A frame is an area of the AT&T FACE screen that is surrounded by a

border. Frames are used to display work you are doing. Each frame is

numbered as you open it.

Using NEXT-FRM and PREV-FRM, or CTRL-j <frame number> (press the

CTRL key and press j simultaneously then type the frame number) you

can move from one frame to another allowing you to work with or

display information for several tasks at the same time. As you open

each frame, that frame becomes the active frame. All key strokes and

the screen labeled keys apply to the active frame. You can open and

close all frames except the Office Frame.

You may change the position of all frames (except unnumbered pop-up

frames) and the size of menu and text frames, using the frm-mgmt

command.

The contents of a frame can be a menu, form, text, a choices or mark

menu, or a standard file. Navigation on each of these types of frames

is described below. The function keys that can be used vary from

frame to frame. The screen labeled function keys that can be used

will be marked with their function. Those that can not be used will

be blank. The AT&T FACE User's Guide provides details on the action of

each function key.

Menus: Menus contain lists of selectable items. You navigate from

one item to another using cursor keys (or CTRL-u to move up or CTRL-d

to move down). You can also navigate on menus by typing the first

character of a menu item and striking ENTER. If multiple items have

the same first character you can type several characters that make up

a unique string. Once the cursor is resting on the correct item, you

select it by striking ENTER.

The function keys that are available on menus (outside of the

Filecabinet) are HELP, PREV-FRM, NEXT-FRM, CANCEL, and CMD-MENU.

Alternate keys for these function keys are listed in the AT&T FACE

User's Guide. When you are working in the file folders of the

Filecabinet the following function keys will appear: HELP, COPY,

MOVE, DELETE, RENAME, CREATE, SECURITY, and CHG-KEYS.

Forms: Forms look like fill-in-the-blank questionnaires. They prompt

you for information that is required to complete a task. You

navigate on forms using arrow keys or by striking ENTER. When you have

completed the form, press the SAVE function key to SAVE the values and

continue with the task.

The function keys for forms are HELP, CHOICES, SAVE, PREV-FRM, NEXT-FRM,

CANCEL, and CMD-MENU. The CHOICES function key will display the valid

input for a field if there are any. If CHOICES does not appear on the

function key label there are no CHOICES available.

Choices Menus: Navigation on choices menus is identical to the menus

described earlier. Choices menus differ because HELP is not available,

the choices menus disappear when you navigate away from them, and when

you press ENTER the item that the cursor rests on appears on the form

field. CANCEL is the only function key available for choices menus.

Mark Menus: Mark menus are similar to choices menus, but mark menus

enable you to select one or more items as input for a form field. By

striking the MARK function key on the item, it is marked and placed on

the form field when you press ENTER. HELP is available for MARK menus

that are not associated with forms, but generally CANCEL is the only

function key that can be used.

Text Frames: Text frames, like the current frame, present information

for the user. Text frames are used for HELP messages, confirmations,

and warnings. You can not navigate on text frames. The function keys

on text frames are PREVPAGE and NEXTPAGE (if the text is too long to

fit into one frame) and CANCEL.

Standard Files: When the cursor rests on a standard file in a file

folder and you press ENTER, the default editor for your system is

invoked in a new frame. The common default editors are ed and vi.

No function keys are available for these types of frames. The rules

for navigation within the editor apply.