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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.
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