User's Guide To Inbound Telenotification
Overview
This chapter introduces you to the different controls for the Inbound Telenotification program window. These controls affect the operation of the program and the adding, editing and printing of information as well as the appearance of the window. You use these controls to tell the program what you want to do. The program then responds with an appropriate action. This chapter explains the purpose of each control and then tells you how to use each one.
As you use the Inbound Telenotification program, using these controls becomes second nature to you. You can then concentrate on working with the system structure. This chapter explains the following:
Terms
We use the following terms in this chapter:
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Button |
A Button is anything that appears raised in relation to the surface of the Program Window. Buttons are typically square or rectangular. You "press" a button when you click on it with the mouse. |
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Copy |
To 'Copy' is to make a duplicate of something. Within the Inbound Telenotification program, you would first select an object (or objects) to copy and then select the "Copy" option from a menu or with a Short Cut Key. The copied item then transfers to the Paste Buffer. |
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Cut |
To 'Cut' is to remove something from an area of the screen. Within the Inbound Telenotification program, you would first select an object (or objects) to cut and then select the "Cut" option from a menu or with a Short Cut Key. The item disappears from its previous location, then transfers to the Paste Buffer. |
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Delete |
To 'Delete' is to remove something and then discard it. Unlike the 'Cut' function, Delete does not place a copy in the Paste Buffer. Generally, a Delete is permanent. |
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Grow Tree |
To 'Grow' the tree is to bring back the objects that the program hides when you 'Shrink' the tree. |
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Highlight |
To 'Highlight' is to show that you intend to perform an operation on an item, perhaps a Cut or Copy. Highlighting is also called 'selecting' when you choose an item in a menu or an object in the tree. Within Windows, an item or text is highlighted when it appears as light colored text on a dark background. |
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On-Line Help |
On-Line means that help is accessible at anytime in the program, unless you're already inside the Help function itself. |
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Paste |
To 'Paste' is to move something from the Paste Buffer to the screen. Typically, you paste the item at the current cursor position or currently selected object. |
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Paste Buffer |
The 'Paste Buffer' is a temporary storage area in your program. When you 'Cut', 'Copy' or 'Paste' something, the program stores the object or objects in this area. |
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Program Window |
The 'Program Window' is the area that a particular program appears in and controls. |
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Prune |
To 'Prune' is to delete or remove an item or section from the system tree. Unlike the 'Cut' function, Prune does not place a copy in the Paste Buffer. Generally, Pruning is permanent. |
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Short-Cut Key |
A 'Short-Cut Key' is a single key or key combination that selects or performs an operation without using the mouse. |
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Shrink Tree |
To 'Shrink' the tree is to hide objects that are children of other objects. If you shrink a Question Header, the program will no longer display all the Questions under it. This function allows you to view more of the overall structure of the tree at once. |
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System Tree |
When we say 'Tree' or 'System Tree', we're referring to the structure of your Inbound Telenotification program as it appears in the System Editor. As a tree has branches, so does the structure of your Inbound Telenotification program. |
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Tree Objects |
The basic units that appear in the tree, they can do everything from house commands and speeches to enabling functions and features. There are four types of tree objects you will find in your system: Question Headers, Questions, Prompts, and Control Points. You use these objects to modify your Inbound Telenotification system. |
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Work area |
This portion of the program window displays the existing tree structure for your Inbound Telenotification system. |
This section discusses the menu items in Inbound Telenotification, and the various ways they control your program. It may sound confusing now, but it isn't, really. Once you actually sit down to use your program, you'll see that this section lays the groundwork for many of the operations you perform later.
The Menu Bar
Even though Menu Bars are common to all Windows Programs, the arrangement of and Menu Headings found on those Menu Bars differs from program to program. Figure 13 shows the menu bar for the Inbound Telenotification program:
Figure 13--The menu bar
A Menu Heading is the word in the menu bar that refers to the type of menu that displays when selected. The menu bar contains six main Menu Headings:
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You can activate pull-down menus by holding down the a key and the key corresponding to the underlined letter. In this case: F , E, I, S, V, H. You can activate items in the menus by pressing the key corresponding to the underlined letter of the word within the menu. |
The "File" menu allows you to view or print the system tree, as well as exit. The "Edit" menu allows you to modify objects in the system tree. The "Insert" menu allows you to add tree objects to the system tree. The "System" menu allows you to modify the System Greeting and the Initial Prompt. The "View" menu allows you to choose how the system tree appears in the work area. The "Help" displays the Help Control Options. Clicking on a Menu Heading displays its pull-down menu. |
Pull-Down Menus
Pull-down menus are lists of options that appear when you click on one of the Menu Headings. These Pull-down menus contain options that let you manipulate the program. A picture of the menu follows the description of that menu.
