Use the General page to enable or disable each of the display settings for the productivity features. When each feature listed under Enable Productivity Pane is enabled, it is shown as a button in the Productivity pane on the left side of your host session display screen.
When the check boxes for Spell Checking, Auto Complete, and Auto Expand are selected, those features are activated and ready to use in the host application. Available in 3270 and 5250 sessions only.
Table 3-97 Productivity General Page Options
|
Options |
Description |
|---|---|
|
Enable Productivity Pane |
Select to display the Productivity pane on the left side of your host session display screen. If the Productivity pane is enabled, but one or more of the sub-item check boxes are cleared, those specific productivity bars will not be displayed. |
|
Enable Macro Bar |
Select to display the Macro button in the Productivity pane. |
|
Enable Scratch Pad |
Select to display the Scratch Pad button in the Productivity pane. |
|
Enable Recent Typing |
Select to display the Recent Typing button in the Productivity pane. Available in 3270 and 5250 sessions only. |
|
Enable Screen History |
Select to display the History button in the Productivity pane. Available in 3270 and 5250 sessions only. |
|
Enable Microsoft Office Tools |
Select to display the Microsoft Office Tools button in the Productivity pane. |
|
Enable Spell Checking |
Select to allow spell checking in host applications. Available in 3270 and 5250 sessions only. |
|
Enable Auto Complete |
Select to allow suggestions from user-entered data for automatic completion of words. Available in 3270 and 5250 sessions only. |
|
Enable Auto Expand |
Select to allow automatic expansion of words based on acronyms and shortcuts. Available in 3270 and 5250 sessions only. |
|
Information Privacy Settings |
Click to open the Information Privacy Settings dialog box, from which you can configure privacy filters to prevent certain types of sensitive data from being captured by the productivity tools. |
To view the Scratch Pad
From the Edit or Options menu, choose Settings.
From the Categories list, click the Productivity icon to open the Settings - Productivity dialog box.
From the General tab, select Enable Scratch Pad.
Click OK when you have finished defining your productivity settings.
To enable Recent Typing
Using the Recent Typing task pane, you can quickly view and select from a list of recently typed items, and send the selected string to the active document. This eliminates the need to manually re-enter information, saving time, and reducing errors when entering commonly-typed commands or field data.
From the Edit or Options menu, choose Settings.
From the Categories list, click the Productivity icon to open the Settings - Productivity dialog box.
From the General tab, select specific check boxes to display each button in the Productivity pane on your host session display screen.
From the General tab, select Enable Recent Typing.
Click OK when you have finished defining your productivity settings.
To View Macro Bar
Select to display the Macro button in the Productivity pane.
From the Edit or Options menu, choose Settings.
From the Categories list, click the Productivity icon to open the Settings - Productivity dialog box.
From the General tab, select Enable Macro Bar to display a Macro button in the Productivity pane on your host session display screen.
Click OK when you have finished defining your productivity settings.