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This article describes how to Dispatch Shipments in IDS 2 Dispatch PC Client.

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How to Create Dispatch Boards

How to Dispatch

How to Create Dispatch Boards

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If you don't see the above, then double click an inch or more to the right of the word "Dispatcher" in the main menu. For example put your mouse here:

The Then double click your mouse

You can also do the above be used to hide the "Open New Dispatch Board" menutab. 

2. This will open a new Dispatch Window.

3. You can drag the created Dispatch Board any where anywhere on your screen as well as onto another monitor. Simply put your mouse at the top of the Dispatch Board. For example here:

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1. Double Click in the "drivers" column for the shipment you wish to assign.
   
2. This will activate the driver dropdown
   
3. To select a driver from the dropdown, you can:
   1. start to type the name of the driver.
   2. place your mouse on use the scroll bar located to the right of the dropdown.
      
   3. use your middle mouse wheel (if you have one).
4. When you have found the driver, right left click to select that driver
   
5. You will now see the selected drivers name in the driver's column for that shipment.
   
6. repeat steps 1 to 5 for all the shipments you want wish to assign.
7. When you have finished, then highlight all the shipments from above, by doing one of the following:
   1. holding down the "Ctrl" key, then selecting each shipment.
   2. holding down the "shift" key, then selecting the top record, then selecting the bottom record.
   3. If its just 1 shipment, just select it.
8. When all the shipments have been selected, they will be highlighted in blue.
   
9. The Then click the "Assign Driver" button on the bottom of the screen.
   
10. The highlighted shipments will then be removed from the Dispatch Board.

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1. You will need to have created a Driver's Board. Click here on creating and using the drivers board. 
2. Highlight one or more shipments in the dispatch Dispatch board by, 
   1. holding down the "Ctrl" key, then selecting each shipment.
   2. holding down the "shift" key, then selecting the top record, then selecting the bottom record.
   3. If its just 1 shipment, just select it.
3. So that the shipments are highlighted in blue.
   
4. Then put your mouse cursor ontop on top of the highlighted shipments
   
5. Then hold down your main mouse button and drag the shipments to one of your driver boardthe Drivers Board.
6. Keeping your main mouse button down, still on the drivers board, drag the shipments to the driver you wish to assign the shipment to.
   1. Each driver has a gray colored row beside their name, place your mouse cursor in this row
      
7. Then let go of your main mouse button.
8. The shipments will then appear in the drivers board assigned to that driver.
   
9. They will disappear off the dispatch board.

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