Using the SAP Screen Layout menu options

1. Click on the Layout menu located in the standard toolbar to activate the customization option.
2. Then select the Options menu item.  This will lead you to a screen where you can select the following customization options:

You can make your cursor as a copy tool. Like if you select any text in sap screen, it will be copied and then do a right click where you want to paste. The text will be pasted there. This can be enabled by the below option.

You can go to design settings and make the screen sound mute.

Use the menu path System ® User Profile ® Own data to change user specific settings such as:

• Output Device
• Print controller
• Date Format
• Decimal Notation
• Logon Language (interface and documentation)

The user profile is connected to the user ID.  It will be applied to each logon session for that user, irrespective of which PC is used or which SAP system the user connects to.

1. Change the Default settings for the User.
   • Change your output device to print to your Windows default printer. 
     1. Place your cursor in the output device field and then hit F4 to view the list of available output devices.
     2. You may also want to select the checkbox which would allow for immediate printing capabilities, otherwise the default is to output the spool file.
   • Change the date format to be MM/DD/YYYY.
   • Change the Decimal notation to be a Decimal Point.

2. Once changes have been made, save your work, and then exit the window by using the          icon.

The R/3 System displays warning and error messages in the status bar.  A system message consists of one line; however, you can get more information about a message by doing the following:

1. On the status bar, click anywhere on the message, or position the cursor directly on the message and hit F1 button
2. A dialogue box will appear with help on the message.
3. If more detailed information is required, you have the option to select the Technical info push-button. Depending on the complexity of the error message, different information will be displayed in this dialogue box.  Sometimes you will be presented with Message Data and Program Data and sometimes you will only see Message Data.

A Search Help is a option provided to sap fields to check the possible values for that field. Sometimes it may be easier to use a Search Help for search purposes.  Place your cursor in the desired field and enter the desired search parameter.  For this example, you want to find all sap tables started with Z*.

1. Click on the      icon at the end of the field and then click ok.
2. You can also activate the Search Helps by placing the cursor in the field and hitting the F4 key.