Creating Screen Shots

You can print the content of any SAP window.

Prerequisite

You are working with a Microsoft Windows 32-bit operating system.

Procedure

In the standard toolbar, choose the layout menu icon → Hardcopy.

At the default printer specified for your PC, the window's content is printed.

Cursor Position and Width

You can change the following default cursor settings:

• Position when you select an input field with a mouse-click or tab
• Width
• Display in lists, so that the cursor marks:

• Only one character
• An entire column

Procedure

To change your cursor settings, choose the layout menu icon → Options... → Cursor.

The following dialog box appears:

Cursor Position

Setting	Function
Note Cursor Position in Field at TAB	On: Places the cursor exactly where you last clicked within an input field Off: Places the cursor at the beginning of the input field
Position Cursor to End of Text	On: Places the cursor at the end of a text in an input field when you click to the right of the text Off: Places the cursor exactly where you click
Selecting the text in Editfield	Selects and highlights the text when you tab to an input field. Any input in this field will clear the field.
Cursor in Lists	On: Marks only one character Off: Marks an entire column

Tabbing Between Fields Automatically

Use

You can set automatic tabbing (AutoTAB) to have the cursor move between input fields automatically. This function is useful when you are entering a large amount of data and you do not want to press the TAB key to move from field to field.

AutoTAB only works at the end of an input field. For example, if the Material field can hold 12 characters, but the material number you enter is only 7 characters long, you must still press the TAB key to move to the next input field.

Procedure

To turn automatic tabbing on or off:

1. In the standard toolbar, choose the layout menu icon → Options.... → Cursor.
2. To enable AutoTAB, select Automatic TAB at Field End. To disable AutoTAB, deselect this option.
3. Choose OK to confirm your choice, or Cancel to reset the AutoTAB option to the previous setting.

Customizing the SAP Window

If you are using the "classic" SAP graphical user interface (GUI) and you need information on customizing the SAP window, see the Online Help for SAP Releases up to and including 4.5B.

Use

The layout menu contains customizing options for:

• Quick infos:

• On/off
• Speed of display

• System messages:

• Sound feedback
• Display as dialog boxes

• System programs for SAP graphics: performance options
• Automation timeout period (for programs triggered by OLE automation)

• Cursor:

• Automatic tabbing
• Position, width, and display in lists

• Trace:

• Select type of trace
• Enable trace file
• Display trace output in window

Using this menu, you can also:

• Create SAP shortcuts. (For more information, see
Creating an SAP Shortcut.)
• Activate GuiXT, an alternative to transaction variants, for the screen output of any transaction. (For more information on GuiXT, see http://www.synactive.com.)
• Set the window to default size (for batch input only)
• Create screen shots. (For more information, see
Creating Screen Shots.)

Prerequisite

You have installed the new SAP GUI for Release 4.6.

Procedure

In the standard toolbar, choose the layout menu icon .

Layout Menu: Options

1. Choose Options....
2. On the General tab, you can:

• Deactivate the quick infos on your screen, or set the speed at which they appear
• Have system messages appear as dialog boxes, with or without sound feedback
• Set performance options for SAP graphics system programs:

By default, the Libraries option, which refers to SAP graphics system programs, is set to Keep loaded. This means that SAP graphics stay loaded in the main memory even if they are not used. If you encounter performance problems during graphics loading – that is, if a graphic terminates before it has finished loading for the first time – you can prevent this from happening again by changing the setting to Preload. To have graphics unloaded after use, choose Free after use.

• Specify an automation timeout period for OLE connections to external programs (such as MS Word or Excel):

If you get System busy messages with external programs that are triggered by OLE automation, SAP recommends that you set the number of seconds to a higher value.

3. On the Cursor tab, you can set automatic tabbing, and define cursor position, width, and display in lists.

For more information, see:

Tabbing Between Fields Automatically

Cursor Position and Width

4. You use the Trace tab primarily when you are working with a hotline. On this tab, you can:

• Select the type of trace. To obtain the log:

• For screen layout, select Monitor.
• For OLE controls, select Automation.

• Enable trace files
• Display the trace output in your window

5. Choose OK to confirm your choices, or Cancel to reset the options to the previous settings.

Layout Menu: Additional Customizing Items

• For information on creating an SAP shortcut, see
Creating an SAP Shortcut.
• To activate GuiXT for screen output, choose Activate GuiXT.
• To change the default window size (for batch input only), choose Default Size.
• For information on creating a screen shot, see
Creating Screen Shots.