HP e3000 MPE/iX Systems B1940-90005 manual Dialog Boxes, Typing Text in a Field, Correcting Errors

Getting Started

Dialog Boxes

Dialog Boxes

HP Easytime/XL uses dialog boxes to present information, or to prompt you for data needed to complete a task. Dialog boxes are windows that appear on the screen and overlay portion of the current display.

Dialog boxes usually contain one or more fields (areas that can be filled in or edited), or a list of choices from which a value can be selected.

Whenever an ellipsis (...) appears after a menu item, a dialog box (or another screen) follows.

When a dialog box appears, input information in any of the following ways:

•Type the information in a field.

•Select one or more items in a list.

•Choose from a set of available options.

Typing Text in a Field

1.Press Tab key to move from one data entry field to the next.

2.Type the requested information.

Correcting Errors

Use any of the following keys to correct typing errors:

To do this	Press these keys
Go to insert mode	Insert char key
Exit insert mode	Insert char key again
Delete a character	Delete char key
Delete one character to the
left of cursor	Backspace key
Delete all characters	Delete line key
Delete all characters to the
right of the cursor	Clear line key

Selecting Items

Only one item can be selected from a list that appears within a dialog box. Often, one item is highlighted (preselected).

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