About the Message Bar in the User Interface

The message bar, located at the bottom of the Siebel application window, provides a way for administrators and managers to communicate information electronically to their direct reports and to others in the organization.

Broadcast messages appear as scrolling text across the bottom of the application window. The arrows at either end of the message bar control the direction in which the text scrolls. Messages can appear in different colors to indicate the importance of each message. Figure 4-18 shows an example of the message bar.

To fast-forward or reverse through messages, click and hold the arrow keys to the left and the right of the message bar. You can customize the behavior of the message bar in the Message Broadcasting tab in the User Preferences screen.

Figure 4-18 Example of the Message Bar

Surrounding text describes Figure 4-18 .