The Custom Office module is extremely powerful.  In previous newsletters, we've highlighted features like adding new fields, hiding old fields and adding functionality through scripting, just to name a few. 

This month, we're highlighting another feature of Custom Office that allows you to change tab stops on screens.  For example, let's say that you're responsible for adding vendors in the Vendor Maintenance screen.  You normally key in 4 keys pieces of info -- vendor name, address, zip code, and tax schedule.  All other fields are left as the default.  You can use the Custom Office module to stop at only those fields.  So, as you tab through each field, it stops at only the fields that you normally change -- allowing you to finish adding a vendor with fewer keystrokes.  These tab stops can be enabled by user so that different users have different tab stops.  If you need to go to a field that isn't a tab stop, you can simply click on that field. 

It's all about speed of data entry.  You can do this on pretty much any screen in MAS -- customer maintenance, item maintenance, sales order entry, etc  

To make these changes, you'll need access to the Customizer task of the Custom Office module.  Once you have accessed the appropriate panel, click on the icon that the arrow is pointing, click on the item under the Tab Sequence column and then click on the Remove Tab button.  Be careful when modifying these screens.