Cabletron Systems 7000 manual Getting Help, Using Window Buttons, Using On-line Help

Introduction

¥Dragging means to move the mouse pointer across the screen while holding the mouse button down. It is often used for drag-and-drop operations to copy information from one window of the screen into another, and to highlight editable text.

Using Window Buttons

The button that appears at the bottom of most windows allows you to exit a window and terminate any unsaved changes you have made. You may also have to use this button to close a window after you have made any necessary

changes and set them by clicking on an , , or button.

An , , or button appears in windows that have conÞgurable values; it allows you to conÞrm and SET changes you have made to those values. In some windows, you may have to use this button to conÞrm each individual set; in other windows, you can set several values at once and conÞrm the sets with one click on the button.

The button brings up a Help text box with information speciÞc to the current window. For more information concerning Help buttons, see Getting Help, page 1-7.

The command buttons, for example , call up a menu listing the windows, screens, or commands available for that topic.

Any menu topic followed by ... (three dots) Ñ for example Statistics... Ñ calls up a window or screen associated with that topic.

Getting Help

This section describes two different methods of getting help for questions or concerns you may have while using SPECTRUM Element Manager.

Using On-line Help

You can use the buttons to obtain information speciÞc to a particular window. When you click on a Help button, a window will appear which contains context-sensitive on-screen documentation that will assist you in the use of the windows and their associated command and menu options. Note that if a Help button is grayed out, on-line help has not yet been implemented for the associated window.

From the Help menu accessed from the Chassis View window menu bar, you can access on-line Help speciÞc to the Chassis View window, as well as bring up the Chassis Manager window for reference. Refer to Chapter 2 for information on the Chassis View and Chassis Manager windows.

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