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The LAN Idea Manager USER'S GUIDE for Version 2.0 (c) COPYRIGHT 1989, 1990 - All Rights Reserved Mustang Software, Inc. Post Office Box 2264 Bakersfield, CA 93303 805-395-0223 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Table of Contents Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 SECTION ONE Introduction to Brainstorm . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 WELCOME TO BRAINSTORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 AN OVERVIEW . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Public topic example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 "By Request" topic example . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Private topic example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Features . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 SECTION TWO Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 SET BSID=# . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Command Line Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 First Access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Screen Characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Topic Control Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Main Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Read topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Print topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Remove topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Send e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Create Invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Re-read Topic Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 User Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Applications Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Logout and Exit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Logout and Unload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 SECTION THREE Sending E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 What is e-mail? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 2 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── SECTION FOUR Creating Invitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 What is an Invitation? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Entering an Invitation and Starting a New Topic . . . . 33 Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 By Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 SECTION FIVE Reading Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Joining Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Replying to messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 READER Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Next Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Previous Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Reply/Join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Add User . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Edit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 SUMMARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 SECTION SIX The Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Editor Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Block Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Change Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Hidden . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Indention . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Auto-Indent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Delete Joins Lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Margin . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Smart Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Tab Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Word Wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Again . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Find . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Text Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Save Message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Abort . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Editing Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Cursor Movement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Insertion and Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Block Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Search and Replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 3 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Text Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Text Formatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Mode Toggles and Option Settings . . . . . . . . . 57 Other . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 SECTION SEVEN Keystroke Review and Advanced Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 59 Most Used Keystrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 4 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Limited Warranty Mustang Software, Inc. (Mustang Software) warrants to the original purchaser and licensee of a registered product that the program disk(s) on which the program is recorded be free from defects in materials and workmanship under normal use and service for a period of ninety (90) days from the date of delivery as evidenced by a copy of your receipt. Mustang Software's entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be replacement of the disk not meeting Mustang Software's Limited Warranty if returned to Mustang Software during the 90 day period. Except for the foregoing, this product is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. The entire risk as to the results and performance of the program is assumed by you. Mustang Software does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations regarding the use of, results of, merchantability or fitness for a particular use of the product. Should the program prove defective, you (and not Mustang Software or it's dealers) assume the entire cost of all necessary servicing, repair or correction. Further, Mustang Software does not warrant, guarantee, or make any representations regarding the use of, or the results of the use of the program in terms of correctness, accuracy, reliability, currentness, or otherwise; and you rely on the program and results solely at your own risk. Mustang Software will not be liable for any damages, including but not limited to system damage, service, repair, correction, loss of profit, lost savings, or any other incidental, consequential, or special damages of any nature whatsoever resulting from the use or inability to use this product. Copyright Brainstorm is copyrighted by Mustang Software, Inc. All rights reserved. Regardless of the method of marketing used, Brainstorm is NOT in the "Public Domain", and this version and it's documentation is covered by that copyright. Copying, duplicating, selling or otherwise distributing this product is a violation of the law. Requirements IBM or compatible computer with 384K available memory. One diskette drive for program loading to fixed media, no disk required on workstations. Monochrome or color display. Network compatible with Novell 2.0a and above, Banyan Vines 2.x or above, 3-COM, or any network which supports DOS 3.x file and record locking or the Share command. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 5 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Technical Support Satisfied customers are our greatest asset. Brainstorm was designed for ease of use, and this manual should contain the answers to most of your questions. Read it first, make use of the F1 help key, and check the index. If you are unable to find the answer to your question, technical support is just a phone call away. You may contact support direct at 805-334-2240. Voice technical support is available weekdays from 9am to 5pm pacific time. Support by modem is available 24 hours a day, 7 days a week at 805-395-0250 (300-9600 baud). Mustang Software, Inc. also hosts a support section on CompuServe in the PC Vendors Forum, accessible by typing GO PCVEN at any system prompt. Section 9 of PCVEN is devoted to Mustang Software, Inc.. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 6 Section One Introduction to Brainstorm "The writer does the most who gives the reader the most knowledge and takes from him the least time." (unknown) Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── WELCOME TO BRAINSTORM AN OVERVIEW Brainstorm is a revolutionary new product designed to enhance office communication. It does so by combining e-mail and group TOPIC discussions in a single, easy to use application. Before presenting the operational aspects of the program, let's take a minute to review several examples of how Brainstorm can enhance your office communication. Public topic example Suppose your company has determined that your current phone system is not meeting the needs of your customers and staff. You could make use of Brainstorm's features to help ensure that the change to a new system would be a positive improvement. You might first begin a public topic discussion asking everyone to contribute their feelings about the pros and cons of the current system. Let them tell you the good features it has as well as its shortcomings. After discussion in Brainstorm for a week or so you should have a significant amount of information from your staff level as to just what they need versus what they have. Print a copy of the entire topic thread for review by the Phone System Committee and close the topic discussion. "By Request" topic example Now that you have the feedback of the end users, you can form the Phone System Committee by soliciting members from among your staff. You want those with specific skills in this area, and perhaps there are individuals that are more qualified than others. You can use Brainstorm to find out who these individuals are by starting a second topic asking for volunteers to sit on the Phone System Committee. Rather than start a public topic, start a private "by request" topic. Make the topic "by request", meaning that interested parties cannot join directly, but instead "request" joining by leaving a reply indicating their desire, and stating their qualifications. The topic manager can then read the requests from users and add those he wants to the topic discussion. In this private discussion the members can review the list of alternative systems available on the market given the user needs printed from the previous topic discussion. The committee goal is to make a recommendation as to which phone system meets those needs the best. Private topic example After the committee has come up with the names and prices of several systems that meet the user needs, they can terminate the topic and turn the results over to the management team for action. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 8 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Since management will want to discuss the issue as well, they would start a private, closed topic which is open only to the managers. They may involve the committee chair or other individuals, but all members would be specifically invited to join via e-mail rather than an open invitation. The final decision then is made and the right system can hopefully be purchased due to input from a large cross-section of system users. The aforementioned scenario could be completed within a week or two, and could involve the entire staff of perhaps hundreds of people. Brainstorm is the only way of distilling the thoughts and input of a large group without a face to face meeting, and does so without the clutter, overhead, and physical accommodations needed for such a gathering. These examples show how you could use public topic messages in combination with both semi-private and private topics to streamline company-wide discussions. Together with Brainstorm's e-mail system it amounts to a complete network idea and message management program. Features - Context-sensitive help throughout the program covering all features and menu selections. - Easy, intuitive user interface to encourage participation in topic discussions. - Drop-down menus, pop-up windows, and full mouse support for smooth, intuitive operation. - Fully configurable editor preset to use standard IBM editing keys and the popular WordStar command keystrokes. - Many program and editor parameters can be saved to user-specific configuration files. - Private electronic mailboxes for every user. - Public, Private, and Private "by request" topics. Requirements - IBM or compatible computer or terminal workstation with 384K available memory. - No diskette required, operates with diskless workstations. - Monochrome or color display. - Network compatible with Novell 2.0a and above, Banyan Vines ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 9 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 2.x or above, or any network which supports DOS 3.x file and record locking or the Share command. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 10 Section Two Operation "Man's mind, stretched by a new idea, never goes back to its original dimensions." Oliver Wendell Holmes Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── OPERATION This manual, the BRAINSTORM USER'S GUIDE, is intended for use by Brainstorm system users. It addresses use of the topic message and e-mail system. A separate manual, the BRAINSTORM SUPERVISOR AND INSTALLATION GUIDE, provides directions for LAN installation and maintenance. Prior to beginning your first Brainstorm session, the program must be installed by the Brainstorm supervisor. In order to help new Brainstorm users get acquainted with program operation as quickly as possible, this manual is designed to be used while sitting at a workstation running the program. You will be guided through a typical Brainstorm session and introduced to the most commonly used features. After exploring the basics, the remaining chapters will present a more in-depth review of all command functions. Before we can begin using Brainstorm we must first learn a little about how it runs in a network environment. In a Novell network Brainstorm automatically reads your user ID number from the network, and uses this ID to keep conflicts from developing when more than one user is in Brainstorm at a time. This ID number is also set automatically under several other networks, although not all. If your network does not pass the ID to Brainstorm, your supervisor will have assigned an ID to every workstation on the network. Brainstorm is advised of this ID through a portion of DOS called the environment. Before starting Brainstorm on a network that does not pass the ID you need to enter the DOS command SET BSID=# where the # is a value between 1 and 1,000. This ID number must be unique for each network user, and may have been assigned or previously set by your network supervisor. The SET command is usually placed in each user's AUTOEXEC.BAT file or as a part of their system login script. Consult your Brainstorm supervisor if you think you need to use this setting and are not running under Novell, 3-COM, or PCMOS 386. Once your user ID is established, there are various ways of starting Brainstorm. Although some installations will have the startup parameters controlled through menus, a familiarity with the options available is suggested. During the installation by your Brainstorm Supervisor a number of default user options were initiated, some of which may be modified with command line