The tool bar, On-line help – Keri Systems Doors16 User Manual

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Doors™ Users Guide

Keri Systems, Inc.

October 1998

01821-001

Page 34

Revision 2.1

5.

Status/Help Box – The status/help box provides a short description of the active task in
the task field.

6.

Monitor Indicator Box – The monitor indicator box displays if a system monitor is
enabled, meaning real-time data collection is being done by the Doors program of events
from the access control network.

7.

Date Box – The date box displays the date kept by the host computer.

8.

Time Box – The time box displays the time kept by the host computer.

The Tool Bar

The tool bar is a collection of tool buttons for the most used functions in the Doors program
(see Figure 5). Clicking on a tool button immediately opens a function’s window. Placing the
mouse cursor on top of a tool button displays the name of that button beside the mouse cursor.

Figure 5 – The Tool Bar

On-Line Help

On-line help is built into the Doors program. To access on-line help, click on the

on the

tool bar or click on Help

Contents. A new window appears providing brief descriptions of

every feature in the Doors program. On-line help places assistance for using the Doors
program at your fingertips.

Once in on-line help, simply "point and click" on the item you have a question about. If the
item is nested under a pull-down menu, click on the menu item and follow your way down the
menu tree until you locate the item. Once you’ve found the item, click on it and a brief
description will appear.

When finished, for Windows 95 click on the

box in the upper-right corner of the help

window. For Windows 3.11, click on File

Exit pull-down menu option.

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