If more than one cable is referenced in a document, the software provides a list of these references to the user. CableXpress will support as many as seven screens simultaneously. A magnifying glass icon performs general searches from a growing data base of old cables. CableXpress allows search requests by date, geographical location, subject or cable identification number. If multiple matches are found, a chronological list is displayed.
Users can download cables to desktop hard drives or onto local area networks.
CableXpress also enables the complete construction of outgoing cables. A header of administrative information is filled in automatically for each user. This information includes author name, cable reference number, date, time and the user's approving officers. The information's security classification, any annotations and a list of additional recipients for the correspondence are added to the form manually. If the cable is a reply to a previous cable, then the subject and reference number of the earlier cable also are entered automatically.