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- CIA World Factbase
- 1.0
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- Facts About All the Nations of The World
- Based on the CIA World Database Files
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- (C)Copyright TexaSoft, 1983-1994
- P.O. Box 1169
- Cedar Hill, Texas 75106-1169
- 214-291-2115 Fax:214-291-3400
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- All rights reserved. Printed in the United States of America. No
- part of this book may be reproduced without prior permission. For
- information, address inquiries to TexaSoft, PO Box 1169, Cedar
- Hill, Texas 75106-1169 USA or Fax:214-291-3400.
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- No patent liability is assumed with respect to the use of the
- information contained herein. While every precaution has been taken
- in the preparation of this publication, the publisher assumes no
- responsibility for errors or omissions. Neither is any liability
- assumed for damages resulting from the use of the information
- herein.
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Welcome to CIA World Factbase. This program is a world resource
- factbase containing detailed and interesting information about every
- country in the world -- including each country's Geography, People,
- Government, Communications, Economy, and Defense Forces. Over 260
- countries are described.
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- CIA World Factbase is designed specifically to help you find the
- information you need quickly and with a minimum number of keystrokes.
- It uses a conceptually easy menu system that can be mastered in a
- matter of minutes.
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- INSTALLING WORLD FACTBASE
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- To install CIA World Factbase on your hard disk, place the CIA World
- Factbase distribution disk in your A: drive (or B:). Make A: (or B:)
- the default by typing A: (or B:) at the DOS prompt. Enter the command:
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- INSTALL
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- Then follow the prompts on the screen. Suggested answers will be
- presented for each of these questions. To accept the suggestion, press
- Enter.
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- The setup information is saved to disk so you will not have to set
- these options again unless you want to change something. You can reset
- these program options at any time by choosing the Choose Program
- Options from the FILES menu.
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- BEGINNING CIA WORLD FACTBASE
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- To begin World Factbase from the DOS prompt, make sure you are logged
- into the correct drive and are in the \WORLD directory. If you are not
- in the WORLD directory, enter the command:
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- CD \WORLD
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- To begin CIA World Factbase, enter the command
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- WORLD
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- RUNNING WORLD FROM WINDOWS
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- This section describes how you can run CIA World Factbase from Windows
- 3.1. To install the CIA World Factbase icon in Windows, follow these
- instructions:
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- Step 1: Begin Windows. Open the group where you want to set up World
- Factbase. For example, if you want to run CIA World Factbase from
- your MAIN window, open that window.
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- Step 2: From the File menu, choose New. The New Program dialog box
- appears.
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- Step 3: Select the Program Item option, then OK.
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- Step 4: The Program Item Properties dialog box appears. This box is
- used to tell Windows where the program is located and how to run the
- program.
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- Step 5: In the Description: field, enter World Factbase.
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- Step 6: In the Command Line: field, enter C:\WORLD\WORLD.BAT What you
- enter may be slightly different according to what drive and what
- subdirectory you specified to install CIA World Factbase.
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- Step 7: Click on the Change Icon... button. A message will appear
- telling you that an icon is not available. Click OK.
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- Step 8: A new dialog box will appear in which you can specify what
- icon to use. In the File Name: field, enter C:\WORLD\WORLD.ICO. What
- you enter may be slightly different according to what drive and what
- subdirectory you specified to install World Factbase. Click OK.
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- Step 9: The Program Item Properties dialog box will appear again, and
- the World Factbase icon will appear at the bottom left of the
- box. Click OK. The World Factbase icon will now appear in Windows.
- To begin World Factbase, double click on the icon. When you end World
- Factbase, you will return to Windows.
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- USING THE FILES MENU
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- The File menu allows you to use and manipulate World Factbase files
- and also contains some options that deal with program setup and
- operation. The Files menu options are:
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- Help
- Open a Textbase
- Print a Textbase
- About World Factbase
- Choose Program Options
- Go to DOS, Return with Exit
- Quit, Exit World Factbase
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- To choose one of these options, you may use the mouse or up and down
- arrow keys to highlight the desired option and then press the Enter
- key. Optionally, you can press the first letter of the option. For
- example, to choose the "About World Factbase" option, press the A key.
- Following is a brief description of each of these options.
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- OPTIONS ON THE FILE MENU
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- The HELP OPTION displays a series of help screens that summarize the
- contents of the manual. When Help is chosen, a menu of items will
- appear. You can then choose a topic to examine or return to the main
- menu.