File Menu
This menu provides you with options that allow you to view or print the tree. From this menu, you can also commit changes to the system tree, or exit the System Editor. Options provided in the "File" menu are:
Figure 14--The File Menu
Tree--This option allows you to view the system tree in the work area of the program window. While viewing the system tree, you can build, edit, or modify the tree.
Print--This option allows you to print two different reports. One report is a copy of the current system tree. Another is a printout of all detailed information on all tree objects.
Print Setup--This option allows you to select the type of printer you wish to use when you print. In other words, you can use a printer other than your default printer. The default printer is either the one you selected during Windows Installation or the one we sent you with your computer (if you purchased your computer from us).
You must make sure that you have the proper Printer Driver (a translator between your computer and your printer) installed.
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Don't forget, you can practice all you want. If you don't commit your changes, the program will not save them. |
Commit Changes--This option allows you to save any changes you've made to the system tree (in the current session). This means that the next time you enter the System Editor, you'll see the tree you made in this session. This means that you can experiment all you want with your system. As long as you do not commit the changes, the program will make no changes to the system tree. |
Exit--This option closes the Inbound Telenotification program window. If you've made any changes to the system tree, an advisory message appears. This message asks you if you wish to commit any changes you made to the system tree.
Edit Menu
Using this menu, pictured in Figure 15, you can modify and manipulate the system tree.
Figure 15--The Edit Pull-Down Menu
Undo--This command allows you to reverse the last action you performed. This comes in handy if you accidentally cut, move, paste, or prune the wrong object or objects. The "Undo" function allows you to 'repent', or back up one step.
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The "Paste Buffer" function in the program acts as a temporary storage area for text or speeches. This is where the computer stores all the text you "Cut" or "Copy" until you "Cut" or "Copy" something else. |
Cut--This command allows you to remove an object or objects from the tree and place it or them into the Paste Buffer. This makes it possible for you to "paste," or insert, the object or objects someplace else. You'll find this useful if you decide to move a section of the tree to another location. Copy--This command's purpose in life is to place a duplicate of the selected object or objects in the Paste Buffer. This makes it possible for you to "paste," or insert, the object or objects someplace else in the tree. |
Paste--This option takes something that you've cut or copied to the Paste Buffer and inserts it at your cursor's current position, if allowed.
Prune--This option allows you to delete the selected object or objects from the system tree.
Insert Menu
This menu allows you to insert a tree object into the tree. Selecting this Menu Heading displays a menu with these options:
Figure 16--The Insert Pull-Down Menu
Question Header--This option allows you to place a Question Header into the system tree. The system inserts the Question Header off of the selected (highlighted) parent Prompt.
Question--This option allows you to place a Question into the system tree. The system inserts the Question off of the selected (highlighted) parent Question Header.
Prompt--This option allows you to place a Prompt into the system tree. The system inserts the Prompt off of the selected (highlighted) parent Prompt.
Control Point--This option allows you to place a Control Point into the system tree. The system inserts the Control Point off of the selected (highlighted) parent Prompt.
System Menu
This menu allows you to access the details of the two permanent tree objects, so that you can configure them. The options on this menu are:
Figure 17--The System menu
Greeting--This option allows you to access the System Greeting tree object. You can configure the System Greeting using the controls in the System Greeting box.
Initial Prompt--This option allows you to access the Initial Prompt tree object. You can configure the Initial Prompt using the controls in the Initial Prompt box.
View Menu
This menu allows you to choose how your system tree displays in the work area. The viewing options on this menu are:
Figure 18--The View menu
Summary Information--This option allows you to view the system tree, along with the summary information for each tree object. This information appears to the right of the objects. This is the default (normal) setting for viewing a system tree.
Detailed Information--This option allows you to view the system tree, along with the detailed information, such as absolute ID numbers, for each tree object. This information appears to the right of the objects.
Standard Expansion--This allows you to view the tree with the normal expansion, meaning that the program hides objects that you cannot access. This is the default setting for viewing a system tree.
Full Expansion--This allows you to view all of the objects in the system tree, including 'Place Holders'. We'll talk more about Place Holders in "Chapter 9: Advanced Functions and Features".
Grow Tree--This option allows you to expand all parts of the tree that you've used the "Shrink Tree" feature on. For more on the "Shrink Tree" feature, see the section in this chapter entitled "Special Key Functions".
