI keyboard commands can be displayed in BANNER by pressing CTRL-F1. You can also see the list by clicking BANNER Keyboard Mapping list.

• Actually, there is also a 4th way - click the button at the bottom of the form. This goes away in 4.x, though, so don't get used to it ;-)

In GUI, you can finally use your mouse!

• You can click on radio buttons, checkboxes to select/deselect items.

• You can use the various scroll bars to navigate the form.

• When you go into a form, anything that looks like a button can be clicked. If the button is in front of a data field, clicking on it will display the possible values for the field. If the button is at the bottom, clicking on it will take you to other windows where data can be entered or viewed . Buttons with navigation names, such as ROLLBACK or EXIT, perform that function when clicked.

• You can use the mouse within the form. All those boxes that you wanted to click on so desperately in character mode - now you can. Go into SHACRSE and click on the 'Sel' button rather than press DUP-REC. Go into SGAADVR and click on the Maintenance box rather than pressing DUPLICATE RECORD. When you want to go to a field, just move your cursor there and click. You don't have to TAB through the entire form any more.

• Don't forget about the help line at the bottom of the page. If you forget what to do, brief help is listed there. This was true in character mode as well.

Doing a name search in GUI is just like character mode. It just seems a little different because you are clicking on buttons.

• Click on the ID button. You will be taken to the query form.
• Press TAB to get to the name field. Enter the search name, using % as needed, just like you would in character mode.
• Click the SEARCH button at the bottom of the form.
• When the names are returned, use the down arrow key to look through the list.
• When the name you want is highlighted, click SELECT at the bottom of the form to bring the id back to the form.

• Go to the SPAIDEN form.
• Enter the id. Do an id search if necessary.
• Click the NEXT BLOCK icon.
• Click the ADDRESS button at the bottom of the form.
• Use the down/up arrows, if necessary, to get to the desired address.
• Enter the changes.
• Click SAVE.
• Click ROLLBACK to enter a new id, or EXIT to leave the form.

• Go to form SHAINST.
• Enter the id and term.
• Click the NEXT BLOCK icon.
• Enter the academic standing code. If you do not remember the codes, click the EOT Academic Standing button. The codes will display. Put your cursor on the desired code and click OK.
• The academic standing will display in the box.
• Click the SAVE button.
• Click the ROLLBACK button to enter a new id, or the EXIT button to leave the form.

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