Copyright: Copyright © 1998-99 Copernic Technologies Inc.


Copernic Help Contents

· Introducing Copernic

· Copernic License Agreement

· How to Search Using Copernic

Creating a New Search

Modifying a Search

Starting a Search

Search Progress Window

Validating Documents

Downloading Documents

Refining a Search

Finding Words in Results

· Browsing Search Results

Search Result Page

Search Result Toolbar

Result Explorer Window

· Exporting Search Results

· Mailing Search Results

· Main Screen Overview

Menu Overview

Toolbar Overview

Main Window

· Folder Management

· Customizing Copernic

Categories Window

Options Window

Format Views Window

Field Chooser Window

· Technical Specifications

· Acknowledgements


Introducing Copernic

Copernic 99 is an intelligent agent that carries out your net-searches by simultaneously consulting the most important search engines of the Internet which are grouped under categories such as The Web, Newsgroups and E-mail Addresses. It features a history of your searches, making sure that the precious information found on the Internet is always organized and handy. Copernic 99 is FREE and offers only three categories. The commercial version Copernic 99 Plus, on the other hand, includes 21 categories, giving you access to some 125 search engines and specific directories. Additional categories in Copernic 99 Plus are: Buy Books, Business & Finance, Games, Health, Kids, Life, Movies, Music, Newspapers, Newswire, Recipes, Sciences, Software Download, Sport News, Tech News, Tech Reviews, Top News and Travel.

You will find what you want more easily and faster with Copernic 99 and its intelligent features:

•	search wizard to ease search creation

•	found documents are scored and displayed according to their relevancy

•	highlighting of keywords in results

•	duplicate matches are automatically removed

•	invalid and unreachable document links may be eliminated

•	matching documents may be downloaded for offline browsing

•	searches may be refined from downloaded documents by using logical operators (AND, OR, EXCEPT)

•	search reports may be generated in Web page format for easy browsing, filtering and sorting of documents

•	searches may be updated, grouped into folders, etc.

•	search reports may be exported or e-mailed in various file types

•	full Internet Explorer 4.0 (or later) integration: an ergonomically designed Result Explorer window can be used to browse, filter and sort found documents easier and faster; the default Internet Explorer search window can be replaced by Copernic (4.x versions only); Copernic can be launched from the Quick Launch toolbar

See also: Technical Specifications.


Copernic License Agreement

LICENSE TERMS FOR COPERNIC 99 AND COPERNIC 99 PLUS

Please read this License Agreement before using this software. By using this software, you are agreeing to be bound by the terms of this License. If you do not agree to these terms, promptly cease all further installation or use of the software. It is agreed that certain restrictions under this License only apply to Copernic 99 software or, as the case may be, to Copernic 99 Plus software.

DEFINITIONS

In this Agreement, "ATC" means Copernic Technologies Inc.; "LICENSEE" means you, the licensee of the software; "SOFTWARE" means the Copernic 99 or Copernic 99 Plus software, depending on the product type purchased or used by the LICENSEE, as the case may be, being understood that Copernic 99 software is offered free of charge and Copernic 99 Plus is a commercial product, including any technology and utility software licensed by ATC from the developers and owners thereof to ATC, together with all accompanying documentation; "SEARCH ENGINE" means the searching tools available over the Internet.

LICENSE

In consideration of your undertaking to comply with the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, ATC grants you, LICENSEE, a non-exclusive license to use the Software and to view the documentation on a single computer system. It is also agreed that the License granted to the LICENSEE pertaining to Copernic 99 Plus is non-transferable. LICENSEE may not use the Software on a network server or on more than one computer terminal at the same time. This Agreement does not grant LICENSEE any rights to patents, copyrights, trade secrets, trade names, trade marks (whether registered or unregistered), or any other rights, functions or licenses in respect of the Software.

COPYRIGHT AND RESTRICTIONS ON USE

The Software contains copyrighted material and, in its human readable form, it contains trade secrets and proprietary information owned by or licensed to ATC. Title to and ownership of the Software and the documentation that accompanies the Software and all intellectual property rights in the Software and said documentation are and shall remain the sole property of ATC and/or its licensors.

LICENSEE may not de-compile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce it to human readable form. LICENSEE may not modify, rent, lease, loan the Software or distribute copies of it. LICENSEE may not electronically transfer the Software over a network, a telephone circuit or the Internet. These restrictions related to the distribution and electronic transfer of the Software do not apply to the Copernic 99 software. LICENSEE may not create derivative software based upon any trade secret or proprietary information of ATC and/or its licensors. LICENSEE may not sub-license, assign or transfer this License. LICENSEE may not copy the printed information in the package. LICENSEE may not adapt or use any trademark or trade name which is likely to be similar to or confusing with that of ATC or any of its licensors or take any other action which impairs or reduces the trademark rights of ATC or of its licensors.

LICENSEE may make one copy of the Software for backup or archival purposes, provided that LICENSEE duplicates the copyright notice and other identifying information on the disk's label and affix such notice to the backup copy. LICENSEE may print a copy of the documentation from the disk only for LICENSEE's use for the sole purpose of operating the Software.

