FRED Navigation Tips

Navigation and Settings

(Graphics view of below information )

TOP BAR

File: Open Recent - gets you back to your Menu (Data1) screen

File Options - spell check settings

Print Set Up - set printer default and paper orientation

Edit: Copy and paste highlighted text

Preferences / General tab – Allow drag and drop text; Enlarge window contents

View: Toolbars - Standard and Text Formatting

Zoom In/Out

Format: Font, Size, Style, Alignment, Spacing, Color

Records: Sort Records (RC, LR)

Window: Navigate between open windows (numbered list at bottom)

BOTTOM BAR

Open and closing sidebar - click small rectangle next to word, “Browse”

Adjust screen size

Browse/Find

SIDE BAR (note, the sidebar is now at the top of the page in FRED.)

Rolodex – click from record to record, one at a time

Slider – move through several records at once

Browse (pencil) Find (magnifying glass)

To Format text (Highlight text, right click and scroll to style, underline, bold, short cuts ~OR~ Ctrl, Shift and U=underline; Ctrl, shift and B=Bold, Ctrl, Shift and I= italicize, ~Also~ Ctrl c = copy, Ctrl v =paste)

Printing to PDF

1) Download free PDF Printer (Primo, Bullzip, PDFCreator, etc.)

2) Change default in File: Print Setup:

Make sure that “Current Record” is visible in “Print” dropdown field

Select PDF printer from Printer “Name” dropdown field

3) Save to desktop or other file.

Once saved, you can attach a RS, RC, LR, SA pg. 1, transcript, Scantron test result, etc., to an email and further economize on paper and ink!