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PAWS (How To) Set Navigation Personalizations
General Options:
Accessibility Features
- Provides better support for assistive technologies.
- Use accessible mode layout - This option is for use with screen readers. Page elements (fields, links, buttons, etc.) are presented linearly to assistive software.
- Use standard mode layout - This option supports assistive technologies without altering the page design.
- Accessibility Features disabled - This option is the default.
Note: The above options are set automatically and do not need to be changed.
Regional Settings:
Afternoon designator (PM, pm)
Defaulted to PM. Any string up to 5 characters long, usually 'PM' or 'pm'.
Date Format
Defaulted to MMDDYY. Determines whether date will be displayed with the day first, month first, or year first. The century (YYYY or YY) is controlled as a page field property, not a personalization. Options available are DDMMYY, MMDDYY, YYMMDD.
Date Separator
Defaulted to / . Any single character, common values are '/', '-' or '.'. For example, this determines whether the date will be shown as DD/MM/YY or DD-MM-YY.
Morning designator (AM, am)
Defaulted to AM. Any string up to 5 characters long, usually 'AM' or 'am'.
Time Format
Defaulted to 12 hour. Determines whether time will be displayed in civilian (8:05:00 PM) or military (20:05:00) time format. The determination of whether seconds and microseconds are displayed is made at the field level, and is not a personalization. Options include 12 hour or 24 hour.
Note: The above options are set automatically and do not need to be changed.
System & Application Messages:
Save Warning
Defaults to Yes. Displays a warning when the user makes a change and attempts to leave the transaction without saving. Options available Yes or No.
Note: The above options are set automatically and do not need to be changed.
Navigation Personalizations
The last option is the Navigation Personalizations which allows you to identify buttons, tabs, or links on a page your mouse skips over. To set these options, follow the steps below:
- Navigate to: Main Menu > My Personalizations (Note: Will need to scroll to the bottom of the left hand menu.)
- Select Personalize Navigation Personalizations link
- When the page opens, select the option(s) you want to change.
- Click OK button.
- Click Return button to return to the main My Personalizations page. (Note: You must Sign out and Sign In again to see your preferences.)
- Select Sign out link to activate changes.
- Sign back in to PAWS to see changes.
It is recommended that if you do a lot of data entry, that you change your Navigation Personalizations as shown below:
| Personalization Option | Default Value | Override Value |
| Tab over Add/Del Buttons (+/-) | No | Yes |
| Tab over Calendar Button | No | Yes |
| Default Expert Entry On | Yes | No |
| Max rows for View All | 100 | |
| Tab over Grid Tabs | No | Yes |
| Tab over Header Icons | No | Yes |
| Tab over Lookup Button | No | Yes |
| Tab over Navigation Bar | No | Yes |
| Tab over Browser Elements | No | Yes |
| Tab over Page Links | No | Yes |
| Tab over Related Page Links | No | Yes |
| Tab over Toolbar | No | Yes |
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the Add/Delete button when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on the Add/Delete button when you are tabbing.
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the Calendar button when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on the Calendar button when you are tabbing.
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the Grid tabs when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on each of the Grid tabs when you are tabbing.
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the Header Icons when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on each of the Header Icons when you are tabbing.
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the Lookup button when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on the Lookup button when you are tabbing.
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the Navigation Bar when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on the Navigation Bar when you are tabbing.
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the address link when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on the address line when you are tabbing.
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the Page Links when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on the Page Links when you are tabbing.
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the Related Page Links when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on the Related Page Links when you are tabbing.
Selecting “Yes” from the drop down allows you to skip the Toolbar when pressing your tab key. If you leave as default, the system will automatically stop your cursor on the Toolbar when you are tabbing.