LICENSEE further acknowledges that this License is not a sale or an assignment of ATC and/or its licensors' intellectual property rights in the Software and the accompanying documentation and that ATC and its licensors continue to own title to the Software and copyright to the printed information.

SPECIAL DISTRIBUTION RIGHTS RELATED TO COPERNIC 99

The Copernic 99 Software may be freely distributed, provided that:

1. Such distribution included only the original archive supplied by ATC. You may not alter, delete or add any files in the distribution archive.

2. The distribution does not include a registration number. In particular, you may not distribute a registered piece of software.

3. No money is charged to the person receiving the Copernic 99 Software, beyond reasonable cost of packaging and other overhead.

NO WARRANTY

ATC does not warrant, guarantee or make any representations that the functions contained in the Software will meet LICENSEE's requirements or that the operation of the Software will be uninterrupted or error-free. Any other Software and any hardware furnished with or accompanying the Software is not warranted by ATC.

LIMITATION OF LIABILITY

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTIBILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, OR OF ANY OTHER TYPE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AND TO ANY REMEDY AGAINST ATC AND/OR ITS LICENSORS, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, TORT, DELICT, QUASI-DELICT OR OTHERWISE. SOME JURISDICTION DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF CERTAIN IMPLIED WARRANTIES SO THE PRECEDING EXCLUSIONS MAY NOT APPLY.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY APPLICABLE LAW, IN NO EVENT WILL ATC AND/OR OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY SPECIAL, CONSEQUENTIAL, INCIDENTAL OR DIRECT OR INDIRECT DAMAGES (INCLUDING WITHOUT LIMITATION LOSS OF PROFIT) ARISING OUT OF LICENSEE'S USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE SOFTWARE OR PRINTED INFORMATION ACCOMPANYING IT, WHETHER OR NOT ATC AND/OR ANY OF ITS LICENSORS HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH LOSS, HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY. THIS EXCLUSION INCLUDES ANY LIABILITY THAT MAY ARISE OUT OF THIRD-PARTY CLAIMS AGAINST LICENSEE. THESE LIMITATIONS SHALL APPLY NOTWITHSTANDING ANY FAILURE OF ESSENTIAL PURPOSE OF ANY LIMITED REMEDY.

TO THE MAXIMUM EXTENT PERMITTED BY LAW, IN NO EVENT SHALL ATC AND/OR OR ITS LICENSORS BE LIABLE TO THE CONTINUED AVAILABILITY OF SEARCH ENGINES OR CATEGORIES INCLUDED IN THE SOFTWARE OR UTILIZED BY IT. ATC AND/OR ITS LICENSORS MAKES NO WARRANTY WITH RESPECT TO THE ACCURACY, CORRECTNESS, TIMELINESS OR SUITABILITY OF THE CONTENT OF ANY SERVICE OR INFORMATION PROVIDED BY ANY SEARCH ENGINE OR DIRECTORY, AND TAKES NO RESPONSABILITY THEREFORE.

EXPORT LAW ASSURANCES

LICENSEE agrees that the Software and other technical information, both printed and verbal, received from ATC will not be exported outside of the United States except as permitted by the laws and regulations of the United States. If LICENSEE rightfully obtain the Software and accompanying information outside of the United States, LICENSEE agrees not to re-export the Software and information except as permitted by the laws and regulations of the United States and the jurisdiction in which LICENSEE obtained the Software.

US GOVERNMENT USE

Use, duplication or disclosure of the Software by the U.S. Government is subject to "Restricted Rights", as that term is defined in the Department of Defense ("DOD") Supplement to the Federal Acquisition Regulations ("DFARS") in paragraph 252.227-7013(c)(1)(ii) if to the DOD, or, if the Software and/or accompanying information is supplied to any unit or agency of the U.S. Government other than DOD, the Government's rights in the Software and/or accompanying information shall be as defined in subparagraphs (c)(1) or (c)(2) of FAR 52.227-19, Commercial Computer software -Restricted Rights; or FAR 52.227-14, Rights in General Data Alternative III, as applicable.

TERMINATION

This License shall remain in full force and effect unless and until terminated. This License will terminate immediately, automatically and without notice if LICENSEE fails to comply with any provision of this Agreement. Upon termination, LICENSEE must stop using the Software, erase or destroy all copies of the Software, and destroy all printed information provided with the Software.

ENTIRE AGREEMENT

This agreement constitutes the entire agreement between you and ATC and supersedes any other prior agreements or communications regarding the Software. If any provision of this agreement is held invalid, the remainder of this agreement shall continue in effect.

WAIVER

The failure by ATC or any of its licensors to enforce at any time any of the provisions of this agreement, to exercise any election or option provided herein, or to require at any time the performance by you of any of the provisions herein will not in any way be construed as a waiver of such provisions.

LANGUAGE OF AGREEMENT

LICENSEE agrees that this agreement be drafted in the English language. Le licencié accepte que la présente convention soit rédigée en anglais.

GOVERNING LAW

This Agreement shall be governed and be construed in accordance with the laws of the Province of Quebec and the laws of Canada applicable therein.

