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Point-and-shoot interface
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<h2 id="example">Example</h2> <p>An example of a point-and-shoot is presented here (the computer is an <a href="/facts/IBM_System%2f36/tdC07QRf">IBM System/36</a>): </p> ACT01 YOUR APPLICATION GoTo Cust#______________ WORK WITH ACCOUNTS GoTo Name_______________ SORT BY CUSTOMER NUMBER GoTo Addr_______________ CUST# NAME ADDRESS _ 29358235 SMITH, MARY 100 PARK PLAZA _ 30493404 JONES, JOHN 271 LINCOLN AVE _ 34034559 HOOTON, DENISE 56 BROADWAY _ 36359523 HOWELL, BARBARA POST OFFICE BOX 2358 (More) COMMANDS: 2=Edit 4=Delete 5=Rename H=History P=Print COMMAND KEYS: RollUp/Dn 5=Add 6=Sort 7=End 8=Change Application 9=Reports 24=Sign off <p>The top of the display is called the header. It contains the <a href="/facts/Computer_program/e38jH9N9">program</a> name and description, and it allows the operator to immediately "go to" a certain partial or complete customer ID, name, or address. It identifies the columns of data presented. </p><p>The middle of the display is called the data area. It consists of one input-capable field and one output field per line. </p><p>The bottom of the display is called the footer or the legend. It describes the commands the operator can use on each object, and the command <a href="/facts/Keyboard_(computing)/MczF9LIS">keys</a> the operator can use to control the application. </p> <h2 id="further-reading">Further reading</h2> <ul><li><a href="https://worldwide.espacenet.com/textdoc?DB=EPODOC&IDX=US5293615">US 5293615</a>, Amada, Carlos A. , "Point and shoot interface for linking database records to spreadsheets whereby data of a record is automatically reformatted and loaded upon issuance of a recalculation command", issued 1994-03-08, assigned to Amada, Carlos A. </li> <li>Chignell, Mark H.; Waterworth, John A. (1 February 1991). "Wimps and nerds". <i>ACM SIGCHI Bulletin</i>. 23 (2). Association for Computing Machinery (ACM): 15–21. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1145%2F122488.123124">10.1145/122488.123124</a>. <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0736-6906">0736-6906</a>. <a href="/facts/S2CID_(identifier)/ldJsHa2Y">S2CID</a> <a href="https://api.semanticscholar.org/CorpusID:18285465">18285465</a>.</li> <li><a href="https://www.ibm.com/support/knowledgecenter/en/SSXJ47_7.1.0/com.ibm.ipt.doc_7.1/iqiug/iqiugpasolist.html">"IBM Knowledge Center"</a>. <i>IBM</i>. 8 August 2018. Retrieved 29 August 2018.</li> <li>Ebbers, Mike (2011) [2006]. <a href="http://wwwlgis.informatik.uni-kl.de/cms/fileadmin/users/kschmidt/mainframe/lutzkuehner/Chapter04_TSO-ISPF-UNIX_Foils.pdf#page=17">"Interactive facilities of z/OS: TSO/E, ISPF, and UNIX"</a> (PDF). <i>Introduction to the new mainframe: z/OS basics</i>. Poughkeepsie, NY: IBM. p. 17. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-7384-3534-3. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/900292195">900292195</a>.</li> <li>Lam, Richard B.; Cooper, James W.; Thieret, Scott; Simon, Jean-Christophe; Clarke, Edward P. (1991). "Multitasking in Laboratory Personal Computers". <i>Analytical Chemistry</i>. 63 (1). American Chemical Society (ACS): 31A. <a href="/facts/Doi_(identifier)/muM9Etpq">doi</a>:<a href="https://doi.org/10.1021%2Fac00001a725">10.1021/ac00001a725</a>. <a href="/facts/ISSN_(identifier)/DPAflDvU">ISSN</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0003-2700">0003-2700</a>.</li> <li>Rosenberg, Adam N. <a href="http://www.the-adam.com/adam/rantrave/computers.html">"The failure of the digital computer"</a>. Retrieved 29 August 2018.</li> <li>Van Dyke, Peter (2011). <a href="https://share.confex.com/share/117/webprogram/Handout/Session9764/S9764%20-%20ISPF%20Panels%20Advanced.pdf"><i>Interactive System Productivity Facility (ISPF) Panels – Advanced</i></a> (PDF). SHARE. IBM.</li> <li>Weyhrich, Steven (2013). <a href="https://apple2history.org/history/ah18/">"Software"</a>. <i>Sophistication & simplicity : the life and times of the Apple II computer</i>. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Variant Press. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-9868322-7-7. <a href="/facts/OCLC_(identifier)/Yqad8waq">OCLC</a> <a href="https://search.worldcat.org/oclc/812067998">812067998</a>. Retrieved 29 August 2018.</li> <li>Wireman, T. (1994). <a href="https://books.google.com/books?id=eT6HN8Z-L5sC&pg=PA155"><i>Computerized Maintenance Management Systems</i></a>. Industrial Press. p. 155. <a href="/facts/ISBN_(identifier)/15AdSPa9">ISBN</a> 978-0-8311-3054-1.</li></ul>