.xupper 15 .yupper 8 .xlower 67 .ylower 20 .id about About JANE'S CD-ROM Welcome to Jane's on CD-ROM. You have purchased an exceptional product and one that will not only fulfill your information requirements, but will enhance your research capabilities to a great extent. Information on Jane's CD-ROM is easily accessible and you will find the ease of flexibility in manipulating data an invaluable tool. Among the many options available to you are custom report generation, search capability (key word with Boolean), export, sorting and, in many cases, image display. For a full listing of all Jane's products available on CD-ROM please consult your current Jane's catalog. If you require any technical assistance please contact: United States Rahul Belani Jane's Information Group 1340 Braddock Place Suite 300 Alexandria, VA 22314-2036 Tel. (703) 683-3700 Fax. (703) 836-0029 United Kingdom Alan Ricketts Jane's Information Group Sentinel House 163 Brighton Road Coulsdon, Surrey CR5 2NH Tel. 011-44-81-763-1030 Fax. 011-44-81-763-1005 .id system System Information Jane's CD-ROM requires an IBM compatible with 640K RAM, MS-DOS version 3.0 or higher, a CD-ROM drive, MS DOS CD-ROM extensions (MSCDEX) version 2.0 or higher and a HP laserjet or compatible printer to print images. Jane's CD-ROM conforms to the ISO 9660 standards, and is network compatible. Jane's CD-ROM requires no installation software or permanent files on a hard disk. Typing in JANES at the prompt of the CD-ROM drive starts the program. .id fkeys Function Keys Explained F1 - Help Help information can be called up at anytime. F2 - Boolean Changes the Boolean operator to OR, AND, NOT, and XOR. The Boolean automatically defaults to OR unless changed. F3 - Index Returns you to the database Index. F4 - Range Allows you to mark adjacent or grouped words in the Index to perform range searches. Example: Type in your search word or use the arrow keys to get the first word of your search group. Press F4 and use the arrow keys to complete your search group. Press Enter. F5 - Delete Deletes the last search word entered. F6 - Browse Views the summary and detailed records of your search set prior to selection. With the cursor over the search word, press F6. Select Summary or Full Text display. F7 - Edit Edits the fields displayed in your search set records. F8 - Image Gives you the option to Display, Print or Save database images. F9 - Display Views the Summary and Full Text records of your search after selection. Use function key "N" to display the NEXT record of the search set, function key "P" to display the PREVIOUS record of the search set. F10 - Option Lists additional software functions. F11 - Output Provides several methods of outputting text and images to a printer or disk file. F12 - Exit Exits the current search or exit to DOS. The Exit search function will automatically reset the Edit function back to a full field display format. S - Sort Sequences records in a search set. .id tab TAB key A window with double lines indicates an active window. Use the TAB key to activate each window. The active window supports scrolling. .id search Searching From the index screen select the field you want to search. Press ENTER. The index 'wheel' for that field appears. Use the arrow keys or type in the select term. The results of the search will appear in the second window on the screen, detailing the Boolean, Index, Term/Word and Number of Records found. A window with double lines indicates an active window. Use the TAB key to activate each window. The active window supports scrolling. .id text Displaying Text You can display items in the search set by pressing F9. Choose a Summary Display or a Full Text Display by pressing ENTER. If you select Full Text Display you will view the first record in the search set. Selecting Summary Display will give you a summary list of selected fields for each record in the search set. Use cursor keys to move the highlight bar from one record to the next. Pressing ENTER will display the full record. Use the + or - keys on the number keypad to find the next or previous search word/term in the search set. You can skip to the next record by pressing N or to the previous record by pressing P. .id output Outputting Text You can output text to the printer or disk file by pressing F11. Select 'Disk' or 'Printer' and press ENTER. Selecting 'Disk' will copy the text of the selected records in the search set to your C drive on the hard disk. You can change this default before exporting the file. 'Printer' will print the text of the selected records in the search set to the default printer on LPT1. .id images Displaying/Outputting Images You can display images by pressing the F8 key. Select 'Show', 'Print' or 'Save' and press ENTER. Selecting 'Show' will display the image on the screen. 'Print' will print the image to the laser printer connected to the local LPT1 port. HP laser and all compatible printers are supported. 'Save' will save/copy the image file to your C drive on the hard disk. You can change this default before saving the image. .id edit Field Selection (EDIT) All fields will be displayed on the full text screen. You can select as many or as few fields as required for display by pressing F7 EDIT. Fields marked with an asterisk will be displayed. Use the SPACE BAR to select or De-select all the fields. Using the + or - keys on the number pad will allow you to select or un-select individual fields. Press F10 to confirm changes. You may change the settings as many times as you like in a single session. Each time you Clear Search or exit to DOS the fields revert to the default. Printed output and saved disk files will reflect your display settings. .id sort SORTING Sorting is recommended to organize your search results before printing or saving to disk. You can specify the order in which your search result will be sorted. Example, sort by COUNTRY alphabetically, then by MODEL alphabetically. Press S to sort search set. Move the cursor to the fields (in field sequence) you want to sort, and press ENTER. Press F10 to begin sort. Sort can take a few minutes on a large search set. .id field Field Information Equipment Type Normally the systems role. Country Equipment is listed under country of manufacturer Page Number For reference back to the hard copy. Model The name of the Model.