switches when the program is started. The available command line options are as follows: Command Line Switches /E don't use EMS, even if present. This option would be used if your workstation has EMS but you want to reserve it for use by another program. The /E switch may be optionally followed by ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 12 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the letters S, T, or O to disable EMS use for specific program functions individually. /ES disables EMS use for Swapping during DOS shells, /ET disables EMS use when used in TSR mode (see below), and /EO disables use of EMS for the Overlay code during program operation. /E alone will disable all EMS use and is the equivalent of /ESTO. /S squelch swapping messages. Turns off the display of the "swapping in..." and "swapping out..." messages which appear on the top line of the screen when Brainstorm is activated as a TSR or swapped in a shell to DOS. You may want to disable this message if you are making use of EMS for the swap since it happens so quickly with EMS as opposed to disk. /N auto logon. The format is /Nfirst,last,password. The user's first name, last name, and password must be separated by commas, and the first name must immediately follow the /N. This feature is useful when Brainstorm is loaded from a menu program or batch file specific for each user. The normal prompts for name and password are bypassed and the user is placed directly into the Topic Control Menu. If you want to enable auto-login but not place your password in your batch file or menu, you may omit the password but you must still include the trailing comma, i.e., /Nfirst,last, If your first or last name is composed of multiple words with spaces, enter the spaces as an underscore character when using the command line switch. An example might be /NJohn,Smith_III,secret /K don't use mouse. This option is useful to disable mouse support even if it is enabled at the installation level. It permits users with older incompatible mouse drivers from experiencing system problems when using Brainstorm as a TSR program. It should only be used if you find your mouse is unable to operate Brainstorm as a TSR. /P specify pathname used for swapping. The format is /Ppathname, and directs Brainstorm to create the temporary swap files in a location other than that specified in the default installation. It is useful for writing swap files to a local hard disk with faster access times than a network server disk. If you system has adequate memory you can even establish a RAM or virtual disk for this swap file. For example, to have the temporary swap files written to a local drive C: you might use /PC:\BS\TEMP. /M monochrome setting. Instructs Brainstorm to override the auto-sensing for color or monochrome screen and force a non-color display. /C color setting. Instructs Brainstorm to override the auto-sensing for color or monochrome screen and force a color display. /R make resident. Instructs Brainstorm to load as a terminate ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 13 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── and stay resident (TSR ) program, using about 6K of conventional memory. The remainder of the Brainstorm program is swapped to disk or EMS based on availability of EMS and the /E EMS switch. A TSR is a program that can be "popped-up" on top of another program, without having to leave the application. An example might be loading Brainstorm as a TSR and "popping" it up over your word processor without even leaving the program. This is done by pressing a "hot key" combination, usually involving the CTRL or ALT keys with a letter key. The specific hot keys used are configured by the Brainstorm supervisor. When loaded as a TSR Brainstorm displays a screen line indicating the hot key used for program activation. Since a user may have several TSR programs in use, there is always a possibility of conflicts between the hot keys used. Brainstorm's hot keys can be altered by the supervisor, and can be activated by either of two hot keys selected. Note: If Brainstorm is unable to swap in it will "beep" to let you know there is a problem. Usually it is due to an incompatible video mode or graphics setting in use. Brainstorm can swap over the standard 80 column x 25 line display or over the EGA 43 line mode. Brainstorm always displays in 25 line mode, but will restore a 43 line display if it was active when called. /U unload Brainstorm from memory. This option is used to unload Brainstorm from memory once it has been loaded as a TSR using the /R command line switch. It may not be executed if other TSR programs have been loaded after Brainstorm. /? displays a help screen with a summary of the above information. Here are some command line examples: BS /E /K /NJohn,Smith,secret - This would load Brainstorm and disable use of EMS for swapping, even if there was EMS present. It would disable mouse support and automatically login John Smith using his password "secret". BS /PC:\RICK\TEMP /R - This would load Brainstorm and make use of EMS if it was present (no /E), but if it does not have enough EMS it will save the temporary disk file to directory C:\RICK\TEMP. Brainstorm would be loaded as a terminate and stay resident program. BS /M /PE:\RAM - This would load Brainstorm and turn off the "swapping..." message to the screen since it also uses a RAM disk for the swap file, E:\RAM which would take place very quickly. Now that you know a bit about startup options, let's begin using Brainstorm. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 14 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── First Access As we mentioned previously, this documentation of basic Brainstorm features is designed to be read while viewing the program on screen. By following along with the example text and displays, you will quickly become comfortable with Brainstorm's intuitive interface. So let's start Brainstorm and you can follow along. If Brainstorm is not already set up on a menu, begin your first Brainstorm session by typing BS [ENTER] while in the Brainstorm directory. You may add any command line switches desired for your particular configuration. Info Topics User Options Applications Quit 3-21-90 3:06p ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒╒═════════════════════ BRAINSTORM LOGIN ═════════════════════╕▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ Enter your first and last name : TEST USER │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒╘════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ <F1> Help <Esc> Abort Unless the /N auto logon switch is used you will be asked to enter your first and last name, followed by a new user dialogue box if your name is not found as a previous user. It will prompt for a password and a phone extension or full telephone number. The phone number field can be changed to ask for different user input by the Brainstorm supervisor, so do not be alarmed if your system prompts for something different. If used, the phone number is an important item since it is included next to your name on every message, allowing other users to contact you easily if needed. If others can contact you by dialing an extension, just put the extension number ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 15 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── in and leave the other digits blank. Info Topics User Options Applications Quit │ 3-21-90 3:06p ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒╒══════════════════════ NEW USER ══════════════════════╕▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ Name : TEST USER │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒╒══│ Password : │══╕▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │ Phone extension : │ │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ E│ │ │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ ╞══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╡ │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒╘══│ │══╛▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ Select a password (up to 10 characters) : PASSWORD │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒│ │▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒╘══════════════════════════════════════════════════════╛▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ ▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒▒ <F1> Help <Esc> Abort The password feature is implemented since there is a provision for private e-Mail (electronic mail) within Brainstorm. After completing entry of your name, password and phone for the first time, the information is verified prior to presenting the center of activity for Brainstorm, the Topic Control Screen. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 16 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The Topic Control Screen consists of a large main screen section surrounded by a double-line border, a top line Menu Bar, and a help and message line at the bottom. Info Topics User Options Applications Quit │ 3-21-90 3:08p ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ TOPIC TOPIC MANAGER DATE TIME ║ ║ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── ║ ║ E-MAIL SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:07p ║ INVITATIONS SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:07p ▓ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ╚════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ <F1> Help <Alt><Highlighted Letter> Menu <F10> Menu Before going any further, let's go over Brainstorm's screen display characteristics and standard methods of cursor movement and menu selection. Screen Characteristics Regardless of whether a mouse or the keyboard is being used, certain display characteristics are used to keep the user informed about his location. The Topic Control Screen is a good example of a typical Brainstorm screen. Most screens contain similar screen elements, and an understanding of this screen will aid you in navigation of the other displays. First, Brainstorm makes use of windows to display information to the user. You can always tell which window is active by the border type. Active windows have a double-line border while inactive windows have a single-line border. On color screens the active window double border is highlighted as well. We can demonstrate the difference between an active and inactive window by de-activating the main window on the Topic Control Screen by pressing F10, which activates the top Menu Bar. Notice that the ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 17 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── large window is now surrounded by a lighter, single-line border, and that an item on the Menu Bar is now highlighted. Info Topics User Options Applications Quit │ 3-21-90 3:08p ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TOPIC TOPIC MANAGER DATE TIME │ │ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │ │ E-MAIL SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:07p │ INVITATIONS SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:07p ▓ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ <───────── single border indicates ░ │ an inactive window ░ │ (menu bar is active above) ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Topic based commands You can use the cursor keys to move the highlighted menu selector right and left, and press [ENTER] to activate the drop-down menu choices. Even while the drop-down menu is displayed you may use the left and right arrow keys to activate adjacent drop-down menus. Pressing again will de-activate the Menu Bar and re-activate the main window. The F10 key is used throughout Brainstorm to activate and de-activate the top Menu Bar from any location. An alternative method of activating, selecting, and de-activating windows makes use of the mouse support in Brainstorm. The mouse cursor is displayed as a diamond. Clicking the mouse on a window area such as the menu bar will function exactly like pressing the F10 key, and in addition you can also activate the menu bar item with a double-click. Sub-menu selections may also be made using the mouse to click on the desired choice. Another feature of most Brainstorm window displays is the Scroll Bar on the right side (and sometimes the bottom) of the window. Brainstorm makes use of scroll bars on windows regardless of whether a mouse is used or not. For keyboard users the scroll bars indicate the current screen position in relationship to the total window length. The shaded area above and below the highlighted scroll slider indicates how much of the window is not displayed. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 18 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── For instance, if the slider is positioned with one fourth of the shaded area above it and three-fourths below it, then you are located one quarter of the way through the window. The scroll bars provide a number of additional features with a mouse as follows: Scroll up/down one display screen - The small scroll bar arrows at the ends of the scroll bars move the visible screen up or down one screen. To operate, move the mouse cursor to the scroll up or down arrow and press the mouse button once. To continue scrolling press the mouse button repeatedly. For large movements use the scroll bar instead. Info Topics User Options Applications Quit │ 3-21-90 3:08p ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TOPIC TOPIC MANAGER DATE TIME │ │ ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── │ │ E-MAIL SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:07p │ INVITATIONS SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:07p ▓ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ scroll bar ░ │ and ───────> ░ │ scroll bar slider ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Topic based commands ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 19 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Scroll to position - Using the scroll bar you can easily move to any portion of the window display by moving the highlighted scroll bar slider. The slider is the highlighted portion which represents your current screen position in relation to the entire available window display. To move to any position within the window you may click on the shaded area of the scroll bar to display that portion of the window. Clicking midway down the scroll bar will take you to a position midway through the window. The ESC key is used throughout Brainstorm to "back-up" one menu level, or to execute the equivalent of QUIT on the menu. It's an intuitive response that will almost always back you out of what you are doing. The right mouse button functions as the ESC key. Another standard key is F1 which will always give you context-sensitive help for the area of the program you are using. Clicking both mouse buttons at once is used to activate help with the mouse. The help system in Brainstorm has a comprehensive index, available with a second press of F1 or a second double-click of the mouse. Within some help screens you will find highlighted text that will provide additional help when the cursor is moved to the highlighted area using editing keys or the TAB key. When moving from one help selection to another you can backtrack to previous screens with ALT-F1 or by clicking the word [Previous] in the help window (only displayed if mouse is active). Return to the Topic Control Screen if you are not there, and let's learn about the drop-down menu commands. