Copyright: Copyright © 1997 Agents Technologies (MEB) Corp.


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

Browsing Search Results

Validating Documents

Downloading Documents

Refining a Search

Finding Words in Results

· Browsing Search Results

Search Results Page

Search Results Toolbar

· Screen Overview

Menu Overview

Toolbar Overview

Main Window

· Folder Management

· Customizing Copernic

Search Engine Settings Window

Options Window

· Technical Specifications Sheet

· Acknowledgements


Introducing Copernic

Copernic is an intelligent agent that carries out your net-searches by consulting simultaneously the most important search engines of the Web. It features a history of your searches, making sure that the precious information found on the Internet is always classified and handy.

You will find what you want easier and faster with Copernic and its intelligent features:

•	found documents are presented in a comprehensive way with various icons and fonts

•	duplicate matches are automatically removed

•	invalid and unreachable document links can be eliminated

•	matching documents can be downloaded for off line browsing

•	documents can be submitted to local sub-searches

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

•	a search results selector toolbar allows you to switch quickly between the matching documents

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

All this and much more in a flexible and user-friendly interface which has the touch and feel of most common e-mail management applications!

See also: Technical Specifications Sheet.


Copernic License Agreement

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.

DEFINITIONS

In this Agreement, "ATC" means Agents Technologies (MEB) Corporation, "LICENSEE" means you, the licensee of the SOFTWARE and "SOFTWARE" means the Copernic software including any technology and utility software licensed by ATC from the developers and owners thereof to ATC, together with all accompanying documentation.

LICENSE

In consideration of your undertaking to comply with the terms and conditions of this License Agreement, ATC grants to you, LICENSEE, a non-exclusive non-transferable license to use the SOFTWARE and to view the documentation on a single computer system. 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 is 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 or distribute copies of the SOFTWARE. LICENSEE may not create derivative software based upon any trade secret or proprietary information of ATC and/or its licensors. LICENSEE may not electronically transfer the SOFTWARE over a network or telephone circuit.  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 in not a sale 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.

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.

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.

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. Agents Technologies (MEB) Corporation, 2014, boul. Jean-Talon Nord, #300, Sainte-Foy, Québec, Canada, G1N 4N6

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.


How to Search Using Copernic

· Creating a New Search

· Modifying a Search

· Starting a Search

· Search Progress Window

· Browsing Search Results

· Validating Documents

· Downloading Documents

· Refining a Search

· Finding Words in Results


Creating a New Search

This function is used to create a search and specify its parameters.

· Specify the keywords to search for. Possible modes of entry of search keywords are:

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

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

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

· Choose one of the two choices offered:

•	search for all keywords

•	search for one or more keywords

The second tab allows the user to modify default choices related to the number of matching documents for each search engine and for the entire search. This version of Copernic permits a maximum of 150 matching documents per engine and a maximum of  500 matching documents for an entire search.

In most cases, the user should obtain enough results using the default choices (10 matching documents per engine and 100 for an entire search).

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

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


Modifying a Search

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

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


Starting a Search

This function starts searching for an already existing search query.

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


Browsing Search Results

· Search Results Page

· Search Results Toolbar


Validating Documents

This function identifies documents that cannot been 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 off line 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 performs a sub-search on the local copy of found documents. This function can be applied to all the results of a search or to selected results only.

See also: Validating Documents, Downloading Documents.


Finding Words in Results

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


Browsing Search Results

· Search Results Page

· Search Results Toolbar


Search Results Page

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

This function can be applied to all the results of a search or to a specific type of result (new, reachable, downloaded, refined, all). The user can enable or disable the display of unreachable documents.

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

Search results are displayed in the report in three columns.

•	The first column indicates a number assigned to each document according to the order in which it is displayed on screen. Note that a document may be assigned a different number from one sorting to the next.

•	The second column contains the addresses of the document. In order to distinguish addresses, the address of the Internet link is followed by a symbol depicting the Earth, while the address of a document on the user's disk is followed by a symbol representing a hard disk drive.

•	The third column indicates the rank assigned to each document.

See also: Search Results Toolbar.


Search Results Toolbar

This toolbar appears in the bottom right corner of the screen when using the Browse Results function. It features:

•	A drop-down list to scroll document titles

Using this drop-down list to view the list of document titles makes it easy for the user to browse between found documents.

•	4 navigation buttons

· go to the first document

· go to the next document

· go to the previous 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 Results Page.


Screen Overview

· Menu Overview

· Toolbar Overview

· Main Window


Toolbar Overview

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

The buttons are:

· New Search: Create a new search

· Start Search: Submit the selected search to selected search engines

· Validate Documents: Check if found documents are reachable

· Download Documents: Download found documents for off-line browsing

· Refine Search: Perform a sub-search on the local copy of found documents

· Stop: Stop the current operation

· Browse Results: Open the search results report page for the selected search and the Search Results window

See also: Menu Overview.


Main Window

•	Folders

This drop-down list allows the user to select the search folder that is currently opened (see Folder Management).

•	List of searches

This section of the screen displays the general information associated with each search of the currently opened folder. The elements include the keywords to search for, the date of the search or its last update, the number of results obtained during the search and a description of the search.

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.

•	Documents found for a selected search

This section of the screen displays the results of the selected search. The information on the documents located during the search is presented in eight columns and features:

· the title

· the description

· the address

· the rank attributed to the document in terms of degree of interest based on the search keywords

· the number of search engines where the document was located

· the date upon which the document was located

· the identification of the search engines where the document was located

· the document's status (reachable, unreachable, new, refined, downloaded)

To facilitate the analysis of the information obtained, the user can sort by column in ascending or descending order, move the columns and adjust their width. A triangle appears on the sort column and the direction in which it is pointed indicates the ascending or descending alphabetical order of the documents found.