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- The OPEN Textbase option allows you to choose which World Factbase
- Textbase on disk you will be using. A list of the available Textbases
- will be displayed on the screen from which you can choose one to open.
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- (You may only have the one WORLD textbase unless you have received
- other textbases from TexaSoft.)
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- The PRINT Textbase option allows you to print the contents of the
- Textbase to a printer or to a file. BE CAREFUL, the textbase is very
- long, you may not want to print it out entirely.
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- The ABOUT option gives copyright information about the program.
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- The CHOOSE PROGRAM OPTIONS item allows you to indicate what kind of
- monitor you are using. You may choose from monitor types Color, LCD or
- Monochrome. The color option refers to CGA, EGA, PGA, VGA or other
- monitor types that display color. The LCD option displays only black
- and white. The Monochrome option displays black, white and bright
- white.
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- The GO TO DOS option allows you to temporarily return to the DOS
- prompt. You may enter DOS commands or run another program. When you
- type EXIT at the DOS prompt, World Factbase will resume.
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- The QUIT, Exit World Factbase ends the World Factbase program and
- returns you to the DOS prompt (or to your menu program).
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- THE VIEW MENU
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- The View menu is where you search and view the information in the
- Textbase. You may choose to view a record by number, by searching for
- a keyword in the keyword list, by searching for one or more words in
- the record description or by looking at a list of the keywords. The
- items on the View Menu are:
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- Keyword search
- In-Text Search
- View Keyword List
- Number Choice
- You must have a currently open Textbase to choose one of these
- options. Choose an option by highlighting the option and pressing the
- Enter key, or press the first letter of the option.
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- NUMBER CHOICE
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- When you choose the Number Choice option, you will be asked to enter
- the number of the record to view. This record will then be displayed
- on the screen. You may use the F9 key to view the previous record, the
- F10 key to view the next record. Deleted records will not be
- displayed. Press the F2 key if you wish to edit this record. Press the
- Esc key to end the viewing.
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- KEYWORD CHOICE
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- When you choose the Keyword Choice option, you will see another menu
- giving you the following options:
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- Single Keyword Search
- AND - Multiple AND Search
- OR - Multiple OR Search
- Quit
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- A single keyword search allows you to enter a single keyword (such as
- PAKISTAN). World Factbase will then display the first record that
- matches the search. You may use the F9 key to view the previous
- matching record, the F10 key to view the next matching record. Deleted
- records will not be displayed. Press the F2 key if you wish to edit
- this record. Press the Esc key to end the viewing.
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- A Multiple AND search allows you to specify 2 to 10 words to match.
- For example, you might want to match on the words PAKISTAN and INDIA.
- The match criteria means that the keyword must contain BOTH the word
- PAKISTAN and the word INDIA. You will be prompted to enter a list of
- match words with the AND sign (&) between each word. In this case you
- would enter
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- PAKISTAN&INDIA
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- World Factbase will display the first record that matches the search
- criteria. You may use the F9 key to view the previous matching record,
- the F10 key to view the next matching record. Press the F2 key if you
- wish to edit this record. Press the Esc key to end the viewing.
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- A Multiple OR search allows you to specify 2 to 10 words to match. For
- example, you might want to match on the words PAKISTAN or INDIA. The
- match criteria means that the keyword must contain EITHER the word
- PAKISTAN or the word INDIA. You will be prompted to enter a list of
- match words with a ~ (tilde) between each word. In this case you would
- enter
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- PAKISTAN~INDIA
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- World Factbase will display the first record that matches the search
- criteria. You may use the F9 key to view the previous matching record,
- the F10 key to view the next matching record. Press the F2 key if you
- wish to edit this record. Press the Esc key to end the viewing.
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- IN-TEXT SEARCH
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- An In-text search searches the contents of the record, not just the
- keyword list. This search tends to be slower than a keyword search.
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- When you choose the In-Text Search option, you are give the same
- options as in the Keyword search - a single keyword search, multiple
- AND matches and multiple OR matches.
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- VIEW KEYWORD LIST
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- The View Keyword List option displays a list of the keyword
- descriptions of all of the entries in the currently opened Textbase.
- If there are more entries than the screen can display, you may press
- the down arrow key of PgDn to view additional keyword lists. To move
- back up the list, press the up arrow key or PgUp. To view the contents
- of a record, highlight the keyword list and press the Enter key.
- Press the Esc key to end the View Keyword List option.
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- QUIT THE PROGRAM
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- You may quit the program by choosing the Quit option from the
- menu bar, or by choosing the Quit option from the File menu.
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