Maintaining Bulletin Board Messages

The Bulletin Board Maintenance helps you keep track of messages you have sent and lets you save messages you want to send later. You can also add a date and time stamp to only send messages during a specified time frame.

Note: This is new to Release 9.0. Any bulletin board messages you have prior to upgrade are saved and continue to display as scheduled.

To edit a bulletin board message:

  1. From the System > System Files menu, select Bulletin Board Maintenance.

  2. Select the message you want to edit.

  3. From the File menu, select Edit Message.

Note: You must be assigned the BB.MAINT.EDIT.ALL authorization key or be a SUPERUSER to edit other user's messages.

  1. Use the Start Date and End Date fields to define the date parameters during which the messages should display.

  2. Use the sliders on the Start Time and End Time fields to define a specific time frame within the dates during which you want the message to display.

For example, this new message will run from 5:30AM on November 17th to 5:00PM on November 21st:

  1. In the Message Group field, enter the message group to whom you want the bulletin board message to display.

  2. Use the Format tool bar to customize the message with fonts, colors, etc as you would in a word processing tool.

Hover the mouse over an icon to display the tool tip for the function, such as Bullets or Right Justify.

ClosedClick here for a full description of the button functions.

Button

Function

Cut. Highlight part or all of your message and use this button to remove it.

Copy. Highlight part or all of your message and use this button to copy it. You can then paste it in another area or to another computer program.

Paste. After cutting or copying text, use this button to paste it elsewhere.

Left Justify. Aligns the text to the left side of the window.

Center. Aligns all text with the center of the sentence or text in the center of the window.

Right Justify. Aligns the text to the right side of the window.

Indent Left. Removes a tab and moves the paragraph to the left.

Indent Right. Inserts one tab and moves the paragraph to the right.

Bullet List. Create a bulleted list. A new bullet displays with each carriage return. Consider how much vertical space you have on a bulleted list, however he bulletin board program creates a vertical scroll bar, if the message displays larger than the displayed area.

Numbered List. Create a numbered list. A new number displays with each carriage return. Consider how much vertical space you have on a numbered list, however the bulletin board program creates a vertical scroll bar, if the message displays larger than the displayed area.

Font Color. Change the color of the text in your message.

Highlight Color. Highlight text in your message.

Paragraph Style. Select a style to apply to the text, such as a Heading. This selection automatically applies a font size. The paragraph style applies until the next carriage return.

Font Style. Select the font you want to use for your message. By default, the system uses Segoe UI which matches the rest of the UI. You can select any font, as needed, to format your message.

Note:Some fonts automatically apply bold or size parameters. You cannot change these selections.

Font Point Size. Select how large you want the font to display. The size is based on the font you select. A 12 pt font in Segoe UI will not take up the same amount of space as Arial Black.

Bold text. Select any or all of your message and use this button to make the text bold.

Italic text. Select any or all of your message  and use this button to make the text italicized.

Underline. Select any or all of your message  and use this button to make the text underlined.

Strikethrough. Select any or all of your message  and use this button to strike through the current text. For example, you may use this to remind users of a discount:

Remember! Drills are reduced this week:$10.99$7.99! Sell! Sell! Sell!

Horizontal Line. Use this button to create a solid line beneath or between text.

 

 

  1. From the Message list at the bottom of the window, select a message you want to edit and send out to users.

  2. Click Save Message.