The Talents field is designed to store information about a person's talents or interests. You are provided a set of default menu choices for the Talents Menu when you first create a CMD file. You may modify any or all of these 300 possible menu choices, however, by using the Menu Items choice on the Preferences Menu. You may also modify the Talents list of choices by clicking the Edit Talents Pick List button on the dialog used to display and pick Talents.

Since it is likely that a person may be talented in several areas, CMD allows you to store as many Talents a person holds that you would like. The Talents associated with a person will be listed in the dialog where the selections are made, and then listed in the top, center portion of the Individuals Data area when the Talents label is selected.

Making Your Selections

To select Talents for a name, make sure the Talents label is displayed in bold letters. If it's not, click directly on the word Talents to select the Talents field. Next click the Click Here to Add Items button at the top of the list, which is located just to the right of the Offices, Talents, Activities, User 1, and User 2 fields. This will bring up a selection dialog that will allow you to add or remove Talents from the list.

To add an item, highlight it on the left column and then click the Add Picks to (Name's) Selections button. Note that you can hold Ctrl to highlight more than one, and you can also hold the Shift key to select a range of choices.

If you wish to remove a talent from a person's list, click on the item in the right column labeled (Name's) Selections and then click the Remove Selected Item button.