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Procedure
WebBoard
Messages
Web Board's
messages are arranged chronologically with the
earliest (original) message at the top of each
topic list. You can follow a thread from its
beginning if you desire, or jump in at a later
point.
Read WebBoard
Messages
1. From the
Conferences list, select the conference you want
to view and click its name or the expansion box
(+ icon).
2. Locate the
topic you want to read and click its name or the
topic expansion box. If you click the topic
expansion box, the subsequent messages are
displayed.
3. Locate the
message you want to read and click its name. The
messages displays in the Message window. You may
need to scroll down to read the entire
message(s).
Identifying
New Messages
There are
several ways you can use to identify new messages
in the Web Board:
1. NEW
icon
2. Today's
messages
3. New
Messages
When you log
onto the WebBoard, the WebBoard lists the number
of messages in a conference and indicates how
many of them are new for you. WebBoard also
displays the NEW icon (a black box with
white text) next to conferences that have new
messages.
You can go
directly to the list of your unread messages by
clicking the number of new messages hyperlink in
the Welcome message at the logon. Or, you can see
what new messages you have daily from Today's
Messages under More Options.
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Mark All Read
When you have
read all the messages in the conference and you
still see the notice "you have 10 new
messages" and the NEW icons, you need to
click on "MARK ALL READ" (on the
WebBoard Tool Bar).
Marking
messages as read eliminates the NEW icon and the
italics from new messages. WebBoard does not
automatically update a message you have read; you
must do it manually.
When you
select MARK ALL READ, a page opens a listing of
the conference names. Select the conferences that
you want to have marked READ. WebBoard instantly
updates the information.
To see the
updated Conferences List, select REFRESH from the
WebBoard's Tool Bar.
To update all
conferences at once (for example, if you have
been away from the WebBoard for a period of
time), select the MARK ALL CONFERENCES READ
hyperlink.
Deleting Your
Messages
Once you have
posted a message, you can delete it from the
conference. You can only delete your own
messages. For example, you have posted a message
to a conference that you decided would better
sent as a private e-mail reply. You can delete
that particular message.
To DELETE a
message, please follow these steps:
1. From the
Conference List, locate the message that you want
to delete and click its name.
2. From the
Message Menu, select DELETE.
3. A DELETE
prompt opens asking you if you are sure
that you want to delete the message.
4a. Click YES
if you want to delete this message in the
conference.
4b. Click NO
if you want to keep this message in the
conference.
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Editing Your
Messages
You can only
EDITmessages that you have posted. Fro example,
if you want to add or remove information from a
message, you can edit it. or, if you want to
change the topic for a message, editing is the
way to do it.
To EDIT your
message, please follow these steps:
1. From the
Conference List, locate the message you want to
edit and click its name to display it in the
Message Dialogue Box.
2. From the
Message Dialogue Box, click
EDIT.
3. An Edit
Message box opens.
4. Make your
desired changes in the box.
5. When you
have completed editing the message, click on the
POST button. Your edited message will be
immediately reposted to the
conference.
