Column settings

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For a clearly structured overview of all the information, protel Air uses tables in many windows.

As each user has individual preferences for what is to be displayed on the screen, protel Air enables tables to be adjusted and customized accordingly.

Underlined columns

The contents of columns with underlined column titles can be edited inline.

Learn more about inline editing:

  1. Click two times into the underlined field for the column you would like to edit.

  2. Change the contents of the field which you have clicked on.

  3. Click [Enter] to adopt the changes.

Example:

Figure: Reservation list > Change room number inline

Show or hide columns

See only what you need and what you want to. In order to improve your overview, you can decide to hide some columns.

  1. To do so, move the mouse pointer over the title of a certain column and then click on the small arrow.

Figure: Open column selection

  1. Select the columns entry from the drop-down list.
    Columns which are displayed in the dialog box are marked by a check mark .

Figure: Selection of columns to be displayed.

Tip: Enter the first letter of the column you are looking for until the column appears in the list.

  1. To hide a column, remove the check from the check box.

  2. You can save the current list view - see following picture:

These settings are saved for each individual user. Whenever you reload the list or restart your hotelsoftware, the list is displayed just the way you left it.

Sort by columns

All the tables are pre-sorted when they are first opened. To suit your needs, you can change the sort sequence for the table entries at any time:

The column used to sort the table is indicated by a small arrow, pointing up or down, in the column header.

Change column width

Figure: Changing the column width

When a table is first opened, the width of each column is set in such a way that most entries can be fully read. However, you can also customize the width of each column:

Adjust column widht by hand

Automatic column width adjustment

Move columns

Figure: Move columns

If you wish, you can also move whole columns within the table.