Managing Your Work Environment > Setting Preferences > 
Miscellaneous Preferences
 
 
 

Use these preferences to access the message history log and the Hot Key Editor.

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Message History buttonClick (or press Ctrl+Alt+F7 from anywhere in the application) to access a log of system messages at any time during the current session. If a message disappears too quickly from the message bar, you can view it from the message history log.

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(a) Message Number field  (b) Search Criteria box  

The most recent message appears as message 1 in the # column. You can re-sort most of the columns by clicking the column heading. Identical and similar messages are identified in the Repeated column. You can set the number of messages saved, refresh or clear the message history, and do specific searches.

To search the message history log:

  1. Set the search criteria. You can search by Message or Source keywords.
  2. Enter your keywords in the Argument field.
  3. Click Search.

    All instances of your search are highlighted. Use the arrow keys to scroll through the results.

Hotkey EditorClick to enter the Hot Key Editor. For information on using the Hot Key Editor, see Managing Hot Keys.