Help Index
While You Were Out Index

The Index lists the Help topics available for While You Were Out.  Use the scroll bar to see entries not currently visible in the Help window.

To learn how to use Help, press F1 or choose Using Help from the Help menu.

Keyboard

While You Were Out Keys

Commands

Edit Mode Commands

Read Mode Commands

Exit

Procedures

Sending Phone Messages

Reading Phone Messages

Reading New Phone Messages

Reading Old Phone Messages

Selecting A User

Selecting A Message Type

Clearing the message sheet

Using Read Passwords

Selecting A New Password

Returning to Edit Mode

Saving a message

Printing a message

Deleting a message

Exiting Wywo


WYWO Keys
While You Were Out Keys

Keyboard

While You Were Out Keys


WYWO Commands
While You Were Out Commands

Commands

Edit Mode Commands

Read Mode Commands

Exit


WYWO Procedures
While You Were Out Procedures

Procedures

Sending Phone Messages

Reading Phone Messages

Reading New Phone Messages

Reading Old Phone Messages

Selecting A User

Selecting A Message Type

Clearing the message sheet

Using Read Passwords

Selecting A New Password

Returning to Edit Mode

Saving a message

Printing a message

Deleting a message

Exiting Wywo


Edit Mode Commands

Send

Sends the telephone message currently being edited to the selected user.

Related Topics

Sending Phone Messages

Selecting A User

Selecting A Message Type

Read

Reads telephone messages for the currently selected user.

Related Topics

Reading Phone Messages

Selecting A User

Erase

Erases the current telephone message and resets the current date and time.

Related Topics

Clearing the message sheet

Exit

Exits the While You Were Out program.

Related Topics

Exiting While You Were Out


Read Mode Commands

Old

Reads old messages that were previously stored.

Related Topics

Reading Old Messages

New

Reads new messages.

Related Topics

Reading New Messages

User

Selects a user for reading messages.

Related Topics

Select a user

Save

Saves a message to an ASCII text file, clipboard, or tprinter.

Related Topics

Saving a message

Printing a message


Exit Wywo

Exits While You Were Out and saves any new messages


Sending Messages
Sending Phone Messages

To send a phone message:

1  Fill in all appropriate fields on the message sheet.

2  Click on the Send button.

    If no user has been selected to receive the phone message, the user list will drop down.  Select a user and click on the Send button again.

Related Topics

Selecting A User

Selecting A Message Type


Reading Messages
Reading Phone Messages

To read Phone Messages:

1      While in Edit mode, click on the Read button.

2      If no user is currently active, select a user whose messages are to be read.

3      Click on the message selector  [image]  to select the message to be read.  Clicking on the right side will move forward throught the messages while clicking on the left side will move backward through the messages.  Messages can alse be selected by moving the center slider bar.

Related Topics

Reading New Phone Messages

Reading Old Phone Messages

Selecting A User

Using Read Passwords

Selecting A New Password

Returning to Edit Mode


Reading Old Messages
Reading Old Phone Messages

To read old phone messages:

1  While reading new phone message, click on the Old button.  The Old button will only be enabled if there are old message to be read.

Related Topics

Reading New Phone Messages

Reading Phone Messages


Reading New Messages
Reading New Phone Messages

To read new phone messages:

1  While reading old phone message, click on the New button.  The New button will only be enabled if there are old message to be read.

Related Topics

Reading Old Phone Messages

Reading Phone Messages


Selecting A Message Type

To select a message type:

1  Click on the down arrow in the message type field to reveal the message types.

2  Click on the desired message type.  Use the scroll bar and up and down arrows to display message types that are not currently visible.

Related Topics

Sending Phone Messages


Selecting A User

To select a user:

1  Click on the down arrow in the To field to reveal the user names.

2  Click on the desired user name.  Use the scroll bar and up and down arrows to display other user names that are not currently visible.

Related Topics

Reading Phone Messages

Sending Phone Messages


Clearing A Message Sheet
Clearing the message sheet

To clear the message sheet:

1  Click on the Erase button while in Edit mode.


Using A Read Password

To use a read password:

1  If no read password has been established, then select a new read password.

2  Enter your pre-selected read password in the Password field and click on the OK button.

If a read password has been pre-selected then the password must be entered in order to read any messages for the specified user.

Related Topics

Reading Phone Messages

Selecting A User

Selecting A New Read Passwords


Selecting A New Read Password

To select a new read password:

1  After selecting a user, and entering a read password click on the New button.

2  Enter a new read password and clickj on the OK button.

Related Topics

Reading Phone Messages

Selecting A User

Using Read Passwords


Returning To Edit Mode

To return to Edit mode:

1  Click on the Edit button while in Read mode.

Related Topics

Reading Phone Messages


Saving A Message

Saving a message involves saving it to one of three devices...a text file, the clipboard, or the printer.

To save a message:

1  While reading a phone message, click on the Save button.

2  A device menu will pop up indicating on which device the message is to be saved.  Select the desired device from the menu.

Related Topics

Saving messages to a text file

Saving messages to the clipboard

Printing a message


Saving A Message To A File
Saving A Message To A Text File

To save a message to a text file:

1  While reading a phone message, click on the Save button.

2  A device menu will pop up indicating on which device the message is to be saved.  Select To File from the menu.

3  Enter the desired filename for the text file.

Related Topics

Saving a message

Saving messages to the clipboard

Printing a message


Saving A Message To The Clipboard

To save a message to the clipboard:

1  While reading a phone message, click on the Save button.

2  A device menu will pop up indicating on which device the message is to be saved.  Select To Clipboard from the menu.

Related Topics

Saving messages to a text file

Saving a message

Printing a message


Printing A Message

Up to six telephone messages per page can be printed at a time.

