Damn, I never knew that trick.. and I have played the game for over 550 hours, counting multiple play-thrus..

God.. that would have saved countless amounts of time, for I was, exactly as Fireblade13 was, manually checking each and every time I recieved new equipment or whenever I wished to see what they stats may have been...

Was that it the little booklet that came with the game, the useful tip that is?