"Portions of Bid sorting licensed by BidPlus, Inc. under US patent 5,634,055" Bid Sorting Quick Start (you can print this out for easier viewing) The first step to Bid Sorting is to Download the bids. Click on the Download Bids Button to do this
 When finished you will have the bid data as shown above. You can view or Print from here. To use VB2000 special sorting Tools select the Sort Bids button. This will show you the below view:
 Select the Bid lines that you want to sort and chose View. Note that when you first use Bid Sorting there will be no items labeled (indexed and ready to use), only a date and the words "Downloaded On...". The Send Bids to main VB2000 for uploading is used after you had made your bid selections as is the Set Award Line and View Calendar. This window will now be displayed, this is not the window where you set your sorting options. This windows just collects information that Bid Sorting needs to know to continue.
 You will next see the lines.
 Weekend are in Blue, Red Eyes are in Red. You can click on an ID to view it. There are three mouse pointer you will see in this view:
means you can click on an ID
means you can move a line within a Tab, up or down
means you can select the line for deleting or moving from one tab to another Lines are moved from Tab to Tab by selecting them then clicking on the desired Tab. Lines palced in Tab 1 through 10 are part of you bid. Use the Find and Sort Tool to find lines that meet your needs. Select criteria and press the Find Matching Lines button. Sort criteria and sort as soon as the selection is made.


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