You can add a detailed description to an item that is shown to the user on the POS. The description appears when tapping and holding the item for a few seconds. The customer may find it helpful to know more about the item, such as what ingredients go into the food or some background information on a particular wine. From the Back Office, you can set the languages used for description entry.

1. Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed credentials.
2. From the main navigation menu, select Configuration > Settings > Item languages.
3. Select the entry field next to the Languages, and select the desired languages from the drop-down menu.
4. Click Update to finish.

With additional languages added, you can now add item descriptions from the Items details page. To access this page:

1. Log in to the Back Office with your Lightspeed credentials.
2. From the main navigation menu, select Menu management > Items.
3. Click the Name   of an existing item to edit, or click Create > Item to add a new one.
4. Scroll down to the Description section and click the  icon to add new fields.
5. Enter your item's Display name and Descriptions in the desired languages.

For information on creating new items, visit Adding items. To learn more about editing existing items, visit Editing items.

What’s next?

Once you’ve created items, they can be combined to create combos and choices (sequences).

Organize your items into categories (accounting groups).

Learn about modifiers, which can be production instructions or sub-items.

The menus section allows you to create specialized menus made up of main screens with items contained in each.