Cabletron Systems Lancast Media Converter 7000 - Manual (Page 15)

Getting Help 1-7
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.