1. Useful Definitions
   
2. Icons and What they do
   
3. Using the Bulletin Board

• Forum: a designated area focusing on questions and answers over a specific medical specialty
  
  
• Q&A set: a set of messages in a specific forum that begin with a question that a visitor to the Bulletin Board has posted and may include any other messages in reply to that question from Board Certified Physicians or visitors to the site.
  
  
• Archive: each forum has an archive of Q&A sets that have been posted at much earlier dates than the Q&A sets found in the current forum area.

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   this icon represents a forum or any question posted on a forum's main page.

  pressing this button will bring up a form that will allow you to post a question to the forum your are currently in.

  represents a message that a LASIK specialist has posted

  represents a message that a visitor to the Bulletin Board has posted (only take advice posted by a denoted LASIK specialist)

  allows you to reply to any message posted in a Q&A set.

  appearing under a message, allows you to e-mail whomever posted the message

  lets you jump back to the top of a Q&A set's Table of Contents

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You can start a new Q&A set by clicking on the "Post a Question" button.

You can reply to any given message by clicking on the REPLY icon directly below the message you are replying to. If you click on "Include Original Message on Reply" check box, the original message will be included in your POST REPLY form.

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