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MAIN MENU OPTION 3, Choose Seminar
Main Menu option 3 allows you to select among existing seminars or to
create a new seminar. The materials in this file explain what a seminar
is, how and why to create a seminar, and how to select a seminar.
What is a Seminar?
A seminar is a set of cross references created by the user.
The program keeps a separate set of seminars for each version or portion
of the Constitution analyzed using Main Menu option 10.
Each seminar contains a set of words with synonyms and a set of subjects.
Each word with synonyms and each subject has a set of related cross
references and comments.
Eight seminars with subject and synonym cross references are provided with
the default version of analyzed files. The other provided versions do not
include any subjects or synonyms. However, you can create them, if you
wish.
A seminar can contain a maximum of:
2,000 lines of comments for subjects and 2,000 lines of comments for
synonyms, for a maximum possible total of 4,000 lines of comments.
2,000 subject headings and 2,000 synonym headings for a maximum
possible total of 4,000 headings.
2,000 subject cross references and 2,000 synonym cross references for
a maximum possible total of 4,000 cross references.
You can have any relative number of subjects and synonym headings.
You can have any relative number of cross references and comments
distributed among the subject headings or among the synonym headings.
If you reach a maximum limit in the subjects, you can still work in the
synonym section of the seminar if it is not already full.
If you reach a maximum limit in the synonyms, you can still work in the
subject section of the seminar.
Reaching one of these maximum limits (actually, rather unlikely) is one
reason to create a new seminar.
Another reason to create a new seminar is to logically group synonym and
subject headings, comments and cross references under a title relevant to
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the version or portion of the Constitution being studied.
When you select a version or portion of the Constitution (or let the
program make the default selection), only the seminars related to that
selected version or portion can be accessed.
When you create a seminar, it is accessible only when the selected version
or portion of the Constitution is selected. If you select another
version, the created seminar is unavailable.
When you select a seminar, only those synonyms and subject headings
previously stored in that seminar are available for review. You can
update the headings, cross references and comments if desired. Unless you
manually duplicate a heading with the associated cross references and
comments in another seminar (perfectly ok to do so), said headings, cross
references and comments will not be available if you select another
seminar.
You can switch seminars as often as you like.
Screen Description
When Main Menu option 3 is selected, a screen appears with the title
SEMINARS. The third line of the screen is highlighted. If this is a
newly analyzed version or portion of the Constitution, the line will be
blank. You can enter a title using the typewriter keys, F9, DELETE, and
the left or right arrow keys. If you have previously created other
seminars and entered titles, each of those titles will appear on a line
below the third line. No blank line separates titles. If more than one
seminar exists, you can move the highlighting using the HOME, END, PG UP,
PG DN, up arrow or down arrow keys. You can edit the title of a seminar
anytime it is highlighted on this screen.
Accessing a Seminar
To access a seminar, proceed as follows:
1) Select 3 from the Main Menu.
2) Scroll through the available selections until the desired seminar
is highlighted.
3) Press ENTER.
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You are returned to the Main Menu. Subject and Synonyms
available now using Main menu options 4 and 5 are those
previously entered under the accessed seminar.
If you do not wish to change the accessed seminar, press ESC
instead of ENTER. You are returned to the Main Menu. The
accessed seminar is unchanged.
If no seminar selection is made using Main Menu option 3, the
default is the first seminar.
Creating a Seminar
To create a seminar, proceed as follows:
1) Select 3 from the Main Menu.
2) Press F8.
A blank highlighted line appears at the end of the existing list.
3) Type a seminar title in the highlighted area.
At this point, you can press F8 and create another seminar.
OR, you can press ENTER to access the newly created seminar.
OR, you can press ESC to return to the Main Menu. The new
seminar is created; however, the accessed seminar is unchanged.
OR, you can scroll through the list and press ENTER to select a
different seminar.
Pressing ENTER or ESC returns you to the Main Menu with the
seminar selected as described previously.
NOTE: Once you create a seminar, you are stuck with it. You cannot
delete it. If desired you can change the title and place different
references in it.
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