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 20 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Topic Control Screen The Topic Control Screen displays the names of all topic discussions in which you are involved. They are listed in order by date of the most recent message. The first two "topic names" are not really topics at all, but are message areas reserved for two specific types of mail, E-mail and Invitations. They always appear at the top of the list and are in a highlighted color. The top line of the Topic Control Screen is the Main Menu Bar. It contains drop-down menus for program functions. It operates exactly like the two other Menu Bars, the Reader Menu Bar at the top of the screen while reading messages and the Editor Menu Bar at the top of the screen while entering text in the editor. Main Menu Bar An extended explanation of the most used Menu Bar functions will be given later in this manual, but for now we will get by with a cursory review of each menu bar command and function, just enough to let us get on with learning how to enter messages in Brainstorm. To make use of a menu bar in Brainstorm you need to activate it with the F10 key as discussed previously. Do so now and we can look at each drop-down menu choice while we discuss its function. Remember that you may also use the mouse or the ALT key combined with the highlighted letter of the menu bar selection desired. Info This Menu Bar choice simply displays a screen with Brainstorm information. It includes contact information for Mustang Software, Inc., Brainstorm version number and release date, and the workstation ID number assigned for the current session on this machine. This number is auto-generated in a Novell environment, but is set individually in other networks. See the BSID environment variable for complete details. Topics This Menu Bar choice allows users to perform a variety of operations with message topics in Brainstorm. It is the most commonly used menu choice and is the gateway to Reading messages, Printing messages, Removing (un-joining) topics, Topic maintenance (adding users to your topic), Sending an e-mail message , Creating a new invitation, and refreshing the topic control screen. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 21 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Info Topics User Options Applications Quit │ 3-21-90 3:09p ┌─────────┌────────────────────┐─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TOPIC │ Read │ TOPIC MANAGER DATE TIME │ │ ───────│ Print │─────────────────────────────────────────── │ │ E-MAIL │ Remove │ SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:07p │ INVITAT│ Maintenance │ SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:07p ▓ │ ├────────────────────┤ ░ │ │ Send E-mail │ ░ │ │ Create New Topic │ ░ │ ├────────────────────┤ ░ │ │ ReRead Topic Table │ ░ │ └────────────────────┘ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Read all selected topics Read topic This selection is used to begin reading messages from the Topic Control Screen. All new messages are read by default, but you may select re-reading of old messages if desired. Topics for reading must be selected on the Topic Control Screen, indicated by the presence of small triangles located at each end of the topic names selected. This selection process is automatic for all topics with new mail, and may be manually toggled with the spacebar. The section on Reading messages which follows includes specific details and use of topic selection and the read command. Print topic This selection will print messages in all selected topics in the Topic Control Screen. All messages are printed in each topic. Only selected topics are printed, and if no topics are selected, the highlighted topic is printed. Remove topic This menu selection is used to "un-join" or remove your name from the selected topics. After removing your name from a topic, you may re-join, but will begin reading at ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 22 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── message number one again. Maintenance Topic maintenance may be performed only by the topic Originator or the Brainstorm supervisor. Multiple topics can be selected for maintenance at a time using the spacebar or the block mark keys F7 and F8. Maintenance consists of adding or deleting topic members from the list of those who have joined. Send e-mail This selection is used to send private mail to any Brainstorm user. When this selection is pressed, you are asked to enter the recipient's name in an address window, and can select from a list of current users by pressing F2. E-mail messages are saved in the sender's and recipient's mailbox. Create Invitation This choice is used to leave a new invitation and start a new topic discussion. It creates the initial topic message that others use to make the decision whether to join the topic or not. When selected, a window will ask you to enter the topic name. This name is the topic name that will appear when the topic is listed in the Topic Control Screen. The text of the new invitation is then entered in the editor. Re-read Topic Table This selection is used to update the display of the Topic Control Screen. If several concurrent users are accessing Brainstorm, they may have left messages in a topic which you have already read while you were busy reading other areas. If you want to check the immediate status of new messages after working in Brainstorm for a while, select this option. It is also useful it you have used the Applications menu to leave Brainstorm to work in another program, and want to update the topic screen upon your return. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 23 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── User Options This menu bar choice allows you to alter information in your individual configuration including phone extension, password, and printer. Extension The name of this selection may have been changed by your Brainstorm supervisor but by default it holds the user's telephone number or extension. This selection allows you to change the phone extension or number that appears on messages authored by you. A correct phone extension allows other users to quickly contact you if they have an urgent inquiry. You can enter just your extension or the entire number. Password This selection allows you to change your password. To ensure the privacy of e-mail between users the password is a required Brainstorm feature. Printer This selection allows you to specify which printer port your messages will be sent to when printed. Often a network printer is assigned and connected to LPT2: or LPT3:, allowing routing printed messages to your network print server. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 24 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Applications Menu This Menu Bar choice is the doorway to other programs from within Brainstorm. It is disabled when Brainstorm is loaded as a terminate and stay resident program (TSR) with the /R command line switch since Brainstorm is activated from within other programs with TSR configuration. If other applications are listed on the Applications menu, you are automatically returned to Brainstorm after completing your work in the other program. It also includes an option to drop to DOS to perform non-specific DOS tasks. To return from the Drop to DOS function you type EXIT at the DOS prompt. Info Topics User Options Applications Quit │ 3-21-90 3:10p ┌───────────────────────────────────┌─────────────────┐──────────────────────┐ │ TOPIC T│ Dos Shell │ DATE TIME │ │ ─────────────────────────────────├─────────────────┤──────────────────── │ │ E-MAIL S│ TimeSlips │ 03-21-90 03:07p │ INVITATIONS S│ WordPerfect │ 03-21-90 03:07p ▓ │ │ DataEase │ ░ │ │ Quattro │ ░ │ │ Lotus │ ░ │ └─────────────────┘ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Shell to dos The DOS shell option is used when you want to temporarily exit Brainstorm to perform some other task or program. When it is selected Brainstorm saves the current program status and either swaps its code to EMS or to the disk path specified during startup. If no path is specified, the swap is performed to the current directory and a temporary file is created. While in the DOS shell Brainstorm continues to use about 10K of memory, but makes the remainder available to you for programs. To return to Brainstorm you must type the DOS command EXIT. Quit This Menu Bar selection is used to exit Brainstorm. If Brainstorm is loaded as a terminate and stay resident program ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 25 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── (TSR), there are three options when QUIT is selected: Exit, Logout & Exit, and Logout & Unload. Exit This selection is used in TSR mode when you want to exit Brainstorm and maintain your current program position and status when you return. The next time Brainstorm's hot keys are pressed you will be returned to the Topic Control Screen with the same configuration when you left. When returning after being away for a while you might want to use the Reread Topic Table menu choice to show you messages left in your absence. Logout and Exit This selection is used in TSR mode when you want to exit Brainstorm and logout at the same time. When Brainstorm's hot keys are pressed next time you will be presented with the login screen and will have to enter your name and password again. It is provided for situations where several users have access to a single workstation throughout the day. Logout and Unload This selection is used in TSR mode when you want to exit Brainstorm and remove it from memory at the same time. The unload portion of this choice can only be successfully completed if Brainstorm was "popped up" from a DOS prompt, NOT if it was activated over another application. Selecting LOGOUT and UNLOAD when Brainstorm was activated over an application results in a LOGOUT but leaves Brainstorm active as a TSR, the same as selecting LOGOUT and EXIT. We will go over some of these choices again later as we discuss e-mail, invitations, topics, and editing in detail. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 26 Section Three Sending E-mail "I never did anything worth doing by accident; nor did any of my inventions come by accident; they came by work." Thomas Alva Edison Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── E-MAIL What is e-mail? E-mail (electronic mail) is the gateway to each user's personal mailbox, and is used to hold private mail sent to and received from other users. Using e-mail you can send private, non-topic related mail to anyone else using the Brainstorm system by entering their name or highlighting it in a list of users. It's easy to use and provides the recipient with an "electronic" reminder or notice of your thoughts. E-mail messages can be printed by the recipient if desired. For example, suppose you have scheduled an appointment with a client and want to have another staff member also attend. You could leave them an e-mail message and ask for them to confirm the date and time back to you in a reply. It saves time and avoids playing telephone tag while trying to get your message across. Whenever you enter Brainstorm and there is e-mail waiting it is automatically made available for immediate reading. Let's learn a little about the Brainstorm's drop-down menus and the editor by entering an e-mail message to the Brainstorm supervisor announcing your involvement in Brainstorm. Begin by activating the Main Menu Bar by pressing F10. Then use the cursor to move the highlight bar to TOPICS and press [ENTER]. Remember that this same option can be selected by clicking with the mouse or pressing ALT-T. The drop-down menu choice Send e-mail is used to begin your message. Highlight it and press [ENTER]. This results in a prompt for the name of the recipient. If you know the name of your Brainstorm supervisor, enter it at the prompt. If you don't know the name, or if you aren't sure how it's spelled, you can press F2 for a listing of all Brainstorm users. Move the highlight bar over the name desired and press [ENTER]. Please note that the mouse cannot be used to select the name from this window display, and is temporarily disabled during selection. After indicating the recipient you are prompted to enter the subject of your e-mail message. Once the name and subject have been entered you are placed in the Brainstorm editor to enter the text of your message. Brainstorm's editor is fully configurable, and has been set-up by your supervisor. By default it makes use of the popular WordStar keystrokes and control character commands for all functions. Other keystrokes may be substituted, see your supervisor for details. The IBM cursor movement keys and positioning keys are also utilized. A full explanation of the default editor keys is printed in the appendix, and a complete discussion of the editor is contained in the EDITING chapter. If you are at all familiar with word processors or editors you should find it very intuitive, and be able to follow along with this discussion of sending e-mail easily. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 28 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── The Editor Screen is similar to the Topic Control Screen with a top line Menu Bar and bottom line message and help line. The active editor window is enclosed by a double-line highlighted border. When the Menu Bar is activated using F10, the double-line changes to a single-line indicating it is no longer active. Block Options Search Text Marker Save Abort │ 3-21-90 3:12p ╔══ Line: 2 Column: 73 5% Insert: On Indent: Off Word wrap: On ══╗ ║Hello Brainstorm supervisor. I am leaving this to let you know that I will ║be participating in topic discussions and making use of the mail system. ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ▓ ║ ╚<▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░> SENDING E-MAIL TO: Scott Hunter <F1> Help <Alt><Highlighted letter> <F10> Menu We will review each Editor Menu Bar selection in detail during our discussion in the EDITOR chapter, but for now lets continue with our e-mail message. Make sure the editor window is active and type in the text of your message. When your message is complete, save the text by pressing ALT-S, clicking on SAVE, or pressing F10 to activate the Menu Bar and then pressing S. Any of these actions will save your e-mail text to the recipient's mailbox, and place a copy in yours as well. That's all there is to sending e-mail. It is intentionally easy to encourage use on a regular basis. If you have a mouse you can use it to activate the pull-down menus and select the menu choices. Another alternative to using F-10 to activate the Main Menu Bar is to use the ALT keys for selection, such as ALT-T for TOPICS. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 29 Section Four Creating Invitations Real joy comes not from ease or riches or from praise of men, but from doing something worthwhile." Sir Wilfred Grenfell Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── INVITATIONS What is an Invitation? An invitation is simply a special message indicating that a topic discussion has begun. It consists of one message explaining the details of the new topic and inviting your participation. Whenever someone wants to start a new topic discussion they begin by entering a single message in the invitations area. Lets take a more in-depth look at the Invitations area since it is one of Brainstorm's key concepts. The Invitations area contains messages from users who have created new topics and want to make them available to any user who is interested. There is only one message in Invitations for every public topic in the system, and you can join the topic at any time by reading the message in Invitations. If no one has started any topics yet, the Invitations area will be empty. However, if someone has started a topic and left a message there will be triangle-shaped pointers at either end of the line. These pointers "select" the topic for reading, and are placed around every topic with new mail since your last Brainstorm session. All topics with new mail are automatically "selected" with these triangles when you enter Brainstorm, including the e-mail and Invitations areas if there are new messages. The "selectors" can also be toggled manually to allow users to individually select and de-select topics for re-reading, printing, maintenance, and other functions. For now just make note that a topic must be "selected" to perform any function. Since topics are also listed in date order, the topics with new messages are always at the top of the list. The "selector" triangles can be toggled on and off by highlighting the topic and pressing the spacebar or by double-clicking on a topic name. Pressing CTRL-ENTER toggles all topic selectors on and off. When a Brainstorm session is first begun only the permanent message areas (E-mail and Invitations) are listed since you have not joined any topics. Your screen will only display topic names of those topics that you are interested in and have joined by reading the invitation. You should always read new messages in the Invitations area when it is marked, to see if there is a new discussion you want to join. After reading each new invitation message you have the opportunity to tell Brainstorm you want to join the topic being described. If you aren't interested in the topic description in the Invitation message, simply proceed to the next Invitation and omit joining the topic. You can always go back and re-read the invitation and join at a later date. Think of the Invitation area as a collection of descriptions, one ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 31 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── for each topic available. More on how to join topics and reply to messages later. Before we begin reading messages and joining new topics by reading the INVITATIONS, lets learn how to begin a new topic. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 32 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Entering an Invitation and Starting a New Topic Since the concept behind Brainstorm is increasing knowledge by sharing ideas through discussions, lets learn how to begin a new topic. A single topic discussion could be dedicated to virtually any idea from an important company matter such as the phone system example used previously, or a non-company issue such as "Who is the best bet for Super Bowl champs?". The important point to remember is that group discussions can only be productive if the group is told about the discussion and allowed to contribute. Starting a new topic begins at the Topic Control Screen. The first step is to tell Brainstorm that you want to Create an Invitation. This is done by activating the Menu Bar choice "Topics" using one of three options: by pressing F10 followed by selecting TOPIC; by clicking the mouse on the Menu Bar selection TOPIC; or by pressing ALT-T to directly select the drop-down TOPIC menu. These three methods of activating Menu Bar commands are standard throughout Brainstorm. Info Topics User Options Applications Quit │ 3-21-90 5:44p ┌─────────┌────────────────────┐─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TOPIC │ Read │ TOPIC MANAGER DATE TIME │ │ ───────│ Print │─────────────────────────────────────────── │ │ E-MAIL │ Remove │ SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:12p │ INVITAT│ Maintenance │ SUPERVISOR 03-21-90 03:20p ▓ │ New Pho├────────────────────┤ TEST USER 03-21-90 03:27p ░ │ │ Send E-mail │ ░ │ │ Create New Topic │ ░ │ ├────────────────────┤ ░ │ │ ReRead Topic Table │ ░ │ └────────────────────┘ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Read all selected topics ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 33 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── One of the drop-down menu choices under TOPIC is Create Invitation. Select this item by moving the highlight bar using the cursor keys, by pressing the highlighted character I, or by double-clicking on the menu choice. A window will ask you to Enter topic name. This name is the topic name that will appear when the topic is listed in the Topic Control Screen. This name cannot be changed later, and should reflect the nature of the discussion to follow. After you have typed in an appropriate name you are placed in the Brainstorm editor to enter the Invitation message. Brainstorm's editor is fully configurable, and has been set-up by your supervisor. By default it makes use of the popular WordStar keystroke and control character commands for all functions. Other keystrokes may be substituted, see your supervisor for details. The IBM cursor movement keys and positioning keys are also utilized. A full explanation of the default editor keys is printed in the EDITOR section. If you are at all familiar with word processors or editors you should find it very intuitive, and be able to follow along with this discussion of creating an invitation easily. The Editor Screen is similar to the Topic Control Screen with a top line Menu Bar and bottom line message and help line. The active editor window is enclosed by a double-line highlighted border. When the Menu Bar is activated using F10, the double-line changes to a single-line indicating it is no longer active. We will review each Editor Menu Bar selection in detail during our discussion in the EDITOR section, but for now lets continue with our invitation. Make sure the editor window is active and type in the text of your invitation message. Remember that this message will remain in the Invitations area, and will be the only message other users see to help them decide whether to join the topic or not. Cover the details of your new topic completely in the message. The screen on the following page shows an example invitation message for the phone system topic. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 34 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Block Options Search Text Marker Save Abort │ 3-21-90 3:20p ╔══ Line: 19 Column: 41 30% Insert: On Indent: Off Word wrap: On ══╗ ║Attention EVERYONE! ║ ░ ║We realize that the current phone system in our building doesn't meet the ░ ║needs of the various departments. In an effor to purchase a replacement ░ ║system that does meet the needs of all personell, we need your input. ░ ║ ░ ║What is your biggest complaint about the current system? What additional ░ ║features do you need and why? What do you like about the current system? ░ ║What type of intercom facilities do you need for your job? ░ ║ ░ ║Without the cooperation and feedback of employees we could easily pay for ░ ║features we'll never utilize, or worse yet, overlook needed features! ░ ║ ░ ║Please join this discussion and give us the benefit of your opinions and ░ ║observations. This discussion will be joined by members of the committee ░ ║responsible for the system recommendation, who will take the information ░ ║generated here to their own discussions. ░ ║ ░ ║Thanks for your anticipated cooperation. ▓ ║ ╚<▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░> CREATING INVITATION FOR: New Phone System <F1> Help <Alt><Highlighted letter> <F10> Menu When your message is complete, save the text by pressing ALT-S, clicking on SAVE, or pressing F10 to activate the Menu Bar and then pressing S. Any of these actions will display a sub-menu prompting for the type of invitation to be posted. The type of invitation you create is determined by the scope and target audience of your topic. We will review the three choices and give an example of how each might be used. The available choices are: Public leaves an invitation message in the Invitations area, available to all Brainstorm users. This type of invitation is used when you want to allow everyone to join the topic being created. An example might be asking all LAN users for feedback on features for a new phone system, and how the current one is operating. You would make this type of invitation public to allow everyone to get involved and give their opinion. Another example might be the creation of an on-going general comment area, perhaps called Open Comments. If a topic on the Super Bowl was created it too would probably be started as a public invitation. In general, use a Public invitation for any topic you want everyone to access. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 35 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Private sends your message as a private EMAIL message to only those users you want to be invited to join the topic. The invitation does NOT appear in the INVITATIONS area. When private is selected you are further prompted for the names of the users to whom you wish the message to be sent. A list of all user names appears in a window on the right side of the screen. As you highlight desired recipients and press [ENTER], the names are added to a mailing list on the left side of the screen. A Private invitation might be used for a topic created by the seven key managers to make the final decision after reviewing the committee report and recommendations on the new phone system. It could also be used for the engineering department to review new design specs without involving the other users. A final example might be a private topic discussion for management to set the agenda for the regular monthly meetings. On the day of the meetings the text of the topic could be printed and used to review the issues of importance brought up during the month. In general, use a Private invitation for any closed discussion involving a known number of users (users can be added later as well). By Request leaves an invitation message in the Invitations area, available to all Brainstorm users, but does not allow a user to join the topic immediately after reading the message. The purpose behind a "by request" invitation is to allow a topic manager to let everyone know about the discussion, and then choose who will be a member of the topic based on their replies to the invitation. An invitation of this type should fully explain the topic to be discussed, and ask for responses from those who want to be involved and think they have something to offer. When a user asks to join a topic posted "by request", a message is generated to the topic manager and the user is prompted to enter his request in writing to the manager. The request message is sent via e-mail to the topic manager, and the manager can add the name of the interested party to the list of topic users if desired . A topic "By Request" might be used when soliciting committee members for a discussion. Continuing with our previous example of the phone system, after getting feedback from all users in the public discussion our manager might close that topic and begin a second "by request" topic asking for those with experience with specific phone systems to join a committee. Those with suitable experience would reply and if a reply message indicated the user would be a valuable committee member his name could be added to the topic member list. Another example might be an invitation to join the ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 36 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── committee in charge of the company picnic. The invitation could itemize the various help needed, and ask for volunteers to get involved. As volunteers responded, they would be added to the topic and the planning could continue without revealing the details to everyone prior to the day of the picnic. In general, a "By Request" topic is used when you don't know just who you might want involved in a private topic, and want to review applicants prior to allowing them access. For our test message let's just create a public invitation. After completing the Invitation message you are returned to the Topic Control Screen. Notice that your new topic now appears right below the two permanent message areas. All new topics are created in this manner, and each places a message in the Invitations area with the exception of Private Invitations . Now let's learn how to read messages that someone else has created, including how to join a topic while reading an invitation. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 37 Section Five Reading Messages "No matter what business you're in, if you try to see how much you can give for a dollar instead of how little, you're bound to succeed." (unknown) Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── READING MESSAGES, JOINING TOPICS, AND REPLYING Reading Messages To simplify daily reading of new mail in topics of interest, Brainstorm's Topic Display Screen displays topics in date order, and <MU>selects topics with new mail (with triangles). If a new topic has been created, the Invitations area is also selected. Since the areas with new mail are already selected, you can begin reading right away. There are several methods you can use to begin reading new messages. The first (and easiest) is to simply press [ENTER] which will take you to the first unread message in the first selected area or topic. In fact, you can read straight through all unread mail in all topics just by repeatedly pressing [ENTER] again and again. An alternative method is to use the drop-down menus. The TOPIC menu bar choice contains all commands for controlling messages, and is activated with ALT-T or by activating the menu bar with F10 followed by T for TOPIC. The first choice on the pull-down menu is READ and will begin reading messages in the first selected topic. Reading messages using the mouse is done in the same manner, but reading is started by clicking on the TOPIC Menu Bar choice, followed by double-clicking on the READ choice. Proceed to the next message by clicking on NEXT. As mentioned previously, pressing [ENTER] or the plus sign, or ALT-N) a second time advances to the next unread message in the same topic or area. Remember that the first "topic" you read may actually be the e-mail area or the Invitations area if they have new messages. Watch the highlighted header just above the message text for a constant indicator of whether you are reading in e-mail, Invitations, or actual Topic messages. This process of pressing [ENTER] or the plus sign, or ALT-N) for the next message continues until you reach the most recent message in each topic. When you have reached the most recent message in a topic, a screen window will pop-up indicating you have reached the end of the topic. You are then prompted to press any key to read the first unread message of the next topic. Continue reading chronologically in the second topic by pressing [ENTER] (or the plus sign, or ALT-N) to the end. This process of starting at the oldest message in a topic and continuing to the most recent continues for each topic that was selected when reading was begun on the Topic Control Screen. Reading message in this manner on a daily basis keeps you current on each topic under discussion. This is the Brainstorm's primary objective, but the communication process also needs your input. