Survey data can be entered using the Quick Entry edit box. All question responses can be quickly entered using only the keyboard. The easy way to enter your number responses is to use Quick Entry at the bottom of the screen. You actually never have to use your mouse to enter any responses. For example, when the Multiple Scale question is displayed, enter A5 and press the enter key, enter B3 and press the enter key, and enter C2 and press the enter key. 5, 3, and 2 are placed in the boxes next to the A, B, and C text choices.

Another way of moving between the boxes is to use the tab key. If you are in the first box, using our example from above, enter 5, press tab, enter 3, press tab, enter 2 and press tab.

If hints are not hidden (check box on the Design Menu - Preferences - Interface Settings tab), the corresponding Quick Entry information is displayed above the Quick Entry edit box.

Enter a single letter and press enter.

Enter up to nine letters corresponding to the check boxes, then press enter.

Enter up to nine letters corresponding to the check boxes, then press enter. To enter other text, make the first character a period, then the text response, then press enter.

Enter the single digit and press enter.

Enter the row letter, the scale rating, then press enter.

Enter the letter of the row, the Group number, then the value, then press enter.

Enter the letter of the row, then column number, then press enter. The check mark will be placed in the box. The box can be toggled (unmarked) by entering the row letter and column number again.

Enter the row letter, then the ranking number, then press enter.

Enter the row letter, then the value, then press enter.

Enter the row letter, then column number, the value, then press enter.

Enter the text response, then press enter. The default length is 40 characters. The maximum length is 240 characters. The length of the text response was set when the questions were created on the Edit Menu - Options/Values tab.

Tate can be entered using the American Format numerical date (MM/DD/YYYY) in the Quick Edit box. Enter the letter B to have a blank date. Enter the Letter M, D, or Y (Month, Day, or Year). Then enter the number, then press enter. Because date checking is constantly being performed, some dates (last few days of February) may have to be entered in Year, Month, and Day order.

Enter up to twenty-five letters corresponding to the check boxes, then press enter.

Enter up to twenty-five letters corresponding to the check boxes, then press enter. To enter other text, make the first character a period, then the text response, then press enter. The Other response can have up to 200 characters.

Enter a matching text response, then press enter.

Enter the value, then press enter.

Enter the letter corresponding to the check box, then press enter. To enter other text, make the first character a period, then the text response, then press enter.

Enter the row letter (group), then the text item number, then press enter. To delete a response, enter the row letter(group), and the number 0.

Enter the row letter (group), then the text item number, then press enter. To delete a response, enter the row letter(group), and the number 0.

Pressing the enter key with an empty edit box, advances to the next question when recording responses. If the response database is being revised or reviewed, pressing the enter key with an empty edit box returns to the displayed data base grid.