a. Click on ** Ask your Questions in Here **.

b. Click on the “New Topic”  button on the right side of the page.

c. Enter the subject of your post.

d. Type your post in the text window. Do not type your message in a WORD document first and paste it into the reply window. This distorts the text into non-editable excessive white space.

e. You may copy your message to your clipboard during the typing process or before you click 'send' to ensure it isn't inadvertantly lost before you are finished.

f. If you are attaching a file, attach it using the text window below the post text window. Make sure that your file has one of the allowed suffixes which include bmp gif, jpg, jpeg, png, txt, zip, and pdf. Please use this feature sparingly only to attach medical files (i.e., to attach an article). Moderators may delete attachments if they are not viewed often. Max. size is 20K. If the url is quite long, use a tiny url in order to limit the width of the page.

g. The Board software allows for colored texts and different fonts. This feature is supported by Microsoft’s Internet Explorer 5.5 or later. You will not be able to change fonts using Netscape. Please do not change font size characteristics or bold the text except to emphasize a brief passage. To change font color or size:

1. Place the cursor at the top left of the text window.

2. Then select the desired font size and color and begin typing. If you do anything else before you start typing, you will lose the next font settings.

3. Alternatively, you can type the message in normal font size and color and then highlight the part of the text and select the desired font size and color.

h. Please keep in mind that some of our members have vision problems which make certain text attributes difficult to impossible to read. To ensure that all of our members will be able to read your posts, please consider the following :

1. Lighter colors, such as yellow, are difficult or even impossible for some members to read. Use darker colors (black, gray, navy, blue, dark red, red, and green).

2. Instead of using all capital letters because of difficulty using the shift key, type in all lower case letters. Also, Internet etiquette suggests that typing in CAPITOLS means that you are SHOUTING.

3. Please break your message up into relatively small paragraphs for easier readability.

To Reduce the White Space

Do not add extra white space to your message because it takes up unnecessary room on the website. Single space between paragraphs seems to work best.

Check the ending to be sure message is on the last line.  Do this by pressing delete key once you have finished typing and the white space will be taken up..

a. Enter the key words for your search in the search text window to the right of the “Search” button. To get a list of posts by a specific user, check the "Search by username" box.

b. Either hit the enter key on your keyboard or click the “Search” button.

c. You will be given a list of posts which contain those words.

d. Click on the subject to be taken to that post.

e. To return to the search results list, use the “back” button on your browser.

a. Click on the “My Account” button at the top of the page

b. Click on the “Avatar” tab.

c. Slect the avatar you want to use.

a. Click on the "My account" button at the top of the page.

b. Click on the "Profile" tab

c. Fill out your information, as much as you are comfortable sharing.

d. Click "Save"

e. Click the "Home" button at the top of the page to return to the board.