Changeset 11091 for trunk/gli/help/en


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    88If you are familiar with programs such as Internet Explorer or Microsoft
    99Office and are comfortable with mouse clicks and menus, skip to the <Reference target="howtoavoidthisdocument">next section</Reference>.
    10       <Contents>
    11         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    12           <ContentsItem>
    13         Basic concepts   
    14             <ContentsItem>
    15               Mouse actions
    16         </ContentsItem>
    17             <ContentsItem>
    18               Keyboard
    19         </ContentsItem>
    20           </ContentsItem>
    21           <ContentsItem>
    22         Exiting the program
    23           </ContentsItem>
    24     </ContentsGroup>
    25     <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    26           <ContentsItem>
    27         Quick keys
    28           </ContentsItem>
    29     </ContentsGroup>
    30       </Contents>
    31       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     10<Break/>
    3211The Librarian Interface follows Microsoft Windows conventions and draws upon
    3312ordinary knowledge of Windows.
     
    5029pressed at the same time.
    5130<Break/>
    52 Exit the Librarian Interface program by choosing "Exit" from the "File"
    53 menu.  Your collection will be saved first.
    54 <Break/>
    55        <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
     31Buttons, like menus, have one character underlined.  To "click" the button,
     32press [ALT] and the underlined character at the same time.
     33<Break/>
    5634To access a menu, hold down [ALT] and press the corresponding letter
    5735(underlined).  For example, for the "File" menu press [ALT] + [F].  To choose an
    5836item, press the corresponding key.  For example, while in the File menu
    5937press [S] to "Save" a collection.
     38<Break/>
     39Exit the Librarian Interface program by choosing "Exit" from the "File"
     40menu.  Your collection will be saved first.
    6041    </Section>
    6142    <Section name="howtoavoidthisdocument">
    6243      <Title>How to Avoid Reading This Document</Title>
    63 Don't read this help text all the way through!  Just read enough to learn
    64 how to get help when you need it.
    65       <Contents>
    66         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    67           <ContentsItem>
    68             Context sensitive help
    69           </ContentsItem>
    70           <ContentsItem>
    71             Tool tips
    72           </ContentsItem>
    73           <ContentsItem>
    74             Other documents
    75           </ContentsItem>
    76         </ContentsGroup>
    77       </Contents>
    78       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    79 The "Help" menu item marks what may be the most appropriate help item with a
    80 little book icon.
    81 <Break/>
    82 For many controls, if you station the mouse over them a
    83 "tool tip" appears that says what they do.
    84 <Break/>
    85 Before using the Librarian Interface, first read the Greenstone
    86 documentation.
     44      Don't read this help text all the way through!  Just read enough to learn
     45      how to get help when you need it.
     46      <Break/>
     47      The "Help" menu item marks what may be the most appropriate help item with a little book icon.
     48      <Break/>
     49      For many controls, if you station the mouse over them a "tool tip" appears that says what they do.
     50      <Break/>
     51      Before using the Librarian Interface, first read the Greenstone documentation.
    8752    </Section>
    8853  </Section>
    89 
     54 
    9055  <Section name="startingoff">
    9156    <Title>Starting Off</Title>
     
    9358    <Section name="creatingacollection">
    9459      <Title>Creating a New Collection</Title>
    95 <ObviousSentence>This section describes how to create a new collection.</ObviousSentence>
    96       <Contents>
    97         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    98           <ContentsItem>
    99             The new collection prompt
    100           </ContentsItem>
    101           <ContentsItem>
    102             The collection title
    103           </ContentsItem>
    104           <ContentsItem>
    105             Default metadata sets
    106           </ContentsItem>
    107           <ContentsItem>
    108             Collection description
    109           </ContentsItem>
    110           <ContentsItem>
    111             Creating the new collection
    112           </ContentsItem>
    113           <ContentsItem>
    114             Cancelling the new collection
    115           </ContentsItem>
    116         </ContentsGroup>
    117         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    118           <ContentsItem>
    119             Quick keys
    120           </ContentsItem>
    121         </ContentsGroup>
    122       </Contents>
    123       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    12460To create a new collection, open the "File" menu and choose "New".  Several
    12561fields need to be filled out -- but you can change their values later if you
     
    14278<Break/>
    14379Clicking "Cancel" returns you to the main screen immediately.
    144 <Break/>
    145       <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    146 Buttons, like menus, have one character underlined.  To "click" the button,
    147 press [ALT] and the underlined character at the same time.
    14880    </Section>
    14981    <Section name="savingacollection">
    15082      <Title>Saving the Collection</Title>
    151 <ObviousSentence>This section describes how to save a collection, and the Save Collection Prompt.</ObviousSentence>
    152       <Contents>
    153         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    154           <ContentsItem>
    155             How to save
    156           </ContentsItem>
    157         </ContentsGroup>
    158         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    159           <ContentsItem>
    160             Where the files are saved
    161           </ContentsItem>
    162         </ContentsGroup>
    163       </Contents>
    164       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    16583Save your work regularly by opening the "File" menu and choosing "Save".
    16684Saving a collection is not the same as making it ready for use in Greenstone
     
    17088program or load another collection.
    17189<Break/>
    172       <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    17390Saved collections are written to a file named for the collection and with file
    17491extension ".col", located in a folder of the same name within your Greenstone
     
    17794    <Section name="openingacollection">
    17895      <Title>Opening an Existing Collection</Title>
    179 <ObviousSentence>This section tells you how to open existing collections using the Open
    180 Collection prompt.</ObviousSentence>
    181       <Contents>
    182         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    183           <ContentsItem>
    184             How to open a collection
    185           </ContentsItem>
    186         </ContentsGroup>
    187         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    188           <ContentsItem>
    189             Locked collections
    190           </ContentsItem>
    191       <ContentsItem>
    192         Legacy collections
    193       </ContentsItem>
    194         </ContentsGroup>
    195       </Contents>
    196       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    19796To open an existing collection, choose "Open" from the "File" menu to get the
    19897Open Collection prompt.  A list of your Greenstone collections appears.
     