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 39 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Joining Topics While reading messages, your two most common activities will be replying to messages in active topics, and joining new topics after reading an interesting message in the Invitations area. Both of these activities are accomplished in exactly the same manner. Why do I need to JOIN a topic? Joining a topic adds the name of the topic to the personal list of topics displayed to you when you view the Topic Control Screen. Until you have joined a topic you can't interact with the other topic members, and it will not be displayed to you. All new topics are announced with a message in the invitations area, but you will never see any of the topic related replies and ongoing discussions until you JOIN the topic. Joining tells Brainstorm that you want to be notified of every new message related to that topic every time to begin the program. Joining a topic places your name in the list of users who are involved in the discussion. If you read an invitation and elect NOT to join, you can always re-read the invitation message and join at a later time. The invitation message is never removed from the invitations folder while the topic is available. If you haven't begun reading messages yet in the Invitations area, do so now by selecting it (if it's not already selected) and pressing [ENTER]. You will see the first unread message in invitations and be able to scroll the screen up and down using the arrow keys and PgUp/PgDn if needed. You can also scroll left and right using the arrow keys to view messages that are formatted wider than your display screen. The READER Menu Bar is now visible at the top of the screen and will be explained in detail later in this section. After reading a message in the invitations area you have the option to join the topic discussion and add it to your regular list, or pass over the topic. If you join, you will be advised of all new messages in that topic during every session from that point forward. If you elect not to join at this time, you may re-read the invitation message and join at a later date. If you want to join a topic after reading the invitation select Reply/Join from the Menu Bar. To do so, use ALT-R, F10 followed by R, or double-click on Reply/Join. Try it now and see what happens when you join a topic after reading the invitation. Notice that selecting Reply/Join when reading an Invitations message doesn't actually let you reply to the message, but adds your user name to the list of users who are members of the topic. The bottom screen line displays a message indicating that you have joined the topic, and lets you continue reading the next unread invitation message after acknowledgement. As you can see, the Reply/Join menu choice functions as "Join" if the message is an Invitation, but will generate an actual reply ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 40 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── message if selected while reading a message in an actual topic. This is an important distinction between the Invitations area and other actual topics. This same distinction holds true for reading messages in e-mail. If an e-mail message is a private invitation rather than a message, selecting Reply/Join will add your name to the private topic member list. If the e-mail message was generated as private e-mail, selecting Reply/Join actually generates a reply to the message. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 41 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Replying to messages Now lets generate a real reply to a topic message by continuing to read until we come to a message with a header indicating Reading TOPICS, rather than Reading INVITATIONS. Once you have a topic message on screen that you want to reply to, you select Reply/Join using your favorite method, either ALT-R, double mouse click, or F10 followed by R. This time the screen displays two windows, the larger Reply window on the bottom is active as indicated by the double-line border. The smaller upper window is inactive and is the Quote window. The quote window serves two very important functions. It is used to let you view the message to which you are replying, and optionally to place text from that message in your reply to clarify your response. While entering your reply you can switch from one window to the other by pressing the F6 key or click the mouse in the window desired. Block Options Search Text Marker Save Abort │ 3-21-90 4:43p ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │The biggest problem I see on a daily basis is an inability to transfer calls │reliably. Seems like 50% of the time I send a call to Lynn she is on her ▓ │phone and the call is automatically routed to the next person in her hunt ░ │group, who then gets upset with me for sending them a call who wanted Lynn. ░ │I need to know if a transfer will get through or not, or be able to send it ░ │to an operator or holding area. ░ │ └<▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░>┘ ╔══ Line: 1 Column: 1 0% Insert: On Indent: Off Word wrap: On ══╗ ║ ║ ▓ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ (reply window, quote window above) ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ░ ║ ╚<▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░>╝ REPLYING TO: New Phone System <F1> Help <F6> Switch Windows <Alt><Highlighted Letter>, <F10> Menu Enter the text of your reply in the reply window on the bottom half of the screen. Remember the editor is configured by default to emulate the WordStar command set, including all block commands and markers. If you want to experiment you can activate the EDITOR Menu Bar and use the block, search, and other commands. The editor features are fully explained in the Editor section that follows. If you need to review the contents of the original message press F6 to activate the quote window. When the quote window is active you ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 42 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── can scroll up and down the original message for review, but cannot enter text. The second function of the quote window is to duplicate or quote a line or more of the original message in your reply for clarification. You might want to do so as a method of indicating just what portion of the message you are commenting about. To do so, begin by leaving the editing window with the cursor in the location where the quoted text is to be inserted. Press F6 to activate the quote window and move to the first line you want to quote in your reply. Press [ENTER] and the line will be copied into your reply at the position where the cursor left the reply window. Block Options Search Text Marker Save Abort │ 3-21-90 4:43p ╔════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║The biggest problem I see on a daily basis is an inability to transfer calls ║reliably. Seems like 50% of the time I send a call to Lynn she is on her ░ ║phone and the call is automatically routed to the next person in her hunt ▓ ║group, who then gets upset with me for sending them a call who wanted Lynn. ░ ║I need to know if a transfer will get through or not, or be able to send it ░ ║to an operator or holding area. ░ ║ ╚<▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░>╝ ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │I've got the same problem with transfers... │ ░ │» reliably. Seems like 50% of the time I send a call to Lynn she is on her ░ │» phone and the call is automatically routed to the next person in her hunt ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ░ │ ▓ │ └<▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░>┘ REPLYING TO: New Phone System <F1> Help <F6> Switch Windows <Alt><Highlighted Letter>, <F10> Menu ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 43 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── You will notice that quoting a line in your reply places a » symbol in front of the line, indicating that it was quoted from the original message. To quote additional lines simply move the cursor and press [ENTER] again. Thoughtful use of this feature will result in messages that are easy to understand by anyone, even when the message thread has existed for some time. When finished entering your reply text, save your message with ALT-S, or pressing F10 followed by S, or by clicking on SAVE. Return to the Topic Control Screen by pressing ESC. The ESC key will always back you up one menu or execute the equivalent of a QUIT command from your current location. Now that we have learned how to read messages and reply, let's look at the remaining choices on the READER Menu Bar. READER Menu Bar The READER Menu Bar contains options other than Next and Reply/Join which we have discussed. Next Message Select this Menu Bar item, or press ALT N or the plus sign (+) to proceed to the next message in the current topic. Pressing [ENTER] or the plus sign also performs this function. When you have reached the last message in a topic, a window pops up and tells you so. Previous Message Select this Menu Bar item or press ALT P or the minus sign (-) to proceed to the previous message in the current topic. Pressing the minus sign also performs this function. You can read message backwards or search backwards to review any desired message in this manner. Reply/Join Select this Menu Bar item when you want to reply to a message or add your thoughts while reading topic material. It is also used to initially JOIN a topic if the message you are reading is in the Invitations area. Export This Menu Bar selection is used to copy the message you are viewing to a file or the printer. When selected you are prompted for a filename on the bottom screen line. Enter any desired filename and full path to copy the message as a text file. The default filename is the name of the printer, LPT1:, and will print a copy of the displayed message while reading. Other This Menu Bar selection displays a sub-menu with options to manipulate topic messages and members. The sub-menu choices are Add User, Edit, and Delete. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 44 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Add User is only available in e-mail, and then only if the message on screen is a response from a user to your invitation to join a private or "by request" topic. It is used to quickly and easily add a person to the member list of the private topic while reading his reply. It adds the name of the person in the FROM field to the topic as a user. Edit is only available to the message author and the Brainstorm supervisor. It allows the message author to make changes to the text of the message. Delete is also only available to the message author and the Brainstorm supervisor. It allows the message author to remove the message from the thread completely. Quit Returns you to the Topic Control Screen. ESC performs the same function. SUMMARY You have now learned functions in Brainstorm that will account for the vast majority of your daily use of the program. Lets quickly review what you have learned up to this point and then we can begin a detailed discussion of the remaining menu items and the editor. The Topic Control Screen is the first screen encountered after login. It consists of a large main screen surrounded by a double-line border; a top line Menu Bar; and a help and message line at the bottom. The main screen section contains a list containing only the topics you have joined. Two permanent topic areas are not really topics at all, but are used to hold each user's private mail box (E-mail), and the invitation message for each topic (Invitations). These two are always displayed as the first two areas on the topic screen. Topics are listed in chronological order by date of last message. If messages have been left in e-mail, Invitations, or any Topic, the topic will be selected with small triangle pointers, indicating there is new mail since your last Brainstorm session. All topics with new mail are automatically selected when you enter Brainstorm, including the e-mail and Invitations areas. By simply pressing [ENTER] or the plus sign you are taken to the first selected topic and the first unread message is displayed, the minus sign reads backwards. Pressing [ENTER], the plus sign, ALT-N or clicking on NEXT a second time advances to the next unread message in the same topic or area. This process of pressing [ENTER], the plus sign, ALT-N, or clicking on NEXT for the next message continues until you reach the most recent message in the topic or area. When you have reached the end of a topic or area a screen window will pop-up over the center of ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 45 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the screen, indicating you have reached the end of that topic or area. You are then prompted to press any key to read the first unread message of the next topic. Continue reading chronologically in the second topic by pressing [ENTER], the plus sign, ALT-N, or clicking on NEXT until you reach the end of the second topic. This process of starting at the oldest message in a topic and continuing to the most recent continues for each topic that was selected when reading was begun on the Topic Control Screen. Now we will direct our attention to the operation and function of each individual menu option in detail. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 46 Section Six The Editor "If your work product speaks for itself, don't interrupt." (unknown) Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── EDITOR The Editor Menu Bar contains many functions for manipulation of message text, many of which can be executed with keystroke commands and function key shortcuts. Immediately following this explanation of each menu option there is a list of all editor keystrokes and the shortcuts available. Block Menu This Menu Bar selection is used when a text block has been marked using the standard Wordstar markers ^KB (or F7) for the beginning and ^KK (or F8) for the end. Block text is highlighted on screen unless blocks are hidden. This menu item provides block actions including changing the case of the text in the block, hiding the block, indenting or un-indenting the block, and printing or exporting the block to a disk file. The Block menu is also used to allow importing text from a file into a message. The following sub-menu choices are available. Change Case This block selection allows you to alter the case of all text in a marked block of text. The three choices are to change the entire marked block to Lower Case (small letters with no capitalization), Toggle Case (opposite of its current status; upper case becomes lower and lower becomes upper), or Upper Case (capital letters with no lower case). The Toggle option is useful when you have typed a large portion of text with the caps lock key pressed inadvertently. Hidden This block selection hides the marked block. The text remains visible, but the highlight marking on the block is removed. The keystroke shortcut is ^KH. Indention This block selection allows indenting or un-indenting the block of marked text. Indenting is performed based on the number of characters set for the indent function. For each time indent or unindent is pressed, the marked block will be moved to the right or left. The three sub-menu choices are to Indent (moves the marked block to the right one level from the current position), UnIndent (moves the current marked block one level to the left from the current position), and Level of Indention which is used to set the number of characters for each use of indent or unindent. The default is 2 characters for each press of the indent or unindent key. It can be set from 2 to 255 characters. Print This block selection command prints the marked text to ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 48 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── the printer. It makes use of the printer port you have configured. Import This block selection allows you to import a text file into the current message at the cursor position. Specify the file name on the data-entry line at the bottom of the screen, or press [ENTER] for a list of files available. You can modify the global search list with the DOS wildcards ? and *. Block Options Search Text Marker Save Abort │ 3-21-90 4:44p ┌─────────────────┐──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Change case │m I see on a daily basis is an inability to transfer calls │ Hidden Yes╒════════════ F:\WP-DOC\RICK\*.