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Preface

The Oracle Applications Character Mode to GUI Menu Path Changes book is a quick reference guide for experienced Oracle Applications end users migrating from character mode to a graphical user interface (GUI). This guide lists each character mode form and describes which GUI windows and functions replace it.

This preface explains how this book is organized and introduces other sources of information that can help you become familiar with your GUI applications.

About This Book

This guide is for Oracle Applications character mode users who are using applications that have been upgraded to Release 10SC or later. In Release 10SC we converted the functionality of the character mode products into products with a graphical user interface and an improved task flow. For example, in many cases we combined the functionality of multiple character mode forms into a single GUI window. In other cases we converted the functionality of an entire character mode form into a button or checkbox in a GUI window. End users can use this book as a reference to see where in the GUI product they can perform the functions that they performed using character mode forms.

How This Guide is Organized

This guide includes a chart for each Oracle Applications product that was upgraded from character mode to GUI. The charts are in alphabetical order by product name. Each product's chart alphabetically lists each form available in the character mode product, and includes the menu path for the form. For each character mode form, the chart lists in an adjacent column the following information for the GUI version of the product:
Attention: Your system administrator may have customized the Navigator in your GUI product. The Navigator paths listed in this book are the default paths for your product.

Notations

When we describe pressing a button in a window, for example, the Open button, we say "choose the Open button", "choose Open", or we write the button name in brackets, [Open].

Other Information Sources

You can choose from many sources of information, including documentation, training, and support services, to increase your knowledge and understanding of your Oracle Applications products. Note that from within a window you can always choose the Help icon from the Menu Bar to see online help for the window.

We also recommend that you use the following manuals in conjunction with this guide.

User's Guides

Oracle Applications User's Guide

The Oracle Applications User's Guide introduces the features of the graphical user interface, and explains how to enter data, query, and run reports and concurrent processes in your GUI product. This user's guide describes the Navigator that you use to navigate to windows within your GUI product.

You can also access this user's guide online by choosing "Getting Started with Oracle Applications" from any Oracle Applications help file.

Related User's Guides

For detailed information on any application, refer to the user's guide for that product. If you do not have the hardcopy versions of these manuals, you can read them online using the Library icon in your online help.
Attention: The Oracle Applications Character Mode to GUI Menu Path Changes book includes only GUI windows and functions that replace character mode forms. For a more complete list of the windows in each application, including windows we added to support new functionality, refer to your user's guide, or choose the Navigation button in that product's online help.

Other Information

Training

Oracle offers a complete set of formal training courses to help you and your staff master your Oracle Applications products and reach full productivity quickly. We organize these courses into functional learning paths, so you take only those courses appropriate to your job or area of responsibility.

You have a choice of educational environments. You can attend courses at any one of our many Education Centers, or you can arrange for our trainers to teach at your facility. In addition, Oracle training professionals can tailor standard courses or develop custom courses to meet your needs. For example, you may want to use your organization structure, terminology, and data as examples in a customized training session delivered at your own facility.

Support

From on-site support to central support, our team of experienced professionals provides the help and information you need to keep your Oracle Applications product working for you. This team includes your Technical Representative, Account Manager, and Oracle's large staff of consultants and support specialists with expertise in your business area, managing an Oracle8 server, and your hardware and software environment.

About Oracle

Oracle develops and markets an integrated line of software products for database management, applications development, decision support, and office automation, as well as a complete family of financial, manufacturing, and human resource applications.

Oracle products are available for mainframes, minicomputers, personal computers and personal digital assistants, allowing organizations to integrate different computers, different operating systems, different networks, and even different database management systems, into a single, unified computing and information resource.

Oracle offers its products, along with related consulting, education, and support services, in over 100 countries around the world. Oracle is the world's largest supplier of database management software and services.

Thank You

Thank you for using Oracle Applications and this guide.

We value your comments and feedback. At the end of this manual is a Reader's Comment Form you can use to explain what you like or dislike about your product or this user's guide. Mail your comments to the following address or call us directly at (650) 506-7000.

Oracle Applications Documentation Manager
Oracle Corporation
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Redwood Shores, CA 94065 U.S.A.

Or, send electronic mail to appsdoc@us.oracle.com.

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