Your PC beeps and an error message appears if you skip a required field in a prompt and press [ F8 ] or [ ] .

Important: To cancel any prompt, press [ F1 ] (labeled Cancel Prompt) or [ DELETE ] . Any data you entered in the prompt fields is ignored, the prompt disappears, and the function key labels change from editing labels to the labels for the particular CMS screen.

EDITING DATA

To change a character in a field:

 

Move the cursor to the incorrect character and simply type another

 

 

character over it.

 

To add characters at the end of an entry:

 

Press [ > ] after the last character and type additional characters.

 

To insert characters in an entry:

 

Move the cursor to the first character you want to change and retype the

 

 

entire entry from that character onward. You cannot use [ INSERT ] to insert

 

 

a character between other characters.

 

To replace a long entry with a shorter one:

 

Type over any characters you want to change, then Press [ SPACE ] (the

 

 

,

 

 

 

space bar) after the last character of the new entry. The remaining

 

 

characters in the previous entry disappear. For example, to change

 

 

“Joseph” to “Joe”, move the cursor to “s”, type “e ", and press [ SPACE ] .

 

 

The letters “eph” disappear.

USING THE HELP

You can press [

F10

] on any screen to receive more information about that

SCREENS

screen and its prompts. To exit a help screen and return to your previous

 

place, press any key. If you press a function key to exit a help screen, you

 

will exit help and then perform the function of that particular function key.

Using Your PC with CMS 3-13

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