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- SSERC Graphics CD ROM
- 9
- ABOUT THE FRONT-END program SERCgraph
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- SERCgraph is the index manager for the first
- SSERC Graphics Collections CD-ROM.
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- Contents of this ReadMe file
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- HELP What SERCgraph does
- Search window Multi-word searches
- Keyword searches Exclusion by file type
- HELP
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- The application supports INTERACTIVE HELP,
- so the best way of using it is to run
- SERCgraph, run !Help, and point at anything
- that takes your interest.
-
- A window will appear explaining the function
- or purpose of the object, icon, window etc.
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- What SERCgraph does
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- The point of !SERCgraph is to help you find a
- file you want based on reference words. Each
- file has several words, so you just need to
- find one (or more) of them. Once a file has
- been found, you may view it in an appropriate
- program like Draw. For info on the FOUND
- window, Technical issues and the programmer
- see the ReadMe file 'FrontEnd2. Read on -->
- SEARCH window
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- When you load the program an icon appears on
- the icon bar, and a SEARCH window appears on
- screen. Clicking on the icon reopens the search
- window. Please type your choice of word, then
- press RETURN. If any files match the word, a
- list will appear in the FOUND window. This is
- described in detail in 'FrontEnd2'.
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- The directory path leading to each file will be
- searched along with the special index words.
- Therefore if you chose a word which correspond-
- ed to a directory name all files within that
- directory will be displayed.
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- If you want the SEARCH window to be bigger/
- smaller, click on the toggle size icon at the
- right hand end of the title bar.
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- This will make the window big enough to see the
- text entry box, the OK box, and a bit more.
- This could be used for keeping the window open
- while work is done in Draw, using the CD only
- when required.
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- If you require more help, click on the 'Help'
- area to load this file in to Edit or whatever.
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- Multi-Word searches
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- If you want to search for a number of words
- together (all of them used in reference to a
- single file), type in all the words separated
- by one space each. A logical AND search will be
- done on these e.g. type in 'temperature sensor'
- to find exactly that. Type in 'temperature' or
- 'sensor' by themselves to find other files
- about temperature or other sensors.
- Keyword searches
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- If you know the beginning of a word but not the
- end, or the end but not the beginning, type
- what you know and then put a star (*) for the
- unknown bit. This means 'anything'. A search
- will be done to show you all the words which
- start like that. You can then click on one, and
- do a proper file search with that word.
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- Exclusion by file type
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- If you do not wish to search for certain file
- types, you may excluded them by clicking on the
- large file icons in the search window. Thus if
- you only want DXF files, you may turn off
- Drawfiles, Sprites, Applications and Data
- files. If you then click OK, it will search for
- files matching the words, whose type is as you
- have selected (now see FrontEnd2 for more info)
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