Copyright (C) Copernic Technologies Inc., 1997-99

Copernic Technologies Inc.

2014, Jean-Talon Nord, suite 300

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How to Search Using Copernic

· Creating a New Search

· Modifying a Search

· Starting a Search

· Search Progress Window

· Validating Documents

· Downloading Documents

· Refining a Search

· Finding Words in Results


Creating a New Search

This function is used to set the search query, the category and search parameters. The program features a wizard and a classic mode to create a new search. Clicking on the bottom left icon of the New Search window allows you to switch from one mode to the other.

In classic mode, the New Search window allows to create a search with two tabs.

Query tab

Select the most appropriate category for your search. All categories are available with Copernic 99 Plus, and only three are available with the free Copernic 99. The Properties button of this window opens the Category Properties window.

Specify the significant keywords to search for. Each word must be separated by a space.

Select one of the three choices offered:

•	search for all words: returns will include every keyword entered (and)

•	search for any word: returns will include at least one keyword (or)

•	search for exact phrase: returns will include the exact phrase entered ("...")

Possible modes of entry of search keywords are:

•	one word or a simple sequence of words (e.g.: sport health benefits)

•	a sequence of words in quotation marks (e.g.: "Albert Einstein")

•	a combination of the first two options (e.g.: "Albert Einstein" relativity)

The combination of significant words help to narrow the search of documents. Please note that logical operators (AND, OR) are only available with the Refine function (see Refining a Search).

Details tab

This tab allows you to modify the default search scheme. Each scheme sets the maximum number of matching documents to retain respectively for each engine and for the entire search. Four schemes are available: Quick search (10/100), Normal search (20/200), Detailed search (30/300) and Custom (user defined). You may set the Custom scheme to a maximum of 300 results per engine and a maximum of 1000 results for the entire search.

You can also use the Notes field to write a comment.

To modify the default search scheme of the selected category, or for all categories, click the Defaults button (see Categories Window).

In most cases, you should obtain enough results using the default choices. In the case of an exhaustive search, it is advisable to obtain a maximum number of results before using the Validate Documents and Refine Search functions. However, you should remember that the search will take longer and that the amount of space required on the hard disk will be greater.

Updating of engines and software update checking are processed automatically by the software. The engine updating may, for instance, add engines or categories, and modify or remove engines.

See also: Starting a Search, Modifying a Search, Refining a Search.


Modifying a Search

This function is used to change the parameters of an existing search.

See also: Creating a New Search, Starting a Search, Refining a Search.


Starting a Search

This function starts searching for an existing search.

See also: Search Progress Window, Creating a New Search, Modifying a Search, Refining a Search.


Validating Documents

This function identifies documents that cannot be reached, either because their address is invalid or because the connection could not be established within the time limit set. This validation can be carried out on all the results of a search or on selected results only.

See also: Downloading Documents, Refining a Search.


Downloading Documents

This function downloads found documents to disk for offline browsing. This function can be applied to all the results of a search or to selected results only.

See also: Validating Documents, Refining a Search.


Refining a Search

This function allows you to refine downloaded documents by using logical operators with keywords of a refine query. This can be done on all results of a search or to selected results only.

The refine must be performed with logical operators placed between the keywords of a search.

Query formulation

Specify the significant keywords to search for. Here are some possible modes of entry of a search query:

•	one word (e.g.: sport)

•	a simple sequence of words (e.g.: sport AND health AND benefits, sport AND health OR benefits, sport AND health EXCEPT boxing)

•	a sequence of words in quotation marks (e.g.: "Albert Einstein")

•	a combination of the two preceding options (e.g.: "Albert Einstein" AND relativity OR mathematics, "Albert Einstein" OR "Marie Curie")

The combination of significant words should help to narrow the search for documents.

Some guidelines about logical operators (the use of capital letters is only for better clarity)

AND: For a more specific query, use this logical operator. It limits results to those documents that contain all of the search terms in your query. For instance, using these search queries: sport AND health AND benefits, the search query should retrieve only those documents containing all three words in the same document.

OR: This operator may be useful for the first phases of a search, when you are not exactly sure what information is available on your topic or what words are used to categorize it. When used between two words, the OR operator instructs the search tool to retrieve any document containing either of the words. This logical operator returns the most found documents. Indeed, search queries containing OR are very broad and may often return documents that are not relevant.

EXCEPT (AND NOT): This operator is used to ignore documents containing a particular word or combination of words from your search results. For instance, if you are performing a search on "sport" and "health", you may wish to exclude documents dealing with "boxing". To make this exclusion, you could construct your search query as: sport AND health EXCEPT boxing. This search would identify all documents containing the words "sport" and "health" except for those that also contain the word "boxing" as illustrated below.

OR NOT: The use of these two combined operators is to include in results any documents else than those referred to a particular word or combination of words in your search results. For instance, if you are performing a search on "sport" and "health", you might wish to consider also all other documents not dealing with "boxing". This search would return all documents containing the words "sport" and "health" plus any others which do not contain the word "boxing" as illustrated below. For instance, if you are performing a search as: sport AND health OR NOT boxing, the search would consider all documents containing the words "sport" and "health" and all other documents which do not contain the word "boxing".

