About this book
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18 Issue 4 October 2002
Conventions used in this book
Become familiar with the following terms and conventions. They help you use this
book with your Avaya MultiVantage™ Software.
■Commands are printed in bold face as follows: command.
We show complete commands in this book, but you can us ually type an
abbreviated version of the command. For example, list configuration
station can be typed as list config sta.
■Screen displays and names of fields are printed i n constant width as
follows: screen display.
A screen is any form displayed on your comp uter or terminal monitor.
■Variables are printed in italics as follows: variable.
■Keys and buttons are printed as follows: KEY.
■To move to a certain field, you can use the TAB key, arrows, or the ENTER
key (the ENTER key may appear as the RETURN key on your keybo ard).
■If you use terminal emulation software, you need to de termine what keys
correspond to ENTER, RETURN, CANCEL, HELP, NEXT PAGE, etc.
■In this book we use the terms “telephone” and “voice terminal” to refer to
phones.
■We show commands and screens from the newest release of MultiVantage
Software and refer to the most current books. Please substi tute the
appropriate commands for your system and refer to the manua ls you have
available.
■If you need help constructing a command or comple ting a field entry,
remember to use HELP.
—When you press HELP at any point on the command line, a list of
available commands appears.
—When you press HELP with your cursor in a field on a screen, a list o f
valid entries for that field appears.
■The status line or message line can be found near th e bottom of your
monitor display. This is where the system displays messages for yo u.
Check the message line to see how the system resp onds to your input.
Write down the message if you need to call our helplin e.
■When a procedure requires you to press ENTER to save your changes, the
screen you were working on clears and the cursor ret urns to the command
prompt.
The message line shows “command successfully completed” to
indicate that the system accepted your changes.