Productivity Tips

Here are some tips to help you get the most out of netXtract:

• When saving an entry to the KBase, enter relevant keywords for the entry and save the entry to the most appropriate category. Although the Knowledge Base Manager allows full text searches, by using keywords that are relevant and easy to remember, you will find the entries you need without having to search for them.
  Create new categories and nest them so that the resulting hierarchy makes it easier to retrieve the entry you are looking for. For instance, create a top-level category called Computing and save there general entries that are related to computing; if you have entries that are more specific, such as strictly software or hardware related, it's better to create two subcategories under Computing, one called Software and another called Hardware.
• Maintain a sufficient number of dictionaries to help give focus to your on-line document viewing. Create a dictionary for each topic of interest, and give the dictionary a relevant name. Add to it only words that are relevant for that topic.
• Set your preferences to make using netXtract comfortable. netXtract's preferences allow you to set font size, colour, background colour, context size and so on.
• One hand navigation: netXtract allows you to quickly navigate documents using only your right hand, without using the mouse. Use the Ctrl key to toggle between the Index tab and the Context pane. Use the up / down and Page Up / Page Down to scroll in the words in the Index, or in the contexts in the Context.
  For example: scroll the words in the index using the arrow keys until you reach a word of interest. Press Enter to show all contexts of that word. If neccessary, use the arrow keys to scroll in the contexts. Press Ctrl to switch back to the Index tab. Press Ctrl again to switch to the Context tab.