This topic describes the terminology and typographical conventions that are used in this Communication Manager Messaging online Help
The online Help uses the following general contentions:
The term messaging refers to Communication Manager Messaging
The Administration main menu provides access to the system features and functionality of the messaging system.
Unvisited links appear as blue, underlined text. Visited links appear as green underlined text.
System messages and prompts that appear on the interface's pages or screens are represented in the typewriter-style Courierfont, as shown in the following examples:
Selections you make in the interface are shown in bold text. For example, "click Save to save the page changes."
Type means to press the key or the sequence of keys specified. For example, an instruction to enter a name is shown as:
Type the name of the subscriber you are adding.
The online Help for Web-based administration pages uses the following contentions:
A "screen" refers to the information that is displayed in the messaging administration interface.
Commands you enter at the command line are shown in bold. For example:
Variables within commands are shown in bold, italic text. For example:
Enter means to type a value and then press the Enter key. For example, an instruction to type the letter "Y" and press Enter is shown as:
Fields on a page are represented in the typewriter-style Courier font. For example:
Enter the number of ports to be dedicated to outbound traffic in the Maximum Simultaneous Ports: field.
Select means to move the cursor to the desired line item and then press Enter.
Keys that you press on the keyboard of your computer are shown in initial capital letters. For example, an instruction to press the Enter key is shown as:
Press Enter.
Two keys that you press at the same time on the keyboard of your computer (that is, you press and hold down the first key and then press the second key) are represented as a series of key names separated by a plus sign (+). For example, an instruction to press and hold Alt while typing the letter "d" is shown as:
Press Alt+D.
A combination keystroke is a series of keystrokes that combines the two key functions as described above plus a third key. That is, you press and hold down the first key, then press the second key, and then release those keys and press a third key. This third key is separated from the first two by a space. For example, an instruction to press and hold Alt while typing the letter "d" and then typing the number "1" is shown as:
Press Alt+D 1.
Function keys on your computer keyboard or system screens are followed by the function or value of that key enclosed in parentheses. For example, an instruction to press the function key 3 is shown as:
Press F3 (Save).
Keys that you press on your telephone keypad are shown as numbers. For example, an instruction to press the first key on your telephone keypad is shown as:
Press 1 to record a message.