By browsing through your result list, you may determine whether or not your query is returning relevant documents. Then, you may construct a search query using the logical operators OR, AND, EXCEPT and OR NOT to improve its results.

If you are sure that a certain phrase exists on the page you are looking for, you may put the phrase in quotes. For example, you may write the title of a song, as this one from Elvis Presley: "Love me Tender".

Summary

AND: Finds only documents containing all of the specified words or phrases.

OR: Finds documents containing at least one of the specified words or phrases. The found documents could contain all, but do not have to.

EXCEPT (AND NOT): Excludes documents containing the specified word or phrase. You may write AND NOT instead of EXCEPT.

OR NOT: Includes all other documents than those referred to a particular word or combination of words.

Advanced refining

Users wishing to refine with a sophisticated search query may consider these examples which are presented only as illustration:

Example 1: (sport and health) or "physical education" or "web surfing"

Example 2: not ((sport or health) and "physical education" and not "web surfing")

Example 3: (sport and health and "physical education") except "web surfing"

See also: Validating Documents, Downloading Documents.


Finding Words in Results

This option allows you to search for text in the title, description and address of found documents.


Browsing Search Results

· Search Result Page

· Search Result Toolbar

· Result Explorer Window


Search Result Page

This page allows you to browse search results. Displaying a search report in Web page format also allows you to benefit from the full potential of the browser, including printing results and the Copy and Paste functions.

The report heading identifies the keywords of a search, its category, the date of the search or of its last update, the number of documents found and the order in which the documents are sorted.

Search results are displayed as follows for each document:

•	The first line indicates the number assigned to the document according to the order in which it is displayed on screen, the document title and its relevancy score (numerically and graphically displayed). Note that a document may be assigned a different number for each type of sorting.

•	The other lines contain the document summary, pertinent search engines and document addresses. In order to distinguish possible address types, the address of a document on disk is followed by a symbol representing a page with a floppy disk inside.

Search keywords are highlighted in titles, addresses and summaries.

See also: Search Result Toolbar.


Search Result Toolbar

This toolbar appears in the bottom right corner of the screen when using the Browse Results function in classic search result toolbar mode.

The browsing functions may be applied to all the results of a search or to a specific type of results (new documents, downloaded document, refined document, checkmarked documents, all documents). You may also enable or disable the display of unreachable documents.

This toolbar features:

•	A drop-down list to scroll document titles where search keywords are highlighted

•	4 navigation buttons

•	go to the first document

•	go to the previous document

•	go to the next document

•	go to the last document

•	A sort key selector

•	rank: rank attributed to a document in terms of its degree of interest

•	title: title of the document

•	address: document address

•	date: date of the search or last update

•	 A sort order selector

•	display the documents in ascending order based on the selected sort key

•	display the documents in descending order based on the selected sort key

See also: Search Result Page.


Main Screen Overview

· Menu Overview

· Toolbar Overview

· Main Window


Toolbar Overview

The main screen shows two toolbars which can be hidden or moved for more convenience. Text labels can also be hidden.

Standard Toolbar

The group of buttons in this toolbar gives you quick access to the most frequently used commands.

The buttons are:

· New: Create a new search

· Modify: Modify an existing search

· Search: Submit the selected search to the selected category

· Validate: Check if found documents are reachable

· Download: Download found documents for offline browsing

· Refine: Perform a sub-search on the local copy of found documents after having downloaded them (if not already done) (see Refining a Search)

· Stop: Stop the current operation

· Browse: Open the Search Result Page for the selected search and the Search Result Toolbar or, as the case may be, the integrated Result Explorer Window only

· Send: Send the selected search by e-mail (see Mailing Search Results)

Advanced Toolbar

This toolbar allows you to manage your folders and to customize the presentation of results on screen.

· Folder: This drop-down list allows you to select the search folder to be opened (see Folder Management).

· Result buttons: The three buttons allow you to customize the presentation of results in the main window

Summary: Show or hide the found document summaries

Highlight: Deactivate or activate the highlighting of search keywords in result lists and downloaded documents

Zoom: Enlarge or narrow the result preview pane by hiding or displaying the search list

See also: Menu Overview.


Main Window

List of searches

This section of the main window displays the general information associated with each search of the folder currently open. The elements include the keywords to search for, the date of the search or its last update, the number of matches obtained during the search and the selected category. You can hide any column by dragging it out of the headers. By selecting "View/Field Chooser" in the main menu (see Field Chooser Window), you may hide or add columns such as:

•	Flag State: sign to identify interesting searches

•	Mode: search mode ("Exact Phrase", "All Words", etc.)

•	Scheme: search scheme (Quick, Normal, Detailed, Custom)

•	Created: search creation date

•	Notes: user comments

It is possible to sort by column in ascending or descending order, to move the columns and to adjust their width. A triangle appears on the sort column and the direction in which it is pointed indicates the ascending or descending order of the searches. If you right-click when selecting a column header, some additional commands are available: "Best Fit" automatically adjusts the column width; "Remove this Column" hides the column.

