Interface Control Keys; Screen Conventions - 3Com LINKBUILDER 3C18500 User Manual

Interface Control Keys

The user interface for the MSH management facility has been
designed to be easy to use. We suggest you read through the following
section when you use the facility for the first time. After that you
should only need this chapter for reference.

Screen Conventions

A typical screen is composed of several items. To identify different
features on the screen we have used the following conventions.
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which you can select one option only. Press [Space] to cycle through
the options. Press [Down Arrow] or [Return] to move to the next field.
Where the choices are listed in the descriptions of the fields given later in
this chapter, the default entries are underlined.
[....] = Entry Field. Text enclosed in square brackets on the screen is
an Entry Field. An Entry Field allows you to enter different types of data
from the keyboard. This may be text, numeric data or hexadecimal
data.
Password fields are hidden. This means that the text you type in is not
shown on the screen. Some Entry Fields will have a default entry. To
change the default, simply type in a new value for this field. The default
entry will be erased. Press [Down Arrow] or [Return] to move to the
next field.
OK = Button. Text for a button is always shown in uppercase letters.
A button carries out an action. To operate a button, move the cursor to
the button and press [Return].
fred
joe
mary = List Box. A List Box allows you to select one or more items
from a list. There are several keys that control the use of a List Box.
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= Choice Field. Text enclosed in diamonds is a list from
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