| 1. | To access the Community Message Boards, place your mouse over the Community tab at the top of your screen. |
| 2. | From the drop down menu, click on Community Message Boards. |
| 3. | The Community Message Board page opens. |
 
| 4. | There are Sections in the Message Boards, these Sections have Forums, the Forums are the items you are able to view and post topics message to here on the Message Board page. |
| 5. | The Read Status is indicated by light bulbs: |
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The lit (yellow) bulb indicates there are unread posts in this topic.
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The unlit (grey) bulb indicates all of the posts in this topic have been read.
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| 6. | The Forum is the subject the topics are posted under. |
| 7. | The Topics and Posts give a count of the number of Topics under a Forum and the number of Posts under that Forum. The Latest Post shows you when someone posted to this forum last. |
| 8. | When you click on a Forum, you view all of the Topics under that Forum. You also can see how many how many replies the topic has, how many times the topic was viewed, the author of the reply, and when the latest posting was. |
| 9. | In the Topic posting there are several options; you can Reply to the post, Report this Post, Quote, Edit, or Delete the post. You can only Edit and Delete posts you've created. |
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This button replies to the post you are looking at.
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This button reports the post you are looking at as inappropriate content
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This quotes the post in your reply
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This edits your post, this button is only available to posts you've created and Community Administrators
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This deletes your post, this button is only available to posts you've created and Community Administrators
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