Skills on the Client Form

Skills / Cat / Sub/Quick/Delete     

These buttons will allow you to select Skills by skill code, category and/or sub-category.

To select skills by Skill code, click the Skills button.  A list of skills will be displayed.   This list can be dfaulted to sort either by Code or Description.  Contact ABD Support Representiative for more information.

When selecting Skills, touching the first letter of the desired skill code on the keyboard will ‘jump’ to that letter, which speeds up the selection process. Select the skills desired and then click on the OK button.  The selected skills will appear in the skills box.  Multiple skills may be selected. 

To select skills by Category, click the Cat button.  A list of categories will be displayed.  Select the desired category by highlighting it.  Then, click the Sub button to list the sub-categories within the selected category.  Select the desired sub-category, and then click the Skills button to display a list of skills under the category/sub-category selected.  When selecting Skills, touching the first letter of the desired skill code on the keyboard will ‘jump’ to that letter, which speeds up the selection process. Click to highlight the skills desired and then click on the OK button.  The selected skills will appear in the skills box.  Multiple skills may be selected. 

Another option for selecting skills by category is to double click on the desired category from the category list, to open the sub-category list.  Then, double click on the desired sub-category to view the associated skills list.

To select skills straight from sub-category, click the Sub button.  A list of sub-categories will be displayed. Highlight the desired sub-category and then click the Skills button to display a list of skills under the sub-category selected. When selecting Skills, touching the first letter of the desired skill code on the keyboard will ‘jump’ to that letter, which speeds up the selection process. Click to highlight the skills desired and then click on the OK button.  The selected skills will appear in the skills box.  Multiple skills may be selected.

Another option for selecting skills by sub-category is to double click on the desired sub-category from the sub-category list.  This will open the skills list.

The Quick button allows for the entering of skills without the use of the list box.  Once the Quick button is selected, a window will appear, prompting for the entering of the desired skill codes, separating them by a comma.  To use this option, the skill codes must be known by the user.

To delete a skill, highlight the desired skill in the Skills box that is to be removed, and then click the Delete button.  The skill will be removed from the skills box.  Only one skill can be deleted at a time.