* ═════════════╕ is on her ▓ │ Indention │ [A:] [Z:] cdx-pc.txt n her hunt ░ │ Print │ [B:] 21pr.wp5 cdx-pres.ltr ▓wanted Lynn. ░ │ Import │ [C:] addfiles.wp5 cdx-sy.ltr ░e to send it ░ │ Export │ [D:] altrnat.wpk cdx-ug.ltr ░ ░ └────────────────│ [E:] altz.wpm clubcat.ltr ░ └<▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░│ [G:] autoupd.ltr d&b1.ltr ░░░░░░░░░░░░░>┘ ┌────────────────│ [P:] bechtel2.quo elec1.quo ░─────────────┐ │We really need │ [Q:] beta-app.doc enhanced.wpk ░ │a list like: │ [R:] beta.agr epp.ltr ░ ░ │ │ [S:] blurb epp2.ltr ░ ░ │ │ [T:] bs-con.doc epp4 ░ ░ │ │ [U:] bs-pre.wp5 epp4.ltr ░ ░ │ │ [V:] bsdoc1 epp5.ltr ░ ░ │ │ [W:] cat-con.doc f-con.doc ░ ░ │ │ [X:] cateye.wp5 f-pro!.doc ░ ░ │ │ [Y:] cdx-list f-pro!.wp5 ░ │ ╘<░░░░░▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░>╛ ▓ │ └<▓░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░>┘ <F1> Help <F6> Switch Windows <Alt><Highlighted Letter>, <F10> Menu During display of the directory listing you can use the arrow keys, PgUp/PgDn, or press the alpha keys to go directly to files beginning with a certain letter. Pick the file of your choice from the window display by pressing [ENTER]. This is a handy feature for importing spreadsheet information or text from other application programs directly into a message. It can also be used to paste text blocks exported from other messages by importing a temporary file containing the export text (see screen on following page). Export This block selection writes the marked block of text to the file of your choice. You are prompted to enter the filename on the bottom screen line, or press [ENTER] for a list of files available. You can modify the global ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 49 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── search list with the DOS wildcards ? and *. During display of the directory listing you can use the arrow keys, PgUp/PgDn, or press the alpha keys to go directly to files beginning with a certain letter. Pick the file of your choice from the window display by pressing [ENTER]. Options This Menu Bar selection is used to set user definable options in the editor. Settings and changes made here are saved to your user record and used for each subsequent editing session. The configurable settings include: Auto-Indent When set to Y this option item causes every line to indent to the position of the previous line. This may be desirable in some installations and is a matter of preference. Delete Joins Lines Delete joins lines controls whether pressing the Del key at the end of a line causes the next line (lower) to join the current line. The result of joining lines in this fashion often creates a need for paragraph reformatting with ^B, but is preferred for editing by many users. It is a matter of personal preference. Margin This item allows setting the right margin for text. It may be configured from 5 to 255 to allow wide spreadsheets or other text to be included in a message. Smart Tabs When the Tab key is pressed the cursor normally moves to the right the distance set for tabs (configurable below). When smart tabs are activated, the distance the cursor moves is determined by the previous line. Each press of Tab moves the cursor below the beginning of the next word in the line above, making it easy to fill in tables, lists, etc. Tab Size The default tab size is eight characters. This option is only used if smart tabs are not active since smart tabs actually generate a variable tab size to create columns of text. Word Wrap This selection controls whether Brainstorm's editor will automatically move words to the next line when being entered at the right margin. The default and most common setting is Y, although it may be disabled to enter wide columns of text or other information. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 50 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Search This Menu Bar selection is used to locate text within the current message. The available sub-menu choices control how text is located and other options as follows: Again This search selection is used to repeat a search request. You can also repeat a request with ^L directly from the editing screen. Find This search selection is used to enter the text you want to find. You can also request a search with ^QF directly from the editing screen. If a previous search has been performed, the search text is shown in the display brackets. You are prompted to enter the text, and then are asked to specify your search options. The available options are: L Block only - Only searches in the defined block of text. Omit the L if you want to search everywhere. N No Confirm - When a search and replace is active, no confirmation will take place if the N option is specified. Otherwise, you will be prompted prior to each replacement. G Global - Searches the entire message rather than from the cursor position forward. Usually you will want to specify G for searches. U Ignore case - Unless the U option is specified, the search will be case sensitive. If you want to look for any case text, use the U option. B Reverse - The B option specifies searching backwards. If used without the G option, the search begins at the cursor and progresses to the beginning of the message. Used with the G option, it searched from the end to the beginning. Options When searching for text you may specify how the search is to be done. The settings from a previous search are displayed in the brackets, and may be altered with this search menu choice. They are the same choices as listed above. Replace This search choice allows you to replace each found text with different text. Enter the text you want to replace the search text. Use proper capitalization where desired. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 51 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Text Marker This Menu Bar option allows you to places markers in the text that can be used to save your place. You can SET up to 10 markers, and move to any marker quickly with the JUMP command. Markers can be flagged as visible or HIDDEN. Sub-menu choices allow control of markers, including SETTING, HIDING and JUMPING. Save Message This menu bar selection is used to save the text of your message Press ALT S as a shortcut. Abort This menu bar selection is used if you want to abort your message without saving the contents. After confirmation you will be returned to message reading and your message will not be saved. ESC performs this function as well. Editing Keys Brainstorm offers an extensive set of text editing commands, arranged by category in the list below. In each case the first line gives the name of the command, followed by the key(s) to which it is normally assigned. The second and following lines give a brief description of the command. These key assignments may have been changed by your Brainstorm supervisor, if they operate differently check with your supervisor. Cursor Movement --------------- Left [Left], [CtrlS] Cursor left one character. If the cursor is at the beginning of a line, and the WRAP AT COLUMN 1 option is in effect, it is moved to the end of the previous line. If the option is not in effect, the cursor does not move. This option is set by your Brainstorm supervisor. Right [Right], [CtrlD] Cursor right one character. Word Left [CtrlLeft], [CtrlA] Cursor left one word. If the cursor is at the beginning of a line, it is moved to the end of the previous line. WordRight [CtrlRight], [CtrlF] Cursor right one word. If the cursor is at the end of a line, it is moved to the beginning of the following line. Home [Home], [CtrlQ][S] Cursor to beginning of line. END key [End], [CtrlQ][D] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 52 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Cursor to end of line. Up [Up], [CtrlE] Cursor up one line. Down [Down], [CtrlX] Cursor down one line. Scroll Up [CtrlW] Scroll display up one line. Scroll Down [CtrlZ] Scroll display down one line. Page Up [PgUp], [CtrlR] Scroll display up one page. Page Dn [PgDn], [CtrlC] Scroll display down one page. Screen Top [CtrlHome], [CtrlQ][E] Move cursor to top of edit window. Screen Bot [CtrlEnd], [CtrlQ][X] Move cursor to bottom of edit window. Top Of File [CtrlPgUp], [CtrlQ][R] Move cursor to beginning of file. End Of File [CtrlPgDn], [CtrlQ][C] Move cursor to end of file. Jump Line [CtrlJ][L] Prompts the user for a line number, then moves the cursor to the specified line. If the line number specified is greater than the number of lines in the file, the cursor will be moved to the last line in the file. Insertion and Deletion ---------------------- Del [Del], [CtrlG] Delete character at cursor. Back [Bksp], [CtrlH], [CtrlBksp] Delete character to left of cursor. If the cursor is at the beginning of a line, the line will be joined with the previous line. Del Line [CtrlY] Delete current line. Del Eol [CtrlQ][Y] Delete from cursor to end of line. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 53 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Del Word [CtrlT] Delete word to right of cursor. If the cursor is at end of a line, the following line is joined with the current line. Select [Enter], [CtrlM] Start a new line. Insert Line [CtrlN] Insert a new line at the position of the cursor. Tab [Tab], [CtrlI] Move the cursor to the next tab stop. If insert mode is on, any text to the right of the cursor is moved to the right of the tab stop. When fixed tabs are in effect, the tab stops occur at 8-column intervals (by default). When smart tabs are in effect, the tab stops are determined by the locations of the words on the previous line; the first character in each word represents a tab stop. Ctrl Char [CtrlP] Insert control character. For example, to insert a ^G, you would enter [CtrlP][CtrlG]. Block Commands -------------- Blk Begin [F7], [CtrlK][B] Mark the beginning of a block. Blk End [F8], [CtrlK][K] Mark the end of a block. Blk Word [CtrlK][T] Mark the current word as a block. Jmp Begin [CtrlQ][B] Jump to the beginning of the currently marked block. Jmp End [CtrlQ][K] Jump to the end of the currently marked block. Blk Toggle [CtrlK][H] Toggle the display of marked blocks. Hides the block from view, but does not un-mark the block. Blk Copy [CtrlK][C] Copy the currently marked and displayed block to the position of the cursor. The block markers are placed around the new copy of the block. Blk Move [CtrlK][V] Move the currently marked and displayed block to the position of the cursor. The block markers remain around the block at ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 54 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── its new position. Blk Delete [CtrlK][Y] Delete the currently marked and displayed block. Blk Indent [CtrlK][I] Indent the currently marked and displayed block by a fixed number of spaces (defaults to 2, can be set with the Blk Indention SET command). Does nothing if the cursor is not within the block. Blk Unindent [CtrlK][U] Unindent the currently marked and displayed block by a fixed number of spaces (defaults to 2). Does nothing if the cursor is not within the block. Blk Toggle Case [CtrlO][O] Toggle the case of all characters in the currently marked and displayed block. If the cursor is not within a marked and displayed block, the case of the character at the cursor is toggled. Blk Upper Case [CtrlO][U] Convert all characters in the currently marked and displayed block to upper case. If the cursor is not within a marked and displayed block, the character at the cursor is converted to upper case. Blk Lower Case [CtrlO][V] Convert all characters in the currently marked and displayed block to lower case. If the cursor is not within a marked and displayed block, the character at the cursor is converted to lower case. Blk Read [CtrlK][R] Reads a file into the text buffer at the current position of the cursor and marks it as a block. If the entire contents of the file will not fit into the buffer, a warning will be generated and no data from the file will be read in. Blk Write [CtrlK][W] Writes the currently marked and displayed block to a file. Blk Print [CtrlK][P] Writes the currently marked and displayed block to the printer. By default, Blk Print directs output to LPT1; to select LPT2 or LPT3. Search and Replace ------------------ Search [CtrlQ][F] Allows the user to search for any string of up to 30 characters. After entering a search string, the user is ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 55 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── prompted for search options, which are handled in the same fashion as the Borland editors. Valid search options are 'B' (search Backwards), 'G' (search Globally), 'L' (search Locally, within marked block), and 'U' (ignore case). If the search string is found, the text will be highlighted until the user presses a key. Replace [CtrlQ][A] This command works the same as the Search command, except that the user is asked for a string of up to 30 characters to replace the search string with. In addition to the search options available for Search, 'N' may be used to indicate that replacements are to be made without asking for confirmation. If 'N' is not selected, the user will be asked to confirm each replacement. When confirming a replacement, the user has four alternatives: yes (make the replacement), no (don't make it), all (make this replacement and continue making replacements without asking for confirmation), and quit (stop the whole operation). Search Again [CtrlL] Repeat the last search or replace operation. The same string(s) used in the last search or replace operation will be used again, as will the previous search options. If no search operation has yet been performed, this command does nothing. Text Markers ------------ Set Mark 0..9 [CtrlK][0]..[CtrlK][3] Sets one of the ten text markers at the position of the cursor. [CtrlK][0] sets marker 0, [CtrlK][1] sets marker 1, etc. Jump Mark 0..9 [CtrlQ][0]..[CtrlQ][3] Moves the cursor to a text marker set with one of the Set Mark X commands. [CtrlQ][0] jumps to marker 0, [CtrlQ][1] jumps to marker 1, etc. Mark Toggle [CtrlK][M] Toggle the display of text markers. Previous Position [CtrlQ][P] Jump to the last cursor position before the cursor was moved to the current line. This command is especially useful following a search or replace operation. Text Formatting --------------- Reformat Paragraph [CtrlB] Reformat the current paragraph. Does nothing if word wrap is off. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 56 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reformat Global [CtrlK][G] Reformat the entire text buffer (Global reformat). Does nothing if word wrap is off. Use this command with caution! Center Line [CtrlO][C] Center the current line between column 1 and the right margin. Mode Toggles and Option Settings Ins [Ins], [CtrlV] Toggle insert mode on or off. A fat cursor indicates insert mode; a thin cursor indicates overtype mode. Indent [CtrlO][I] Toggle auto-indent mode on or off. In auto-indent mode, pressing [Enter] while in insert mode will cause the new line inserted to have the same indentation level as the previous line. Auto-indent mode also affects the way that text is formatted when word wrap occurs--the new line will have the same indentation level as the previous line--and hence the behavior of the reformatting commands Reformat Para and Reformat Global. Word Wrap [CtrlO][W] Toggle word wrap on or off. When word wrap is on, any attempt to insert or append text beyond the right margin will cause a new line to be inserted following the current line and all words that are at least partially beyond the right margin to be moved to the new line. Tab Toggle [CtrlO][F] Toggles the tab mode between smart tabs and fixed tabs. TabSize [CtrlO][T] Prompts the user for the number of columns between tab stops (1-10). Rt Margin [CtrlO][R] Prompts the user for a new right margin. Set Indent [CtrlO][B] Prompts the user for the number of spaces to indent/unindent marked blocks when the Blk Indent and Blk Unindent commands are executed. The default value is 2. Other ----- Restore [CtrlQ][L] Restore original contents of the current line. Help [F1], [ClickBoth] Help. Pressing F1 will call the help routine specific for the ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 57 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── current cursor position. Mouse Select [ClickLeft] Moves the cursor to the position indicated by the mouse. This command may also be used to scroll the edit window by clicking on a scroll bar. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 58 Section Seven Keystroke Review and Advanced Use Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Most Used Keystrokes + (plus sign) Used to read the next message, performs the same function as Alt N or clicking on the Menu Bar item NEXT. This key also can be used on the Topic Control Screen to select a topic just as the spacebar does. - (minus sign) Used to read the previous message, performs the same function as Alt P or clicking on the Menu Bar item PREV. This key also can be used on the Topic Control Screen to un-select a topic just as the spacebar does. Ins Toggles insert mode on and off in the editor. Del Deletes the character at the cursor position F1 Context-sensitive help at any time. F1 will give you help for the area of the program you are using. Clicking both mouse buttons at once is used to activate help with the mouse. The help system in Brainstorm has a comprehensive index, available with a second press of F1 or a second double-click of the mouse. Within some help screens you will find highlighted text that will provide additional help when the cursor is moved to the highlighted area using editing the TAB key. When moving from one help selection to another you can backtrack to previous screens with ALT-F1 or by clicking the word [Previous] in the help window. Alt F1 Used to backtrack to the previous 20 help topics you have viewed. When using the mouse you can click on the word [Previous] in the help window for the same function. F2 Used to display a list of users when sending an e-mail message. F6 Used to toggle between the Editor window and the Quote window when entering a reply. The double-line border indicates which window is active at any time. F7 Used to mark the beginning of a block of text. It is the equivalent of the WordStar command [Ctrl K][B]. It may be used in the editor to perform block functions, or in the Topic Control Screen to mark a block of topics for action. In the Topic Control Screen place the highlight bar on the first topic to be selected and press F7. Then move the highlight ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 60 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── bar down to the last topic to be selected and press F8 to end the block. All topics between the two markers will be selected with the triangle pointers. To unselect a marked block in the Topic Control Screen use [Ctrl K][H] F8 Used to mark the end of a block of text. It is the equivalent of the WordStar command [Ctrl K][K]. It may be used in the editor to perform block functions, or in the Topic Control Screen to mark a block of topics for action. In the Topic Control Screen place the highlight bar on the first topic to be selected and press F7. Then move the highlight bar down to the last topic to be selected and press F8 to end the block. All topics between the two markers will be selected with the triangle pointers. To unselect a marked block in the Topic Control Screen use [Ctrl K][H] F10 Used to activate the Menu Bar at the top of the screen. It functions in the Topic Control Screen, the Editor, and the Reader. When the Menu Bar is selected the unselected window changes to a single-line border. Press F10 again to return to the window, or press ESC. ESC Used to back out of most program functions. It performs the equivalent of a QUIT command if one is available on the menu.In other locations it tries to reverse the last command given. Spacebar Used to select a topic on the Topic Control Screen. It is a toggle that will select (make the triangles appear) and un-select topics for printing, reading, or other maintenance. Remember that all topics with new messages are automatically selected at the start of each Brainstorm session. [Ctrl Enter] Used to select ALL topics in the Topic Control Screen and other pick lists where multiple items may be selected. Pressing Ctrl Enter a second time un-selects all items. [Ctrl B] Used to reformat a paragraph of text to the current line margins. It is often used after joining lines together and performing block text moves. It is not needed during normal text entry with word-wrap activated. [Ctrl L] Used to repeat the last Search or Search and Replace command. (see below) [Ctrl O][W] ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 61 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Used to toggle word wrap on and off. It is convenient when inserting a block of text wider than the current margins such as a spreadsheet. [Ctrl Q][A] Used to begin a search and replace in the editor. You are prompted for text to fine and then text to replace it with. You may repeat the search/replace with Ctrl L. [Crtl Q][F] Used to begin a search (remember F for find) for text in the editor. You may repeat the search/replace with Ctrl L. [Ctrl K][R] Used to Read in a text file while editing. It performs the same operation as a block text import using the menus. It is very useful for including blocks of text or spreadsheet data from another program in your messages. [Ctrl K][W] Used to Write a block of text to a file while editing. It performs the same operation as a block text export using the menus. [Ctrl O][O] Used to toggle block text from lower care to upper and upper to lower. This command changes the case of each character to the opposite of its current condition. It is extremely useful for those occasions when you have typed with the Caps Lock key pressed inadvertently. [Ctrl W] Used to scroll the screen up one line. This is different from the up arrow since the cursor remains at its current position and the entire screen moves within the window It's very useful when the cursor is located at the bottom of the screen and you need to see one or two more lines at the top. [Ctrl Z] Used to scroll the screen down one line. This is different from the down arrow since the cursor remains at its current position and the entire screen moves within the window. It's very useful when the cursor is located at the top of the screen and you need to see one or two more lines at the bottom. ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 62 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Index "By Request" invitation Adding user names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 /? switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 /C switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 /E switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 /K switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 /M switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 /N switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15 /P switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 /R switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 /S switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 /U switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ^B reformatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ^L (search again) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 43 line mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Abort message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Active window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 29 Add topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Add user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Adding topic members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Address window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ALT key use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ALT-N key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 ALT-R key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 ALT-T (topics) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29, 39 Application Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 25 Auto logon . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Auto-indent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Auto-word wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Backward search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Batch file use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Block Case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55 Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Hide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 55 Indent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 55 Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48, 55 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Block command listing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Block end (F8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Block menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Block start (F7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Border styles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 BSID # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 BSID number Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 By Request invitation ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 63 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Adding user names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Caps Lock . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Case sensitive search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Centering lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Change case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Color detect override . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Color display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Command line Examples . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Confirm search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Control characters in text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Copyright . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Create invitation command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Cursor behavior at col. 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Cursor movement keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 DEl key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Delete joins lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Deleting messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Deleting topic members . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Disable mouse support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 DOS shell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 25 Drop to DOS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Block export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 First message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Text import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Use by "By Request" invitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Use by private invitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Editing messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Editor Keystrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Editor Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 29, 42, 48 Editor Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Editor settings User options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 EGA . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 EMS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12, 13, 25 End block (F8) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 END key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Enter invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ESC key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Examples "By Request" invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Command line switches . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 E-mail message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Private invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Public invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Sample topic invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 EXIT (TSR) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 EXIT command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 64 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Export messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Extension . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 24 F-1 key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 60 F-10 key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 F-2 key (list users) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 28 F-6 key (switch window) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 F-7 key (start block) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 F-8 key (end block) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 File Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 File import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 File listings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Find text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 First access . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Force non-color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Global reformatting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Global search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Help key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Help key (F1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Hide block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Hiding place markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 HOME key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Hot-key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 ID number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Import Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Inactive window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Indent Auto . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Depth . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Indent block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Initial topic message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Insert line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Inserting control characters . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Invitations By Request . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Joining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Starting new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Join command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Join vs. reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Joining topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Jump to marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Last message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Leave invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Line alignment . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Line auto-indent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Line centering . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Line insert . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Line joining with Del . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Line margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 65 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Line restore . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Line word wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 List user names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 List users (F2 key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Lists (smart tabs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Locate text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Logout in TSR mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Lower case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Lower case search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Main Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Applications . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Info . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Maintenance on topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Marked text Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Markers in text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Memory requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Memory resident . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Activation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Message Aborting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Block export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Clarification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Deletion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 E-mail subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Editing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Next . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Previous . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Reply . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Replying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Saving . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Summary of concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Text import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Text markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Type identification . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Messages Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 New . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Minus key (read previous) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Monochrome switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Mouse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17, 18, 29, 33 Click both . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20, 60 Disable support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Inoperative windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 66 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Reading messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Right button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Scroll bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Scroll bar arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Scroll bar slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Switch windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Name of user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Network printer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 New messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 New topic discussion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 New user . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Next message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39, 44, 45 Novell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 BSID # . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Options (menu choice) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Other (command) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Paragraph indent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Paragraph reformat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 Password . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 16 Changing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Path for temporary files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Personal mailbox . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 PgUp/PgDn keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53 Phone number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15, 24 Place markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Plus key (read next) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Pop-up option . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Previous message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 45 Print Block . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Print topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Printer Port selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Privacy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Private invitation Adding user names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Public invitation Defined . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25, 45 Quote window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Quoting text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 RAM disk use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Re-read topic table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23, 26 Reader Menu Bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 40, 44 Reading messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21, 38 Keys used . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Recipient of e-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Reformatting (^B) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Reformatting global . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Release date . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 67 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Remove topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Repeat search (^L) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Replace with search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Reply Example . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Reply vs. join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Reply window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Reply/Join . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Restore line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Reverse search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Right mouse button . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Running other programs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25 Sample invitations "By Request" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Private . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Public . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Sample topic invitation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Save . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44, 52 Save command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Screen characteristics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Scroll bar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Scroll bar arrows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Scroll bar slider . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Confirmation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Search and replace . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51, 55 Section Five Reading Messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Section Four Creating Invitations . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Section One Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Section Six Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47 Section Three Sending E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27 Section Two Operation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Security . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Selecting topics . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Send E-mail . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Send e-mail command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Set command . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Set indent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Set marker . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Settings (editor) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Smart tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Spreadsheet import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Spreadsheets Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Start block (F7) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Start new topic . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 68 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── Subject . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Summary of message concepts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Swap file path . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Swapping messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Switch case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Switch window (F6 key) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Switches Command line . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 System Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 TAB key . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 54 Tables (smart tabs) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Tabs Setting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Smart . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Technical Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Text Export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Text import . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49 Text margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Text marker options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 Toggle case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Topic Maintenance . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Removal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Topic Control Screen . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16, 21, 23, 40, 45 Topics Adding names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Descriptions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Editing messages . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Joining . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40, 44 last message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45 Member list . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Message export . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Naming . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34 Next message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Order displayed . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Permanent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Previous message . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Replies . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Replying . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Selection . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 Special types . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Starting new . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Triangle-shaped pointers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 TSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 14, 25 Exiting . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Unload . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Unerase . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57 Unindent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Unload TSR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14, 26 Upper case . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Upper case search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 69 Brainstorm User's Guide ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── User name . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13, 15, 26, 40 User names . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23 User options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24, 50 Auto-indent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Delete joins lines . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Search . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51 Smart tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Word wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Username Adding . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 Variable tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50 Version number . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 Virtual disk use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Wildcards . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49, 50 Window Active . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Length . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Switch . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Word wrap . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50, 57 WordStar . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28, 42, 48 Workstation ID . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Checking . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21 » symbol . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 ────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── 70