List of results

You can hide any column by dragging it out of the headers. Also, by selecting "View/Field Chooser" in the main menu, you may hide columns or add these ones:

•	Visited: last online consultation date of a document

•	Local Page: disk file path of a downloaded document

Summary: A summary is available for each found document. You can deactivate or reactivate the summary view by selecting "View/Results/Summary" in the main menu or by clicking the "Summary" button. The default sets may be also modified (see Format Views Window).

You can display a special window which will show you all the properties of a specific document. To do so, select a document and use the function "File/Properties" from the main menu. This function can be also used by clicking the right button of your mouse.

You can deactivate or reactivate the highlighting of search keywords in results by selecting "View/Results/Highlight" in the main menu or by clicking the Highlight button.

It is also possible to sort by column in ascending or descending order, to move the columns and to adjust their width. A triangle appears in the sort column and the direction in which it is pointed indicates the ascending or descending order of the results. If you right-click when pointing a column header, some additional commands are available: "Best Fit" automatically adjusts the column width; "Remove this Column" hides the selected column.

Category bar

This bar displays category shortcuts. Using ascending or descending arrows allows scrolling of categories. Clicking a category opens the New Search window (wizard or classic mode - see Creating a New Search).

This bar may be customized (Copernic 99 Plus only) by adding, removing, moving up or moving down categories. To do so you have to select View/Options/Categories/Category Bar in the main menu and click the Settings button. You can also right-click into the category bar and select Customize Shortcuts.

Right-clicking also allows to modify the icons display, remove shortcuts or hide the category bar.

Updating of engines and the software update checking are processed automatically by the software. The engine updating may, for instance, add engines or categories and modify or remove engines.


Menu Overview

There are seven sections of menu commands:

· File

Open: Open the selected document in the last active browser window

Open in New Window: Open the selected document in a new browser window

Folder: Contains commands for managing folders (see Folder Management)

Create...: Create a new folder

Delete: Delete an existing folder

Rename: Rename an existing folder

Compact All: Compact all search folders

Properties: Display the properties of the selected document

Send: Send the selected search or results by e-mail (see Mailing Search Results)

HTML Report by E-mail: Send the selected HTML report by e-mail

Text Report by E-mail: Send the selected text report by e-mail

Result by E-mail: Send the selected result by e-mail

Export: Save the selected search on disk (HTML File, Text File, Extended Markup Language File (XML), Comma Separated File or dBASE File - see Exporting Search Results)

Exit: Close the window

· Edit

Copy Address: Copy the addresses of the selected documents to the clipboard

Delete: Delete the selected items (searches or documents)

Select All: Select all items (searches or documents)

Invert Selection: Invert item selection (searches or documents)

Find in Results: Search for text in the search results (see Finding Words in Results)

Find Next: Continue the search

· View

Toolbars: Show or hide the selected toolbar (Standard or Advanced) or text labels (see Toolbar Overview)

Status Bar: Show or hide the status bar

Category Bar: Show or hide the category bar

Results: Contains commands to customize the display of results

Summary: Show or hide the found document summaries

Highlight: Deactivate or activate the highlighting of search keywords in result lists and downloaded documents

Zoom: Enlarge or narrow the result preview pane by hiding or displaying the search list

Preview Pane: Contains commands for changing the preview pane

Split Horizontally: Tile the preview pane and list horizontally

Split Vertically: Tile the preview pane and list vertically

Field Chooser: Show or hide columns for viewing searches and results

Format Views: Customize views appearance

Sort Searches By: Sort searches by various fields (Keywords, Last Update, Matches, Category)

Sort Results By: Sort results by various fields (State, Checkmark, Title, Address, Score, Hit Count, Date Found, Engines/Found By)

Categories...: Display information about available categories and their content (see Categories Window)

Options...: Display configuration settings (see Options Window)

· Search

New: Create a new search (see Creating a New Search)

Modify: Change the properties of the selected search (see Modifying a Search)

Update Search: Submit the selected search to the search engines of the selected category (see Starting a Search)

Stop: Stop the current operation

Move To: Move selected searches to another folder (see Folder Management)

Copy To: Copy selected searches to another folder (see Folder Management)

· Results

Browse: Open the Search Result Page for the selected search and the Search Result Toolbar or, as the case may be, the integrated Result Explorer Window only (see Browsing Search Results)

Validate: Check if found documents are reachable (see Validating Documents)

Download: Download found documents for offline browsing (see Downloading Documents)

Refine: Perform a sub-search on the local copy of found documents after having downloaded them (if not already done) (see Refining a Search)

· Window

Search Progress: View the Search Progress Window of the last search operation

Validate Progress: View the Validate Progress Window of the last search operation

Download Progress: View the Download Progress Window of the last search operation

Search Results: View the Search Result Toolbar

Legend: View the Legend Window which gives the significance of the different icons appearing for each found document shown on the Main Window, including colors and bold fonts (see Main Window)

· Help

Help Topics: Display Copernic help topics

Check Updates Now: Check for engine and software updates. This operation starts the engine updating process and software update checking. If a software update is available, a new Update Available button will appear at the extreme right side of the main screen toolbar.

