Using the REDIPlus Help File

The REDIPlus Help file is organized into the following sections:

Introduction

Provides a brief description of REDIPlus, support contact information, procedures on logging on, logging off, changing your password.

Getting Around In REDIPlus

Describes REDIPlus' interface elements and general navigation within REDIPlus, and includes Tips and Tricks topics that provide insights about how to configure/customize individual dialog boxes and monitors to fit your functional needs and preferences.

REDIPlus Dialogs and Monitors

Describes each dialog box and monitor, defining each field, drop-down list box, Toolbar button, shortcut menu item, etc., and provides step-by-step instructions on how to use the functionality in the course of your work.

Properties

Describes the various Properties tabs that enable you to customize your REDIPlus dialog boxes and monitors in both form and function.

Order Routing

Describes the order routing options available through REDIPlus, and the various order types (e.g., Market, Limit, Reserve, etc.).

Glossary

Provides a list of REDIPlus terminology and a corresponding definition.

Field Definitions

Provides a comprehensive list of Fields/Commands - and their definitions - that can be added to REDIPlus dialog boxes and monitors.

You can access the REDIPlus Help file in four ways:

Interface Elements of the REDIPlus Help File

Table of Contents

You can use the Contents tab in the left pane of the Help window to quickly navigate to the topics you want. The Contents tab is organized into books ( or ) and pages/topics ( ). Books are general subject areas that include corresponding topics. Click a book to expand and display its sub-books and topics, and then click a topic to display its content in the right pane, or click the book name to navigate to the main topic [if a link is available (green and underlined when you roll over it with your mouse)].

Index

You can use the Index tab in the left pane of the Help window to access the Help file's Index. Each topic has corresponding keywords and keyword phrases that allow you to reference it; keywords are cross-referenced with synonyms to provide multiple ways to locate information. Either type a keyword in the Type in the keyword to find: field and the first corresponding Index term will be highlighted, or scroll through the Index list to find the term you want. Click the Index term and the corresponding topic is displayed in the right pane. If the keyword is indexed in more than one topic, a shortcut menu listing the topics appears, and you can select the topic you want.

Search

You can use the Search tab in the left pane of the Help window to access Help file's Search function. Simply type the word for which you are searching in the Type in the word(s) to search for: field, and press [Enter]. A list of the Help topics that contain that word is displayed. Click a topic to display it in the right pane.

Hyperlinks

Hyperlinks are underlined, blue text, that when clicked, cause the referenced topic to appear in the right pane. Referenced topics either replace the current topic, or open in a pop-up window right inside the same window you have open. You can navigate forward from the referenced topic, or return to the previous topic by clicking [Back] (if the referenced topic replaces the topic) or clicking again (if the referenced topic opens in a pop-up window).

Shortcut Menus

Drop-down Hotspots

Many topics include drop-down hotspots, that when clicked, drop-down additional information for your review. The underlined, dark red text below is an example of a drop-down hotspot.

To add a symbol

  1. Type the symbol you want to add to the REDI Symbol List in the Enter Symbol field.

  2. Click [Add], and the symbol is added to the list box on the left.

  3. Repeat as necessary. When finished, click [Done], and the symbols we be available from all Symbol drop-down list boxes.

Because they are collapsed until you click them, drop-down hotspots provide a quick way for you to get information without having to do a lot of scrolling. You have the option of expanding only those hotspots you want to read, and an additional click will collapse them again.

Expanding Hotspots

The REDIPlus Help file includes glossary terms as expanding hotspots (in addition to the Glossary topic), so that you can access definitions on the go. The underlined, purple text below is an example of an expanding hotspot. When clicked, information is displayed in blue immediately following the text. Click the hotspot again to collapse it.

The order Type defaults to Limit An order placed with a brokerage to buy or sell at a predetermined amount of shares at a specified price or better than the specified price..

See Also buttons

See Also buttons appear in the top right corner of main topics. When clicked, a shortcut menu listing topics that are related to the topic you are currently reading appears. For example, the Order Entry Dialog Box topic's See Also button lists topics for each of the dialog box's tabs (General Tab, Advanced Tab, Special Tab, Memo Tab, Exec Instr Tab, and Scale Tab), as well as the Modifying Order Entry Defaults topic. Click a topic from the shortcut menu to display it in the right pane.

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