Information and warning messages

Information and warning messages appear in the Messages box (also known as the roll messages window) in the upper right corner of the screen. They:

• Alert you to processes occurring in the device

• Don't affect the current operation of the device

• Don't require an action from you

When there are no messages, only the window's title bar appears. When there are messages in the window, the title bar indicates the number of messages—for example, Messages (3). If there are multiple messages, you can:

• Use the expand/collapse button at the right of the window title bar to expand to the full window or to collapse to show only the title bar

  Roll window down
  Roll window up

• Use the scroll bar in the Messages window to review the list of messages

• Configure an automatic expansion when there are messages in the window and an automatic collapse when there are no messages. Do this in Tools > Preferences > Display > Auto expand roll messages.

Information and warning messages appear in the roll messages window for a short period of time and then move to the Messages History tool.

• Configure the length of time that they appear in the Messages box in the Roll Messages Timeout box in Tools > Preferences > General.  

• Review messages in the Messages History tool.

See About messages for more topics on this subject.