Configuration Wizard: Start the Configuration Wizard

Copernic Home Page: Open Copernic home page

Add More Engines: Open the additional search engine page

About Copernic: Display information about Copernic version and copyrights

See also: Toolbar Overview.


Folder Management

This function allows you to classify searches in categories to facilitate the tracing and management of documents.

The Create, Delete and Rename functions are accessible from the File/Folder section of the main menu.

You may also copy or move searches from one folder to another via the functions Copy to or Move to, found in the Search section of the main menu.


Customizing Copernic

· Categories Window

· Options Window

· Format Views Window


Categories Window

The Categories window can be opened by selecting "View/Categories" from the main menu or clicking the Settings button of the Categories/Engines section after having selected "View/Options/Categories tab" in the main menu. This window shows all available categories. To see the properties of a particular category click the Properties button when a category is selected. This will open the Category Properties window.

The Category Properties window has two tabs.

The Search tab shows the category description and the list of its available engines (search engines). The two buttons "List" and "Details" allow you to see only the list or to see details for each listed search engine such as supported Boolean operators and search functions. By clicking a listed search engine you will command the opening of a new window where the same details are displayed. This window features the two buttons "Authorization" (if applicable) and "Visit Home Page". You may also deactivate or reactivate default engines by clicking the corresponding checkbox.

The Details tab allows you to modify the default search scheme. Each scheme sets the maximum number of matching documents to retain respectively for each engine and for the entire search. Four schemes are available: Quick search (10/100), Normal search (20/200), Detailed search (30/300) and Custom (user defined). You may set the Custom scheme to a maximum of 300 results per engine and a maximum total of 1000 results (see Creating a New Search).

Updating of engines and the software update checking are processed automatically by the software. The engine updating may, for instance, add engines or categories and modify or remove engines.


Options Window

This window allows you to change configuration settings with five tabs.

General tab

•	Visual settings

The first option of this section allows you to display or not text labels on toolbar buttons.

The second option allows you to make document scores display as a graphic bar or as a text percentage.

The third option allows you to make the contextual advertisement banner appear or not when searching (Copernic 99 Plus only).

The Reset Columns button allows restoring the default column settings (width and order).

•	Prompts

This section allows enabling or disabling prompts or confirmations when clicking on the Settings button. These choices may be made by checking the following prompt boxes:

Ask to browse results following search completion.

Confirm before stopping an operation.

Confirm before deleting searches or results.

Show message when unreachable documents are removed.

Show warning when engines do not support the selected search mode.

Show warning if no Internet connection is detected.

Show report after engine updates

Connection tab

•	Settings

This section allows you to change the number of simultaneous transfers, the delay for the search timeout and the maximum size of files to download.

•	Proxies

This section allows you to indicate if you are connected through a proxy server (HTTP or Socks) and to enter its settings (address and port). It also allows, if needed, to enter the parameters related to the use of a proxy authorization procedure (user name, password).

Categories tab

•	Categories / Engines

By clicking the Settings button, this section of the Categories tab also gives access to the Categories window which allows you to view the categories and their properties and modify the default settings. See Categories Window for more information about the window description.

•	Engine packages

This section allows you to display the list of all the search engine packages you have installed and those included in the software. It is also possible to modify their settings.

•	Category bar

The Category Bar Properties window allows you to move engines set between the Category bar shortcuts and Available Categories sections, though you can customize the category bar of the main window. Shortcuts may be added, removed and moved up or down.

Internet Explorer tab (requires Internet Explorer 4.0 or later)

•	Search results

This section allows you to choose between the Result Explorer or the classic Search Result Toolbar to browse found documents.

•	Integration mode

This section allows you to change the tight integration features to Internet Explorer and Active Desktop. By clicking on the Settings button you may choose between the complete or the custom use of web-search enhancements. These two components may be added or removed individually by clicking the appropriate check box:

1.	Replace Internet Explorer's search bar: this component allows you to use Copernic when clicking the Search button of Internet Explorer's toolbar (versions 4.x only)

2.	Create a shortcut to Copernic on the Quick Launch toolbar: this component allows you to create a shortcut on the Quick Launch toolbar.

Advanced tab

•	Timeouts

This section allows you to make the default search timeout delay applied to all operations or to indicate specific timeout delays for the validate and download operations.

•	Files

This section allows you to indicate if searches should be automatically deleted after a specified number of days and to clear downloaded files on demand.


Technical Specifications

Searches

•	The best Internet search engines and directories are grouped under categories such as The Web, Newsgroups, E-mail Addresses, Buy Books, Business & Finance, Games, Health, Kids, Life, Movies, Music, Newspapers, Newswire, Recipes, Sciences, Software Download, Sport News, Tech News, Tech Reviews, Top News and Travel. Copernic 99 is FREE and offers only the first three categories already mentioned. The commercial version Copernic 99 Plus, on the other hand, includes 21 categories, giving you access to some 125 search engines and specific directories.

