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DrugPak Software Suite Newsletter
Premier Drug and Alcohol Testing Software December 2009
Current Articles
DrugPak New Year's Sale!
Keyboard Shortcuts
Think About It
DrugPak Program Updates

Updates to version 6 have been posted as recently as 11/06/2009
Give Your Clients On-Line Access with DP Live

The DP Live module of DrugPak makes it possible for your clients to access information on their substance abuse testing programs on their own schedule.  Your clients use a password-protected login that gives them access to the company/participants/results that you assign to them. 

Visitors can view new results and print their own result letters.  They can also search for results and create their own result list reports.  They can view their list of participants, add new participants and terminate participants from their current list.  You can give them access to view your list of collection sites and even map the addresses.

Real-Time Reporting
DP Live provides access to your DrugPak data immediately!  As soon as a result has been saved in DrugPak it is available for a DP Live visitor to view.  As soon as you perform a random selection the selected participants are available on the web site.

Customizable Access
You can specify the rights and restrictions that your DP Live visitors have, either in general or for any specific visitor.  You can allow your visitors to update participant information (such as name or occupation) or arrange it so that they can see the information but cannot change it.  You can also specify certain items to be invisible.  Result data is always safe from modification.  There are no options that a visitor can use to change anything about a result.

Secure Server
A standard part of setting up DP Live is configuring the web server to provide secure access (HTTPS).  This ensures that your DrugPak data is viewed only by visitors who have logged in with correct user names and passwords.

Document Manager and DP Billing
If you use the Document Manager module of DrugPak then DP Live can provide visitors with access to chain of custody documents or any other type of document you want to allow them to see.  When used with DP Billing a DP Live visitor can view their invoice history.
 
Contact DrugPak at (800) 321-7826 for more information about DP Live.  We can give you a tour of our sample DP Live web site or help you set up your own free 30-day trial! Visit DrugPak.com to learn more about DP Live.
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We appreciate that you have chosen DrugPak to manage your substance abuse testing data.  This newsletter is an opportunity for us to pass on news, helpful hints, and suggestions.  If you ever have any questions or problems, don't hesitate to contact us.
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Keyboard Shortcuts Save Time

Many DrugPak users overlook one of the best time-saving computer techniques; keyboard shortcuts.  There are two main types of keyboard shortcuts; using menus and direct commands.

To use your keyboard to navigate menus (in DrugPak and in most Windows applications) start by pressing and releasing the ALT key (at the bottom of your keyboard).  If you look at the menus in DrugPak after pressing the ALT key you will see that a letter in each of the menu titles is underlined.  That letter indicates the letter on the keyboard that you should press to open that menu.  For example, in your DrugPak, press the ALT key, and let it go, then press the R key and DrugPak's Reports menu will open.  Notice that each item in the menu has a similar underlined letter, again indicating the letter on your keyboard that will open that selection.  Press R again and the Results sub-menu of the Reports menu will open.  Press the R key once again and you will have selected the Result Letter report.
(Note that some windows in DrugPak have buttons where a letter is underlined.  To "click" these buttons with keyboard commands, hold down the ALT key while pressing the indicated letter.)

The other keyboard shortcut method, what I am calling a "direct command", requires that you press two or more keys at the same time.  For example, pressing and holding CTRL, and then pressing the 1 key (at the top of your keyboard, not the number pad section) will open the result window.  CTRL and 2 will open the participants window.  You can see references to these keyboard commands as you look at the menus at the top of DrugPak.  If you use your mouse to open the File menu (top right of DrugPak) you will see several items show "CTRL+" to the right.  Some of these items require that you hold both CTRL and ALT before pressing a third key.

And a third part about keyboard shortcuts should be pointed out with specific keyboard commands for DrugPak.  These three items work in most windows of DrugPak;
  • CTRL+Insert : Insert new record. (The same as clicking on the plus in the navigation bar.)
  • CTRL+Enter : Post (save) record.  (The same as clicking on the check button to save a record.)
  • F2 : On many fields this will open the associated Find window.  (If your cursor is in the Home Base field of a participant record, pressing F2 will open the Home Base find window.)

And we should also point out some of the most common Windows keyboard shortcuts that we find helpful;
  • CTRL+TAB : Switch from one open window to the next within an application. (SHIFT+CTRL+TAB reverses the order.)
  • ALT+TAB : Switch from one application to the next. (SHIFT+ALT+TAB reverses the order)
  • CTRL+F4 : Close current window (a window within a program)
  • ALT+F4 : Close current Windows application.
  • CTRL+X : Cut
  • CTRL+C : Copy
  • CTRL+V : Paste
  • CTRL+Z : Undo
  • F1 : Help

One of the main goals of DrugPak software design and support is to help you work effeciently and effectively.  If you have questions about DrugPak keyboard shortcuts or any other topic about DrugPak, please contact the DrugPak Support Desk.

Think About It

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The secret of joy in work is contained in one word - excellence. To know how to do something well is to enjoy it."
--Pearl Buck (1892 - 1973)
US novelist in China
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