ALTER Overview

much of the power in dairycomp comes from the ability to configure the program to meet the specific needs of your dairy the alter command allows you to change most of the parameters that affect the way the program performs alter is the key to the flexibility of dairycomp because it allows you to configure program performance to suit your individual management needs \<font color="#882255">1\</font> pull down menus \<font color="#882255">2\</font> interactive icons \<font color="#882255">3\</font> command line entry box \<font color="#882255">4\</font> the left side of the window contains an outlook style toolbar (simply called the "outlook bar") that supplies quick access to the program's major functions \<font color="#882255">5\</font> use the tabs at the bottom of the window to quickly navigate to different dairycomp pages \<font color="#882255">6\</font> a status bar with the cowfile information and current date can be found at the bottom of the window show me how to access my alter configuration! to access your alter configuration, enter alter in the command line, and double‑click to select a configuration option or press the key that represents that option \<font color="#882255">1\</font> enter alter in the command line to view configuration options \<font color="#882255">2\</font> interactive icons as a shortcut, you can also enter alter followed by \ and the option number or letter for example, enter the following command to jump straight to the alter 9 events configuration window \<font color="#6b7280">alter\9\</font> \<font color="#f97316">important\</font> changes made in alter affect the current cowfile only because there is such a great deal of flexibility, it is easy to make changes that may not be exactly what you had intended therefore, it is important to backup your cowfile docid\ sy3bwpn1jq4q1teo1mlpt before using any of the alter options spending a few seconds backing up now could save hours of frustration later the setup docid\ cti1v3j5goytwlrwxshez command is another configuration option you can use it to change program parameters that affect hardware such as printers and program functions that work across all cowfiles see the topics below to learn more about your alter configuration alter2 item definitions docid\ elh0 fj ktf5ihc3rhfig alter3 command abbreviations docid\ bq rsqlrinixrukczz8rv alter4 pens docid\ nom61wlbr2ibwgqeald6e alter5 vetlist options docid\ ch1bxt5gulu s0hb wxui alter9 events docid 8 yopecfyeksw0dkfyism