•	Possibility of choosing among multiple categories with specialized search engines to handle queries

•	Possibility of adding search engines and categories from the Copernic Web site and automatically installing them in your system

•	Search wizard to ease search creation

•	Duplicate command to copy the parameters of an existing search into a new search

•	Category bar displaying available search categories (customizable in Copernic 99 Plus)

•	Possibility of disabling the default engines and customizing the default search schemes in each category

•	Maximum number of results per engine: 300

•	Maximum number of results per query: 1000

•	Possibility of creating folders for the searches

•	Possibility of copying and moving searches from one folder to the other

•	Search reports may be exported in various file types (HTML, Text, XML, Comma Separated, dBASE)

•	Search reports and results may be e-mailed in HTML or in text

•	Search and result history available (the elements are displayed in two windows: one for the queries and one for detailed results)

•	No maximum number of queries in the history (limited only by the disk space available and the computer's capabilities)

•	Supports logical searches and quotes (AND / OR, for all search keywords)

•	Possibility of updating the results of a search (new documents highlighted)

•	Possibility of modifying query parameters at any time

•	Replacement of Internet Explorer's search bar by a component allowing the use of Copernic when clicking the Search button of Internet Explorer's toolbar (versions 4.x only)**

Results

•	Found documents are scored and displayed according to their relevancy

•	Automatic elimination of duplicate documents

•	Extensive information concerning each document displayed on screen: state (reachable, unreachable, new, refined, downloaded, visited, skipped), title, summary, address, score, hit count, date found, found by

•	Progressive display of the results obtained during the search

•	Possibility of searching for text in the results showed on screen

•	Highlighting of keywords in titles, addresses and summaries of found documents within the main window and the HTML result page

•	Highlighting of keywords in downloaded documents

•	Zoom mode in the main window to enlarge the results view

•	Possibility of deleting results

•	Possibility, upon request, to point or delete unreachable documents (overall documents or a selection of desired documents)

•	Possibility to refine searches from downloaded pages (overall results or a selection of desired results, supports logical searches (AND, OR, EXCEPT) and phrase

•	Documents may be downloaded on request for offline browsing (overall results or a selection of desired documents)

•	Possibility of consulting a document during a search

•	Production of a search report in Web page format

•	Possibility of sorting the report presented in Web page format (by score, title, address or date)

•	Availability of a quick selector to facilitate navigation and consultation of the results using the browser (directional arrows, pull-down menu to select the documents, shortcut to the page containing the results, sort key selector for the report)

•	Extensive use of icons, fonts* and colors* to easily pinpoint documents

•	An ergonomically designed Result Explorer window allows the user to browse, filter and sort found documents, instead of using the classic search result toolbar**

Configuration

•	All search engines of a category may be contacted simultaneously (up to 32, speed is mainly limited by the computer's capabilities and the Internet connection)

•	Possibility of customizing search schemes (quick, normal, detailed, custom) by search and category in order to choose the maximum numbers of results to retrieve per engine and for the entire search

•	Possibility of customizing the presentation of searches (multiple sorting by column in ascending or descending order, column shift*, hiding, adding and resizing columns)

•	Possibility of hiding, adding and moving columns in the main window

•	Connection management options available: number of simultaneous connections, number of attempts, time-out delays

•	Support of all Internet connection modes, including HTTP or Socks proxy servers (imports configuration from browser, manages the authorization procedure for proxies)

•	Possibility of changing multiple configuration settings (visual settings, prompts, Internet Explorer ActiveX components and files managing facilities)

•	Customizable toolbar locations in the main window and Result Explorer

•	Search result preview pane may be presented horizontally or vertically

•	Search results may be customized (multiple sorting by column, in ascending or descending order, column shift* and resizing)

•	Up to thirty two pages may be validated simultaneously (speed mainly limited by the computer's performance and the Internet connection)

•	Up to thirty two pages may be downloaded simultaneously (speed mainly limited by the computer's performance and the Internet connection)

•	Software configuration wizard included

•	Automatic engine and software updates via Internet

•	Possibility of creating a shortcut to Copernic on the Window's Quick Launch toolbar**

Compatibility

•	Minimum equipment requirements: 486-33 MHz, 8 MB of RAM, 5 MB of disk space

•	Operating system required: Windows 95/98 or later, Windows NT 4.0 or later

•	Browser required: Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 3.0 (32-bit) or later

•	Year 2000 compliant

•	Supports the Microsoft IntelliMouse

•	Supports multi-user configurations for individual searches and settings

•	Windows compliant software uninstall procedure

•	Accessibility to the program from Windows Start/Find menu

•	Supports the International Windows versions

Other specifications

•	Standard version Copernic 98 is free, while Copernic 99 Plus is a commercial version

•	Technical support available by e-mail at support@copernic.com

*	Option available when one of the following applications is installed: Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2/98, NT 4.0 or later, Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later, and any application that updates COMCTL32.DLL to version 4.70 or later. The update facility is available from the Help/About menu.

**	Option available with Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or later.


Acknowledgements

Copyright © 1997-99, Copernic Technologies Inc., All Rights Reserved.

