Graphical User Interface Conventions

This section describes terminology and other conventions used when discussing the installation graphical user interface for the Installation or the Administration Console. The following table defines terms used in procedures associated with the installation or the Administration Console.

TABLE  P-3   Graphical User Interface Terminology
Term
Explanation
Example

Check box  

A yes/no or on/off control. A square box that appears highlighted and pushed in when on or pushed out when off. Usually, all check boxes in a group can be selected.  

To enable the logging of each message, click the check box.  

Radio button  

A yes/no or on/off control. A diamond or circle that appears highlighted and pushed in when on or pushed out when off. Usually, only one radio button in a group can be selected.  

You can enable the channel to ignore nonstandard encoding headers by clicking the appropriate radio button.  

Click  

Press and release a mouse button without moving the pointer.  

Click the radio button.

 

Double-click  

Click a mouse button twice quickly without moving the pointer.  

Double-click the SMTP channel name from the list of channels to bring up the SMTP property book.  




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