2. ABOUT THE STARTING GUIDE
This guide covers the most commonly used features of EIES®. Once you’re finished, you should feel completely comfortable with EIES®. We recommend that before exploring on your own, you read through this guide.
In addition to the basic features covered in this manual, EIES® has a number of advanced features available. See the Advanced Features Guide for information on features not covered here. This guide is not designed as a reference manual or encyclopedia of commands, but will teach you how to use the functions of the system.. You can look up specific commands or techniques using the Table of Contents. You can also look up instructions while you are signed on. EIES® provides extensive on-line HELP for learning features not covered in this manual. The HELP section of this manual begins on page 54.
EIES® requires you to press the enter key after every command or menu choice you type. On some computers, the enter key is labeled RETURN. On EIES®, and in this guide, to indicate an enter we use the symbol: <CR>.
A control character requires you to press the control key on your keyboard with one finger (on Apple IIs and McIntoshes use the apple key or the control key if available) while pressing a letter on the keyboard with another finger. For instance, in this guide when you are asked for control character <CTRL>-S, press the control key and the letter S at the same time.
For newcomers to computers or telecommunications: If you do not already have your computer and modem set up, please read Appendix A: Setting Up Your Computer or Terminal.