Welcome to another edition of Hints & Tips for Opera 3. In this edition, we’re delighted to share a valuable tip that we hope you’ll find both beneficial and easy to implement.
Customise Grid Forms
Did you know you can Customise Grid Forms to suit your processing requirements?
Grid Forms are available throughout Opera 3, and in most modules.
How It Works
A typical Grid Form, and for this example, is the Sales Ledger > Processing > (F12) View, as below: -
Let’s say, as a user, you only need to view the Date, Type, Ref 1, and Value columns—everything else just adds clutter.
How to Hide Unnecessary Columns
To clean up your view:
- Right-click on the header of a column you'd like to hide.
- This will highlight the column and display a menu.
3. Select Hide Column(s)—and just like that, the column disappears
If you want to hide more than one column in one go... simply hold the Ctrl key down while at the same time Left mouse click each column….
…then, to bring up the option menu, Right click any of those highlighted column headings and select the Hide option once more…
Additional Column Options
From the same menu, you can also:
Unhide columns
Pick which columns to display
Reset the layout to default settings
Rearranging Columns
Want to change the order of columns? For instance, to move the Type column beside Value:
- Simply click and hold the Type column header
- Drag it to the desired location and release
This drag-and-drop functionality also works in other areas like the SOP and POP Processing Transaction Grids.
Remembering Your Chosen Selection
By default, Opera may not remember your customised view after closing the form. To ensure your layout is saved:
Go to Preferences
Tick the box for Remember form positions and sizes
Click OK, then log back into Opera
Want to reset an individual form’s settings back to the default? While viewing the form, use the following option in the Toolbar.
To reset all forms back to default, go back to Preferences and click the Reset All button.
Watch out for our next in the series.
- The Profile Team
