Get Started with K2

After starting K2, the login screen is displayed.

• Check that the Login button is inactive.

• Check that both the Username and Password have a blue border displayed.

• When the Username and Password details have been added the Login button becomes active.

• When placing the cursor over Login, Cancel, and Exit the button will appear white.

• When the active button is clicked a blue border appears.

You can edit the display message by editing the Login Screen Message field in the Support Details section of System Options.

You must change your password once logged in. To change your password, navigate to Tools > Change Password.

If you have a role with the full User permission, you can also change other users' passwords. Refer to Change a user's password for further information.

A strong password is required and must contain at least three of the following:

• Upper case characters (that is: A-Z)
• Lower case characters (that is: a-z)
• Numeric characters (that is: 0-9)
• Special characters (for example: #, $, !, @ and so on)
• No sequences of three characters or more (for example: aaa, 123, abc and so on)

It must also not be a previously chosen password.

Where the password has required a change, the minimum password value has been set to 8.

If the password value is less than the minimum, the following message is displayed.

Where a password requires a change, and the password used has been compromised. The following message is displayed.

The password can also be changed from the login screen.

Click on Cancel.

The New and Confirm Password fields are displayed.

Click on Login.

The password will have changed and K2 opens successfully.

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The menus and ribbon are designed to help you to quickly find the commands needed to complete a task.

They are organised in groups. Each menu or tab in K2 relates to a specific group of modules.

You can customise the menus or ribbon in the following ways:

• Select whether to display the Standard (that is: menus) or Office 2007 (that is: ribbon) menu toolbar by selecting from the Toolbar Style drop-down in User Options (accessed by navigating to Tools > User Options).

  

• Enable or disable the Quick Access Toolbar by right-clicking on the ribbon and selecting or de-selecting the Show Quick Access Toolbar Below the Ribbon option.

  

• Minimise or maximise the ribbon by right-clicking on the ribbon and selecting or de-selecting the Minimize the Ribbon option.

  

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To exit K2, do one of the following:

• Click the close button (the x) in the upper right-hand corner of K2
• Click the K2 button and select Exit
• Double-click the K2 button (this is a standard shortcut for a Windows application)

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