"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.

