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OPAS Version 9 Top Changes
- Icon changes
- Tabs are now buttons
- Resizing / Collapsing Grids
- Screen layouts and scrolling
- Data Links
- Saved Searches and Exports
- New columns on the Address Book List screen
- Terminology changes
Enter key executes a search
Press the Enter key on your keyboard to execute a Basic Search or “Green Screen” search. 
Press the Enter key at the screen below to find all works by Tchaikovsky. This is in addtion to the F8 key as in previous versions of OPAS.
Icons
OPAS icons along the top of the application have changed. The icon pictures are more standard, have labels and are more logically grouped.
Existing version 8 icons:
OPAS 9 icons:
Icons have also been re-arranged are are now grouped by the action they perform:
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KEYBOARD SHORTUCT |
Reports |
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F4 |
Data Functions |
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Data Exports |
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Saved Exports |
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Basic Search / Apply Filter |
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F8 / ENTER |
Clear Search / Search Again |
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F6 |
Saved Searches |
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Advanced Search |
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F5 |
Show All Records (ignore search) |
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F9 |
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Filter by selected data on List Screen |
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F7 |
Undo- or Re-Do List Screen Filter |
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Shift + F7 |
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Refresh Screen / Data |
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F10 |
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Linked Program Areas |
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F11 |
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Audit Trail |
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Reminders |
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Tabs are now buttons
Main program areas of OPAS 9 have new screen designs (Background Data areas are largely unchanged). Each OPAS program area is still divided into different screens – for example, the Dates area still has a Main screen, Program screen, etc. However you now access those screens via buttons on the left instead of tabs along the top.
Existing tabs in version 8:
New buttons in version 9
The number of buttons and the order of buttons can be customized – you can create new buttons to open new screens you design, consolidate screens and remove buttons. OPAS 9 will initially display buttons using basically the same configuration as tabs currently do.
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Resizing / Collapsing Grids
All grids in OPAS 9 can be collapsed or, when open, set to any size. If a grid seems to have disappeard, it’s simply minimzed or collaped. Click the “Show More” icon to restore the grid.
When a grid is open, it can be dragged to any height you like. 
Click and drag the bottom border of the grid to expand it
OPAS remembers your settings and links them to your user name / password.
Screen Layouts and Scrolling
Most screens have been rearanged to make them easier to read, to group similar data fields and to reduce screen clutter. While we anticipate the changes will be logical and self-explanatory, please feel free to contatct OPAS Technical Support if you have any questions.
One feature of the new screen layouts is the ability to scroll down should a screen contain more information than will fit in its current dimensions.
Seldom-used fields or fields that are typically set once and rarely changed are typically tucked away in the bottom part of a screen.
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Buttons and Links
All drop-down fields in OPAS still link to the program area in which that item is created or edited. To reduce screen clutter, these drop-down links have been redesigned to look more like Internet or web links.
Existing Screens these buttons link to other program areas: 
NEW – the links now look like those shown below.
The labels in dhte Dates area on the drop-down fields above still link to the
Projects, Event Type, Venue,
Conductor and Orchestra
areas of OPAS, but the links are no longer buttons.
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Saved Searches and Exports
Saved Searches provide powerful and convenient ways to find pre-defined or often-used data sets. You could, for example, open the Works area of OPAS and find all compositions that are to be played next season. Saved Exports likewise make it very easy to dump information out of OPAS into a variety of formats (including your computer’s clipboard where the information can be pasted into any other application).
It is now much easier to add saved searches and saved exports to your OPAS user profile. Choose the System > Edit Preferences menu item and select the Quick Xport / Saved Search tab. Then…
[1] Choose either saved exports or saved searches
[2] Choose the desired program area
[3] Select the searches or exports in your OPAS system (the left side of the screen) and click the arrow to move them to your OPAS profile so they will appear in your own drop-down menus
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New columns - Address Book List screen
In addition to the existing Contact Number, a Cell Phone column and Email column have been added to the List screen in the Address Book.
You will need to re-order the List screen to see these columns. Just click-and-drag them into place as you would in Excel.
Don't see the numbers on the List screen even though they are in the proper place in the Contact numbers grid? Choose the Background Data 1 > Phone No. Types menu item and make sure the phone number types are properly configured.
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OPAS Terminolgy / Name Changes
Many fields and even some program areas have name changes to reduce confusion and formally recognize the general names by which they have come to be known. Key changes are:
Existing Term |
New OPAS 9 Term |
Scheduling |
Calendar Days |
Activities (background area) |
Event Types |
To-Do List |
Checklist |
Address |
Payee |
Title (in the Dates area) |
Program Title |
No. (in the Dates area) |
Program No. |
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