The user may also display a summary of document content by selecting File/Properties from the main menu.


Menu Overview

There are six 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

Properties: Display the properties of the selected document

Close: 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 selected (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: Repeat the last find operation

· View

Toolbar: Show or hide the toolbar (see Toolbar Overview)

Status Bar: Show or hide the status bar

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

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

Search Results: View the Search Results Toolbar

Search Engines...: Display information about available search engines (see Search Engine Settings 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)

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

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

Start Search: Submit the selected search to selected search engines (see Starting a Search)

Stop: Stop the current operation

Browse Results: Open the Search Results Page for the selected search and the Search Results Toolbar

· Tools

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

Download Documents: Download found documents for off-line browsing (see Downloading Documents)

Refine Search: Perform a sub-search on the local copy of found documents (see Refining a Search)

· Help

Help Topics: Display Copernic help topics

Update Wizard: Start the Update Wizard

Configuration Wizard: Start the Configuration Wizard

Copernic Home Page: Open Copernic Home Page

About Copernic: Display information about Copernic version and copyrights

See also: Toolbar Overview.


Folder Management

This function allows the user to classify searches in categories defined by the user 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.

The user can 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

· Search Engine Settings Window

· Options Window


Search Engine Settings Window

This window allows the user to consult or modify the list of selected search engines from the list of available search engines. This window also provides details concerning each search engine and even offers the possibility of opening their Web site home pages.


Options Window

This window allows the user to change configuration settings by three tabs.

General Tab

•	Visual settings

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

The next option allows the user to display or not document preview ToolTip.

The last option allows to restore the default column settings (width and order).

•	Prompts

The first option of this section allows the user to display or not a prompt which ask to browse results following a search completion.

The next option allows the user to display or not a prompt to confirm before stopping an operation.

The next option allows the user to display or not a prompt to confirm before deleting a search or results.

The last option allows the user to display or not a prompt when no Internet connection is detected.

Connection Tab

•	Settings

This section allows the user to change the number of simultaneous transfers, the number of retries and the delay for the search timeout.

•	Proxies

This section allows the user to indicate if he is connected through a proxy server 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).

Advanced Tab

•	Timeouts

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


Technical Specifications Sheet

Searches

•	Search engines available: AltaVista, Excite, HotBot, Infoseek, Lycos, Magellan, Open Text, WebCrawler, Yahoo, AltaVista - Usenet, DejaNews

•	Possibility of choosing the search engines

•	Maximum number of results per engine: 150

•	Maximum number of results per search: 500

•	Possibility of creating folders for the searches

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

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

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

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

•	Possibility of updating the results of a search (new items hilighted)

•	Possibility of changing a search that has already been carried out (changes to the content or to the parameters)

Results

•	Elimination of duplicate matching documents found

•	Extensive information concerning each document displayed on screen: title, description, address, rank, hit count, date found, found by, state (valid, invalid, new, refined, downloaded)

•	Progressive display of the results obtained during the search

•	Possibility of searching for an expression from the results displayed on screen

•	Possibility of deleting results

•	Possibility of checking the availability of the documents found (upon request, overall documents or a selection of desired documents)

•	Possibility of conducting a more elaborate search of the pages saved on disk (overall results or a selection of desired results, supports Boolean searches - AND / OR, for all search keywords - and quotes)

•	Time required for a search is minimal (generally less than one minute and rarely exceeds two minutes - depends basically on the performance of the Internet connection and the number of documents)

•	Time required for a validation is very short (generally a few minutes - depends basically on the performance of the Internet connection and the number of documents)

•	Time required for a search of pages stored on disk is almost nil (the poor capabilities of a computer and a large number of documents may prolong the delay by a few seconds)

•	Documents can be downloaded on request and saved on disk for off-line browsing (overall results or a selection of desired documents)

•	Word and image can be processed while downloading a document for off-line browsing (images on request)

•	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 rank, 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)

•	Pinpointing documents is easy due to the presentation design (icons, fonts*, colors*)

Configuration

•	All search engines can be contacted simultaneously (speed is mainly limited by the computer's capabilities and the Internet connection)

•	Availability of search schemes: normal, detailed, customized

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

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

•	Search results preview pane can be presented horizontally or vertically

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

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

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

•	Support of all Internet connection modes, including the proxy servers (automatically imports configuration from browser, supports proxy authorization)

•	Software configuration wizard included

•	Software update wizard included

Compatibility

•	Minimum equipment requirements: 486-33 MHz, 8 Mb of RAM, 3 Mb of disk space

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

•	Browser required: Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or later, Netscape Navigator 2.0 or later

•	User interface is in compliance with the latest Windows standards

•	Accessibility to the program from Windows Start/Find menu

Other Specifications

•	Free 30 day trial version available on the Internet or through distributors

•	No additional downloading required to access commercial version

•	Supports the Microsoft IntelliMouse

•	Creates a shortcut icon on the Windows desktop

•	Displays the percentage of progression of a task on the Windows taskbar

•	Windows compliant software uninstall procedure

•	Technical support available by e-mail

* Option available when one of the following applications is installed: Microsoft Windows 95 OSR2 / 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.


Acknowledgements

Copyright © 1997, Agents Technologies (MEB) Corp., All Rights Reserved.

Copernic is a registered trademark of Agents Technologies (MEB) Corp. Other product and company names are trademarks of their respective owners.


Search Progress Window

This window indicates the status 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.

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

See also: Starting a Search.