Disabled American Veterans Membership System User Manual - Basic Web Application Usage

Oct 24, 2026

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Disabled American Veterans membership system user manual for Department Commanders and Adjutants, presenting guidance for basic use of the web application. Covers full screen mode operation, keyboard navigation with TAB and SHIFT+TAB, and the behavior of pull-down menus including selecting values via keyboard shortcuts. Explains radio button and check box interaction rules, date entry formats and navigation shortcuts, and how calendar selection and tool tips work for accurate data entry.

LanguageEnglish

CategoryTechnology

FormatPDF

Pages43

Reading Time1 h 48 min

AccessFree to download

Basic Web Application Usage

Member Login

Change Password

Welcome

DAV Online Application

New Magazine Subscription

Chapter/Unit Listings by State

Find a local Chapter/Unit by Zip Code

Reports

Payment Submission

Maintain Member

Search for Member

Maintain Chapter/Department Information

Department/Chapter Financial Report

Department/Chapter Officer Report

Disabled American Veterans Membership System User Manual for Department Commanders and Adjutants Disabled American Veterans 2 2/9/2012 Table of Contents Basic Web Application Usage ............................................................................ 4 Member Login ..................................................................................................... 8 Change Password ............................................................................................... 9 Welcome ............................................................................................................ 10 DAV Online Application .................................................................................... 11 New Magazine Subscription............................................................................. 13 Chapter/Unit Listings by State ......................................................................... 15 Find a local Chapter/Unit by Zip Code ............................................................ 17 Reports .............................................................................................................. 19 Payment Submission ........................................................................................ 29 Maintain Member ............................................................................................... 31 Search for Member ........................................................................................... 35 Maintain Chapter/Department Information ..................................................... 37 Department/Chapter Financial Report ............................................................ 39 Department/Chapter Officer Report ................................................................ 41 Disabled American Veterans 3 2/9/2012 Basic Web Application Usage Full Screen Mode The membership application user interface has been designed to take advantage of as much screen space as possible and minimize scrolling. This requires the internal user to be in Full Screen Mode. To enter Full Screen Mode strike on the keyboard. To leave Full Screen Mode strike again. Tabbing Navigation through the page can be accomplished through the use of the key on the keyboard. In most cases tabbing is left to right, top to bottom and follows the same order as data entry would from printed forms. Move the cursor forward one screen element Move the cursor backward one screen element Pull Down Menus Pull down menus allow the user to select from a list of many options. A pull down menu with no value selected. A pull down menu with the list expanded. A pull down list with the desired value selected. A pull down list with the selection complete. Disabled American Veterans 4 2/9/2012 When selecting from long pull down menus, such as State or Country, it is possible to jump to the selected value using only the keyboard. For example, using the pull down menu above as an example we want to select Merchant Marines without using the mouse. With the cursor on the pull down menu hit the key twice. The first strike of the key brings up Marine Corps. The second strike of the key brings up the next value in the list beginning with an ‘M’. In our example this is Merchant Marines. Also note that while on a pull down menu striking the key will not affect any buttons on the screen associated with the key. The user must tab out of the pull down menu before striking . Radio Buttons Radio buttons are used when selection values are unique. In other words, the user may only select one value in the list. When the user tabs into a list of radio buttons they may move from button to button using the left and right arrow keys on the keyboard. To select a button press the while the cursor is on the desired button. WARNING: Once the user makes a sele

FAQs

How do you enter and exit full screen mode in the membership application?

Enter full screen mode by pressing . Leave full screen mode by pressing again.

What keyboard keys can be used to navigate through the page?

Use the key to move through page elements, typically left to right and top to bottom. Use to move backward one screen element.

What date formats are accepted when entering dates?

Dates must be entered as mm/dd/yyyy or mmddyyyy, for example 03/23/2003 or 03232003.

Oct 24, 2026

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