To print a message:

1  While reading a phone message, click on the Save button.

2  A device menu will pop up indicating on which device the message is to be saved.  Select To Printer from the menu.

Related Topics

Saving messages to a text file

Saving messages to the clipboard

Saving a message


Deleting A Message

To Delete a message:

1  Click on the Delete checkbox while reading either new or old messages.

The message will be flagged for deletion and will be deleted when exiting WYWO or returning to Edit mode

Related Topics

Reading Phone Messages


Exiting
Exiting While You Were Out

To Exit While You Were Out:

1  Click on the Exit button in either Edit or Read mode.


Clipboard

This is a topic that describes the Windows term "clipboard". If you click the "clipboard" term within the Copying Text or Glossary topic, this Help topic will be displayed in a pop-up window.

This topic is also tagged with the keyword "clipboard," for use with the WinHelp Search option.


Windows Keys

The keyboard topics below come from Help for Windows. You can create similar keyboard topics for your application's Help. Choose from the following list to review the keys used in Windows:

Cursor Movement Keys

Dialog Box Keys

Editing Keys

Help Keys

Menu Keys

System Keys

Text Selection Keys

Window Keys


Cursor Movement Keys

Key(s)	Function

DIRECTION key	Moves the cursor left, right, up, or down in a field.

End or Ctrl+Right Arrow	Moves to the end of a field.

Home or CTRL+Left Arrow	Moves to the beginning of a field.

PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN	Moves up or down in a field, one screen at a time.


Dialog Box Keys

Key(s)	Function

TAB	Moves from field to field (left to right and top to bottom).

SHIFT+TAB	Moves from field to field in reverse order.

ALT+letter	Moves to the option or group whose underlined letter matches the one you type.

DIRECTION key	Moves from option to option within a group of options.

ENTER	Executes a command button.

Or, chooses the selected item in a list box and executes the command.

ESC	Closes a dialog box without completing the command. (Same as Cancel)

ALT+DOWN ARROW	Opens a drop-down list box.

ALT+UP or DOWN ARROW	Selects item in a drop-down list box.

SPACEBAR	Cancels a selection in a list box.

Selects or clears a check box.

CTRL+SLASH	Selects all the items in a list box.

CTRL+BACKSLASH	Cancels all selections except the current selection.

SHIFT+ DIRECTION key	Extends selection in a text box.

SHIFT+ HOME	Extends selection to first character in a text box.

SHIFT+ END	Extends selection to last character in a text box


Editing Keys

Key(s)	Function

Backspace	Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.

Or, deletes selected text.

Delete	Deletes the character to the right of the cursor.

Or, deletes selected text.


Help Keys

Key(s)	Function

F1	Gets Help and displays the Help Index for the application. If the Help window is already open, pressing F1 displays the "Using Windows Help" topics.

In some Windows applications, pressing F1 displays a Help topic on the selected command, dialog box option, or system message.

SHIFT+F1	Changes the pointer to [image] so you can get Help on a specific command, screen region, or key. You can then choose a command, click the screen region, or press a key or key combination you want to know more about.

(This feature is not available in all Windows applications.)


Menu Keys

Key(s)	Function

Alt	Selects the first menu on the menu bar.

Letter key	Chooses the menu, or menu item, whose underlined letter matches the one you type.

Alt+letter key	Pulls down the menu whose underlined letter matches the one you type.

LEFT or RIGHT ARROW	Moves among menus.

UP or DOWN ARROW	Moves among menu items.

Enter	Chooses the selected menu item.


System Keys

The following keys can be used from any window, regardless of the application you are using.

Key(s)	Function

Ctrl+Esc	Switches to the Task List.

Alt+Esc	Switches to the next application window or minimized icon, including full-screen programs.

Alt+TAB	Switches to the next application window, restoring applications that are running as icons.

Alt+PrtSc	Copies the entire screen to Clipboard.

Ctrl+F4	Closes the active window.

F1	Gets Help and displays the Help Index for the application. (See Help Keys)


Text Selection Keys

Key(s)	Function

SHIFT+LEFT or RIGHT ARROW	Selects text one character at a time to the left or right.

SHIFT+DOWN or UP	Selects one line of text up or down.

SHIFT+END	Selects text to the end of the line.

SHIFT+HOME	Selects text to the beginning of the line.

SHIFT+PAGE DOWN	Selects text down one window.

Or, cancels the selection if the next window is already selected.

SHIFT+PAGE UP	Selects text up one window.

Or, cancels the selection if the previous window is already selected.

CTRL+SHIFT+LEFT or RIGHT ARROW	Selects text to the next or previous word.

CTRL+SHIFT+UP or DOWN ARROW	Selects text to the beginning (UP ARROW) or end (DOWN ARROW) of the paragraph.

CTRL+SHIFT+END	Selects text to the end of the document.

CTRL+SHIFT+HOME	Selects text to the beginning of the document.


Window Keys

Key(s)	Function

ALT+SPACEBAR	Opens the Control menu for an application window.

ALT+Hyphen	Opens the Control menu for a document window.

Alt+F4	Closes a window.

Alt+Esc	Switches to the next application window or minimized icon, including full-screen programs.

Alt+TAB	Switches to the next application window, restoring applications that are running as icons.

Alt+ENTER	Switches a non-Windows application between running in a window and running full screen.

DIRECTION key	Moves a window when you have chosen Move from the Control menu.

Or, changes the size of a window when you have chosen Size from the Control menu.