Copernic is a registered trademark of Copernic Technologies Inc. Other product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners.


Search Progress Window

This window indicates the state of the search under way by means of progress bars and by indicating the number of links found by each search engine. When a connection is established with a search engine, it is highlighted.

Selected search engines that do not support quotation marks are not used when such symbols are present in the keywords of a search.

See also: Starting a Search.


Result Explorer Window

The Result Explorer Window allows you to browse found documents in an integrated browser window. This ergonomically designed window offers special features to consult found documents easier and faster.

Four toolbars (Standard, Address, Document, Filter) enable you to manage your search results in different ways by means of many useful commands. These toolbars can be hidden or displayed at your convenience. Except for the filter toolbar, they can also be moved.

Menu overview

There are five sections of menu commands:

· File

Open: Open the selected document in a new browser window

Save As: Save the currently opened document

Print: Print the content of the currently opened document

Add to Favorites...: Add the current page to the Favorites folder

Always Work Online: Always open document from the Web

Close: Close the window

· Edit

Cut: Remove the current selection and copy it onto the Clipboard

Copy: Copy the current selection onto the Clipboard

Paste: Insert the items you have copied or cut into the selected destination

Select All: Select all the text

Find (on this page): Search the current window for text

· View

Toolbars: Show or hide a toolbar (Standard, Address, Document, Filter) or text labels

Status Bar: Show or hide the status bar

Show: Show all, new, downloaded or refined documents. The button beside allows you to toggle the display of unreachable documents.

Sort by: Sort documents by their score, title, address or date found, by ascending or descending order

Stop: Stop the current operation

Refresh: Refresh the currently opened Web page

Internet Options...: Enables you to change settings

· Go

Back: Go to the previous consulted page

Forward: Go to the next consulted page

Previous Document: Open the previous document

Next Document: Open the next document

Web Document: Open the document from its Web site

Search Results: Open the Search Result Page

· Help

About Copernic: Display information about Copernic version and copyrights

Toolbar overview

The functions available from the four Result Explorer toolbars give you quick access to the most frequently used features.

· The Standard toolbar shows eight buttons:

•	Back: Go to the previous page opened

•	Forward: Go to the next page opened

•	Stop: Stop the current operation

•	Refresh: Refresh the currently opened Web page

•	Print: Print the content of the currently opened page

•	Results: Open the Search Result Page

•	Previous: Open the previous document

•	Next: Open the next document

· The Address toolbar shows the address of the page currently open. The button to the extreme right allows you to open the 'page currently open' in a new browser window.

· The Document toolbar offers a drop-down list which enables you to view the list of document titles for easy and efficient browsing between found documents. The search keywords are highlighted. This toolbar also displays the total number of documents in the list.

· The Filter toolbar, located at the bottom of the screen, offers two groups of functions:

•	Show: This drop-down list enables you to filter documents according to their state: all, new, downloaded, refined and checkmarked. The button to the right allows you to enable or disable the display of unreachable documents.

•	Sort by: This drop-down list enables you to sort found documents by four criteria: score, title, address and date found.

•	score: score attributed to a document terms in terms of relevancy or degree of interest (the maximal score is 100%)

•	title: title of the document

•	address: document address

•	date found: date of the search or last update

•	The two buttons to the right allow you to display document by sort order:

•	A/Z button: displays the documents in ascending order

•	Z/A button: displays the documents in descending order

See also: Search Result Page.


Format Views Window

This window shows four sections allowing you to personalize the found documents presentation on the main window.

•	Rows: Allows you to modify fonts of rows (type, style, size and script).

•	Visited documents: Allows you to modify the color of visited documents (basic or custom colors).

•	Highlight: Allows you to personalize the keyword highlighting in different contexts. You may enable or disable highlighting and modify its color.

•	Summary: Allows you to personalize the summaries of found documents. You may enable or disable summaries and modify their number of lines and fonts (type, style, size, effect, color and script).

•	Grid lines: Allows you to disable or enable the display of grid lines between results shown on screen. You may also personalize the color of the grid lines (basic or custom colors).


Exporting Search Results

This feature allows you to export search results to a disk in the following file types: HTML, Text, Extended Markup Language (XML), Comma Separated or dBASE.

First, select a search on the main screen and select File/Export from the main menu. Then the Export Search window will allow you to name the selected file, to choose its file type and to select its destination folder.

See also: Mailing Search Results


Mailing Search Results

This feature allows you to send search results by e-mail.

First, select a search or one or more results from the main screen. Then select File/Send/HTML Report by E-mail, File/Send/Text Report by E-mail or File/Send/Result by E-mail as needed, from the main menu. The program will automatically open your default e-mail application and attach the file or insert text results with links in your message. Then choose a recipient and send your message.

See also: Exporting Search Results


Field Chooser Window

This window shows the list of additional and hidden columns for the view of searches and results in the main window. Double clicking a column title will display it on the corresponding search or result view in the main window. You can obtain the same result more easily by dragging the selected column to the desired position of the header bar. Clicking the Restore Defaults button will restore the default columns.

See also: Main Window