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- Quick-Start Tips
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- 1. To begin using the program, select the icon labeled "Site Blaster"
- from Program Manager or run the executable file "start.exe" in the File
- Manager directory, or your Windows shell program.
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- 2. When you use the "Group Find" function [the `=' icon at the bottom],
- you can collect all of the sites that match a certain topic into a
- sub-group that you can browse and edit apart from the rest of the sites.
- After you find the first site, press the Fast Forward button on the
- bottom VCR controls and the entire database will be searched for matching
- sites.
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- To do this, you need to specify search criteria by selecting a field,
- then selecting "LIKE" (not the equal sign), then typing in a word or
- phrase in the "Value" box, and selecting the "Value" button, and finally
- clicking on the "Ok" button. This sounds complicated, but visually it
- is very quick when you use the mouse to make selections.
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- IMPORTANT: When you specify a word or phrase to search for, place an
- asterisk (*) before and after the phrase. If you search for "Doctor",
- without using an asterisk, you will be shown a blank screen as nothing
- was found exactly matching that word. If you search for "*Doctor*"
- instead, you will be shown the page "Doctor Fun" first. The asterisks
- act like wildcards that will find the search term anywhere in the
- Description field. These asterisk wildcard symbols are not to be used
- with the "Find First" function, only with "Group Find".
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- To recap, in order to search for a word or phrase, click on the field
- Description, click on "LIKE", enter a word, and click the "Value"
- button at the bottom, then click on "Ok". Please see the Help file
- "sbhelp.hlp" for more details.
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- One of the best uses of the program is to select the Table View when
- using the Group Find, remembering to also choose the Fast-Forward
- VCR button at the bottom. All of the matching sites will be shown
- in the Table View at one time.
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- 4. The Find First command, the `?' icon on the bottom bar, will locate
- the first occurrence or the first closest match in the database. This
- will only work on indexed fields. Initially you can look up the first
- occurrence of a word or phrase in the Description field, since it is
- already indexed. The other fields can be indexed also by using the
- "Indexes" item under the "File" menu item.
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- 5. To display the image associated with a site select the Image Icon
- at the bottom of the display, which is the one with the Tree picture
- on it. To make the picture go away, de-select the Image Icon.
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- 6. Peruse the Help file "sbhelp.hlp" at your convenience for more detailed
- instructions on the above and more. You can select the Help Icon
- [the `?' at the top right], or press F1, or use the Help Menu to reach
- Help from within the program.
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- Enjoy!
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- Wm Hogg M.D.
- SoloTech Software
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- E-mail: wmhogg@execpc.com
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