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Material Grid Pop Up Menu Commands

 
Right mouse click the ‘Materials’ grid to display the material grid’s pop up menu:
 
Material Grid Pop Up Menu Commands
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New...

1. New...
Creates a new material row so you can manually add a new material.  Position your cursor on the row where you want the new row created.   ShopPAK creates the row underneath the selected row.
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Replace

2. Replace
Lets you replace the current material with another material from the ProjectPAK Library or ShopPAK Inventory.  The original item’s ProjectPAK quantity and unit price are left intact, so job cost variance reporting properly reflects budgeted quantity and amount.  Use Replace when you need to swap out ‘bid’ materials with ‘engineering’ materials.
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Copy Library Items...

3. Copy Library Items...
Creates a new material row(s) based on a ProjectPAK Library item(s).  Position your cursor on the row where you want the new row(s) created.  Select one or more library items from the Library Item Selection dialog box.  ShopPAK copies selected library items underneath the selected row. 
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Copy Inventory Items...

4. Copy Inventory Items...
Creates a new material row(s) based on a ShopPAK Inventory item(s).  Position your cursor on the row where you want the new row(s) created.  Select one or more inventory items from the Inventory Item Selection dialog box.  ShopPAK copies selected inventory items underneath the selected row. 
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Copy Assembly Rows...

5. Copy Assembly Rows...
Creates a new material row(s) based on a ProjectPAK Assembly(s).  Position your cursor on the row where you want the new row(s) created.  Select one or more assemblies from the Assembly Selection dialog box.  ShopPAK copies selected assembly row(s) underneath the selected row.
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Copy Material Row(s)

6. Copy Material Row(s)
You can copy and paste one or more material rows within the product’s material grid or between different product material grids.  Select the material(s) you want to copy by clicking the material row buttons (located on the far left of the grid) or by holding down your left mouse button and dragging across several material row buttons.  If you want to copy non-contiguous rows, hold down the CTRL button so you don’t lose previous row selections.  To actually copy rows, see Paste Material Row(s).
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Cut Material Row(s)

7. Cut Material Row(s)
You can cut and paste one or more material rows within the product’s material grid or between different product material grids.  Select the material(s) you want to cut by clicking the material row buttons (located on the far left of the grid) or by holding down your left mouse button and dragging across several material row buttons.  If you want to cut non-contiguous rows, hold down the CTRL button so you don’t lose previous row selections.  To actually cut rows, see Paste Material Row(s).
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Paste Material Row(s)

8. Paste Material Row(s)
Pastes either copied or cut material rows underneath the selected material grid row.
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Delete Row(s)

9. Delete Row(s)
Select the material(s) you want to delete by clicking the material row buttons (located on the far left of the grid) or by holding down your left mouse button and dragging across several material row buttons.  If you want to delete non-contiguous rows, hold down the CTRL button so you don’t lose previous row selections.  Choose Delete Row(s) from the menu.  ShopPAK warns you if you want to continue with the deletion request.  Choose Yes to delete the selected rows.  Choose No to cancel the delete request.
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Restore Grid Default Layout

10. Restore Grid Default Layout
Automatically restores the default column positions in the grid.