Rockwell Automation 2706-MB1 MESSAGEVIEW 421 SOFTWARE MANUAL - Manual (Page 8)

Preface P–2
Publication 2706-817
The MessageBuilder Configuration Software package (Catalog No.
2706-MB1) comes with:
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4 (3 1 /
2
inch) installation disks
– 3 MessageBuilder Software disks (including
INTERCHANGE

utility)
– 1 A-B Utilities disk.
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This manual: MessageBuilder Configuration Software manual
(Publication No. 2706-817).
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MessageView 421 Display Terminal user manual (Publication
No. 2706-816).
This manual uses the following conventions:
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Software or MessageBuilder software refers to the
MessageBuilder Configuration Software.
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Terminal refers to a MessageView 421 terminal.
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Windows (with a capital “W”) refers to Microsoft Windows or to
the Window menu in MessageBuilder. MessageBuilder windows
are written with a small “w”.
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Keys on the keyboard appear in boldface small capital letters:
– the Shift key (on the computer) appears as SHIFT in the text
– the Acknowledge key (on the terminal) appears as ACK.
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A hand with italicized text in the left margin gives helpful hints.
MessageBuilder software often gives a choice of methods for
selecting a command. Use the most convenient one.
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Select a tool on the toolbar.
A toolbar is displayed along the top of the screen specific to what
you are doing. Simply click on the appropriate tool and it is
activated. Appendix B illustrates all tools in all the toolbars.
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Use a key combination.
Certain commands in the File and Edit menus have a key
combination. Use it instead of selecting the command.
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Select a menu command.
Click the menu name and then the command name. Or press the
ALT key and the underlined letter of the menu name to drop the
menu, then type the underlined letter of the command. Appendix
A describes all commands in all the menus.
For example, to open an application from the initial MessageBuilder
screen, do one of the following:
– click on the Open File tool, or
– press CTRL + O, or
– type ALT + F then type O, to select Open from the File menu,
and the File Open dialog appears.
Software Package
Conventions
☞ The Release.txt and Readmekt.txt
files contain the most recent
installation information.
Key combinations