The upper control area contains commands of a global nature:
and
. These are used to modify the list
of meetings you attend. Selecting one of these
items will pop up a dialog box with fields to complete.
These fields may be cryptic to the novice, but
fear not: if the current transaction is the
announcement of a new meeting, the fields will
already be filled in, and the user need only confirm
the action by pressing the 
or 
button at
the bottom of the dialog box.
The typical way to add new meetings is to enter New_Meetings
and select the transaction mode (described below). Then use the cursor
keys to move through the transactions, pressing ``Return'' to display a
meeting announcement, and then using within the
menu to approve the addition.
You will need to press update before these new meetings will appear in your list of meetings.
and 
. Selecting either of these makes the upper
window display either a list of transactions in the
current meeting or a list of meetings attended, as
appropriate. Note that while in ``transactions''
mode, you cannot move between meetings.
, 
,
and 
. causes the unread transactions
to be listed. summons up a list of all transactions in
the meeting (Warning: this can take a while!). Finally, adds the ten immediately previous transactions to the top of the
list, and is usually used for searching backwards for a recent transaction.
button at its bottom.
