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Main Page > User manual > UM-2 Getting started > UM-2.1 Access the Home screen
Access the Home screen
1. Open your web browser and type in the url of the web-server hosting your ICA-AtoM application. This takes you to your application's Home screen.
2. On opening, ICA-AtoM displays the Home screen in the default language of your application. In the Language menu, the current language is always underlined.
- For switching languages, see in this manual: Switching language view.
- For changing the default language in the system settings, see in this manual: Administering ICA-AtoM.
3. On opening, ICA-AtoM provides view-only access, so that any user can right away begin searching or browsing the contents of the application, using the Search / browse box.
- For searching and browsing, see in this manual Accessing content.
4. The Home screen provides a welcome message that can be customized by the system administrator. The welcome message that ships with ICA-AtoM includes a link to the User manual wiki.
- For customizing the welcome message, see in this manual: Administer ICA-AtoM.
5. Click the Help link in the System menu to open the User manual wiki.
6. To add or edit content, you must have a user account and log in (see Log in).
- For adding and editing, see in this manual: Add / edit content.
Last revised: 28 May 2008 (ICA-AtoM v0.6).