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CHAPTER 7
Routing and Communications
Routing Alternatives 7-35
Another way users can route items through most transports is with the
Intelligent Assistant. In addition, applications can route items program-
matically. These two routing methods are described in more detail in the
remainder of this section.
Routing by Intelligent Assistant 7
In addition to using an Action button to send outgoing items, a user can send
items by using the Intelligent Assistant. First the user writes the name of an
action—call, fax, mail, or print—and taps the Do button in the Intelligent
Assistant’s main view. After interpreting what action to take, the Intelligent
Assistant finds out from the frontmost application which items to send. Then
the Intelligent Assistant has the system display the routing slip for the type
of action the user wants.
The Intelligent Assistant also interacts with the list picker for picking a
recipient in a routing slip. If a user writes a routing action such as “fax Bob,”
the Intelligent Assistant sets up the picker with a list of names that contain
“Bob” and have fax numbers from the Names File. Figure 7-25 shows how
this might look.
Figure 7-25 Routing with the Intelligent Assistant
Names that
match the
recipient written
in the Intelligent
Assistant
R
outing slip for
t
he action written
in
the Intelligent
A
ssistant