Help Menu
This menu provides access to the "On-Line Help" feature. The Help feature provides answers to questions that you might have about your Inbound Telenotification Program. "On-Line" means that it's accessible from anywhere in the program, unless you're already inside Help itself. The "Help" feature is similar to this manual. You could call it a program-accessible User's Guide.
There are two different control options provided by the Help Pull-Down menu:
Figure 19--The Help Pull-Down Menu
Contents--This option displays the Help chapter headings inside the Help window when selected. The Help window is the window in which the On-Line Help appears.
Search Selecting this option from the "Help" menu lets you look through the Help index (it's like an index in a book) to find the topic you want Help with. You can enter a 'Key Word' (name of topic) into the dialog box or select an option from the option box. Once you make a selection or entry, the "Show Topics" button lights up. 'Pressing' (clicking on) the "Show Topics" button retrieves and displays a more specific list of topics. You can view a topic by 'selecting' it with your mouse (clicking on the topic) then 'pressing' the "Go To" button.
The Key Word Search is a highly useful function if you know (or have a good idea of) what you're looking for.
About--This option tells you about the program. In other words, it allows you to see the "Credits" of the program.
The 'Tree Object Tools' are those tools that allow you to add objects to the tree. To use these, you simply drag the desired object to the place in the tree where you want to add it and drop it.
The tree object tools appear just above the Tool Button Ribbon, and Figure 20 shows how they display on the screen:
Figure 20--The Tree Object Tools
Question Header Tool--This tool allows you to add a Question Header to the system tree in the work area.
Question Tool--This tool allows you to add a Question to the system tree in the work area.
Prompt Tool--This tool allows you to add a Prompt to the system tree in the work area.
Control Point Tool--This tool allows you to add a Control Point to the system tree in the work area.
The Tool Button Ribbon contains buttons for some commonly used commands. Clicking any one of these buttons activates the associated command. Using these buttons saves you from having to activate the pull-down menus whenever you want to do certain things. The Tool Button Ribbon appears as shown in Figure 21:
Figure 21--The Tool Button Ribbon
The Cut Button
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The Cut button allows you to remove an object or objects from the tree and place it/them into the Paste Buffer. This makes it possible for you to paste, or insert, the object or objects someplace else. You'll find this useful if you decide to move a section of the tree to another location. |
The Copy Button
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The Copy button places a duplicate of the selected object or objects in the Paste Buffer without removing the original. This makes it possible for you to paste, or insert, the object or objects someplace else in the tree. |
The Paste Button
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The Paste button takes something that you've cut or copied to the Paste Buffer and inserts it at your cursor's current position. |
The Prune Button
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This button allows you to delete the selected object or objects from the system tree. |
The Help Button
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This button activates the On-Line Help function. |
The Full/Standard Expansion Button
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This button allows you to switch between the "Full Expansion" and the "Standard Expansion" tree viewing features. |
The Summary/Detail Button
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This button allows you to switch between the "Summary Information" and the "Detailed Information" tree viewing features. |
Inbound Telenotification allows you to perform certain functions and operations with the keyboard. These functions are called 'special key functions'. These functions allow you to view, edit, and move around the system tree. The special key appears to the left, and a description of the function appears to the right.
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Arrows |
Movement--These keys allow you to move up and down the system tree one object at a time. The Up Arrow key moves the highlight bar up, and the Down Arrow key moves it down. |
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Home/End |
Beginning and End--The Home key moves you to the first object of the tree, and the End key moves you to the last object of the tree. |
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PgUp/PgDn |
Move a Page at a Time--These keys allow you to move up or down through the system tree a screen at a time. This is especially useful when you are working with a large system tree. |
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Insert |
Insert Tree Object--This key allows you to insert a tree object at the current highlight bar position. |
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Delete |
Remove Tree Object--This key allows you to remove the currently highlighted tree object from the system tree. If this object has any children, the program deletes them as well. |
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Spacebar |
Shrink Tree--This key function allows you to shrink the size of your system tree for viewing purposes. Simply move the highlight bar to a Question Header or Prompt. When you press the Spacebar, the branches from that object disappear. Keep in mind that they're still there, you just don't see them. This allows you to view more of the overall tree structure at once. To bring back the sections you collapsed, simply press the SpaceBar again. |
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Enter |
Access Tree Object--This key allows you to access the configuration controls for the currently highlighted tree object. |
The Status Line is a long, rectangular box that appears at the bottom of the program window. The Status Line displays a brief description of, or the type of information required by, some items on the screen when the mouse pointer is over them. The information in the status line may also indicate what you need to do to complete a field or procedure, or what you need to do to select the option that the pointer is over.
For example, when your pointer is in the work area, the message displayed in Figure 22 appears in the Status Line:
Figure 22--The Status Line
