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FAQMAN SEZ: HEADS UP, INCOMING
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (gordon thomas)
Tue May 9 14:57:27 1995
From: gordon thomas <gathomas@MIT.EDU>
Date: Tue, 09 May 95 14:53:53 -700
To: ad-lib@MIT.EDU
That's right, here are two new crunchy questions, fresh on
the Advance Training Page FAQ. The answers glisten with
relevence, so enjoy them here or take a look at them on the
Web at:
http://macfadden.mit.edu:9500/advance/faq
-Gordon gathomas@mit.edu
10. How can I get my own crisp, full color Advance icon onto Windows?
>
> By setting up a host presenter profile for Barton, you will create a
> special icon for Advance. This will allow you to connect directly to
> Barton's server without first logging into Athena. Here's how to do
> it:
>
> 1. Open your LAN Workplace for Windows icon, or other icon if
> you've moved Host Presenter on your machine. Now, double click on
> Host Presenter. An Open Session box will open, with your default
> host ready for you to log onto. Click on Cancel.
>
> 2. At the top of the Host Presenter window, click on Setup, and
> change the session name to Barton and the host to emmy.mit.edu.
>
> 3. Within the Setup window, click on Emulator, and select
> Keyboard. Be sure the Backspace Key is set for Backspace (not
> Delete) and the Cursor key to Standard (not Application). Click
> on OK.
>
> 4. Still within the Setup window, click on Profile. Select Save
> As, and change the File Name to emmy.php. Click on OK in the Save
> As window, and again in the Setup window. You may now log into
> Barton.
>
> 5. The next time you wish to log in, you may open Host Presenter,
> click on Load Profile, and select emmy.php.
>
> OR
>
> 6. Return to the Program Manager. Open the group that you want
> Barton to appear in. (For example, you can keep it as an option
> within Lan Workplace, or put it in Applications if you have set
> that up as a group.) At the top of the Program Manager window,
> click on File and select New. Click on Program Item and OK.
> Change Description to Barton and the Command line to
> c:\net\profile\emmy.php. Click on OK.
>
> 7. TA DA! Next time you get the urge to open Barton, open
> whatever group you put it in, and you'll see the icon.
>
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> 11. How can I modify a search?
>
> The Modify Search option on the OPAC can be confusing. Part of
> the confusion comes from the fact that a Headings Summary screen
> will not reflect the limts you place on a search. On the other
> hand, the Titles Summary screen will display only titles which
> match the limts you choose.
>
> By taking the following path, there is a hidden logic to getting
> what you want from the system: (1) search, (2) get to a Title
> Summary screen, (3) modify your search, (4) proceed. It is
> possible to modify your search directly from a Headings Summary
> screen, but the FAQ avoids illustrating this since it can be
> quite confusing. Let's walk through two examples...
>
> *Do the MIT libraries own any works by F. Scott Fitzgerald in
> Japanese?
>
> 1. Type "aw=scott fitzgerald" and press [Enter].
> 2. You will see a Headings Summary screen announcing that
> there are 17 headings in list. To have Advance search for
> all the titles represented by these headings, you must type
> "1-17" and hit [Enter].
> 3. You will see a Title Summary screen with 54 titles in
> list. At this point choose the Modify Search option and
> press [Enter].
> 4. From the Modify Search screen choose the Change Limits
> option and press [Enter].
> 5. Move to the with language line by hitting [Enter] twice.
> 6. Type the language code, in this case "jpn"; you must then
> press [Enter] four more times until you are returned to the
> Modify Search screen.
> 7. Choose the Proceed option and press [Enter].
> 8. You will see a Title Summary screen with the results of
> the modified search spelled out, in this case, one hit out
> of the 54 originally listed in step 3 above.
>
> *What maps of Paris do the MIT libraries have?
>
> 1. Type "sw=paris" and press [Enter].
> 2. You will see a Headings Summary screen announcing that
> there are 1116 headings in list; type 1-1116 and press
> [Enter]. Because of the time it takes to do a search of this
> size, Advance will periodically (every minute or so) pause
> in its operation, or, "time-out". The system informs you of
> this by a message, "Your searching has timed out". To
> continue the search, you need only press [Enter].
> 4. When Advance has completed its search, you will see a
> Title Summary screen with 1104 titles in list. At this point
> choose the Modify Search option and press [Enter].
> 5. Choose the Change Limits option and press [Enter].
> 6. Move to the with material type line by hitting [Enter]
> three times.
> 7. Type the material type, in this case "map"; you must then
> press [Enter] three more times until you are returned to the
> Modify Search screen.
> 8. Choose the Proceed option and press [Enter].
> 9. You will see a Title Summary screen with the results of
> the modified search. With this relatively large search,
> there is a message "1104 titles in list, 1042 titles
> tested". This means the search is actually not complete: the
> system has in fact searched only enough records (1042 in
> this case) to fill a screen with five hits. To complete the
> modified search of all 1104 titles, select the All option
> and press [Enter].
> 10. You will see a Brief Display screen with the brief
> record of the first of 10 hits, an accomplishment Advance
> proudly announces at the upper right of the screen.
>
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> Last modified: 5/09/95
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