    201100for a file system browsing dialog.
    202101<Break/>
    203       <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    204102In case more than one Greenstone Librarian Interface program is running
    205103concurrently, the relevant directories are "locked" to prevent interference.
     
    221119    <Section name="deletingcollections">
    222120      <Title>Deleting Collections</Title>
    223 <ObviousSentence>This section explains how to permanently delete collections from your Greenstone installation.</ObviousSentence>
    224       <Contents>
    225         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    226           <ContentsItem>
    227             How to delete collections
    228           </ContentsItem>
    229         </ContentsGroup>
    230       </Contents>
    231       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    232121To permanently delete collections from your Greenstone installation, choose "Delete..." from the "File" menu. A list of your Greenstone collections appears. Select one to see its description, then tick the box at the bottom of the dialog and click "Delete" to delete the collection. This action is irreversible, so check carefully that you no longer need the collection before proceeding!
    233122    </Section>
     
    240129      <Title>The Download view</Title>
    241130This section describes how to configure a download task and control the downloading process.
    242       <Contents>
    243         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    244           <ContentsItem>
    245             The workspace tree
    246           </ContentsItem>
    247           <ContentsItem>
    248             Download configuration
    249           </ContentsItem>
    250           <ContentsItem>
    251             The download list
    252           </ContentsItem>
    253         </ContentsGroup>
    254         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    255           <ContentsItem>
    256             Enabling web proxies
    257           </ContentsItem>
    258         </ContentsGroup>
    259       </Contents>
    260       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    261131Access the "Download" view by clicking its tab. The top half of the screen shows the downloading controls. The bottom half is initially empty, but will show a list of pending and completed downloading jobs.
    262132<Break/>
     
    267137The download list has an entry for each web page download.  Each entry has a text region that gives details of the task along with a progress bar showing current activity. Three buttons appear to the left of each entry. "Pause" is used for pausing a currently downloading task. "View Log" opens a window showing the download log file. "Close" terminates the download and removes the task from the list. 
    268138<Break/>
    269       <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    270139The <Reference target="preferences">Preferences section</Reference> describes how to establish an Internet connection via a proxy.  If authentication is needed, the proxy server prompts for identification and password.  The Librarian Interface does not store passwords between sessions.
    271140    </Section>
     
    281150This section introduces the Gather area that you use to select what files
    282151to include in the collection you are building.
    283       <Contents>
    284         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    285           <ContentsItem>
    286             How to view the gather screen
    287           </ContentsItem>
    288           <ContentsItem>
    289             The file trees
    290           </ContentsItem>
    291           <ContentsItem>
    292             The status area
    293           </ContentsItem>
    294           <ContentsItem>
    295             Control buttons
    296           </ContentsItem>
    297         </ContentsGroup>
    298         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    299           <ContentsItem>
    300             Selection methods
    301           </ContentsItem>
    302           <ContentsItem>
    303             Special folder mapping
    304           </ContentsItem>
    305         </ContentsGroup>
    306       </Contents>
    307       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    308152The Librarian Interface starts with the Gather view.  To return to this view
    309153later, click the "Gather" tab directly below the menu bar.
     
    332176"Delete", with a garbage can, removes files. Clicking the Delete button will remove any selected files from the Collection file tree. Alternatively, files can be deleted by dragging them onto the Delete button.
    333177<Break/>
    334        <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    335178To select several sequential items, select the first and then hold down [Shift]
    336179and click on the last -- the selection will encompass all intervening
     
    346189    <Section name="creatingfolders">
    347190      <Title>Creating Folders</Title>
    348 <ObviousSentence>This section shows how to create new folders.</ObviousSentence>
    349       <Contents>
    350         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    351           <ContentsItem>
    352             The new folder button
    353           </ContentsItem>
    354           <ContentsItem>
    355             The right-button menu
    356           </ContentsItem>
    357         </ContentsGroup>
    358       </Contents>
    359       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    360191Use folders in the Collection file tree to group files together and make them
    361192easier to find.  Folders can be placed inside folders.  There is virtually no
     
    374205    <Section name="addingfiles">
    375206      <Title>Adding Files</Title>
    376 <ObviousSentence>This section shows how to get files into your collection.</ObviousSentence>
    377       <Contents>
    378         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    379           <ContentsItem>
    380             Dragging a file
    381           </ContentsItem>
    382           <ContentsItem>
    383             Multiple files
    384           </ContentsItem>
    385         </ContentsGroup>
    386         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    387           <ContentsItem>
    388             Existing metadata
    389           </ContentsItem>
    390         </ContentsGroup>
    391       </Contents>
    392       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    393207Files can be copied into the collection by dragging and dropping.  The mouse
    394208pointer becomes a ghost of the selected item (or, if more than one is selected,
     
    407221children.  You cannot select files within a folder and also the folder itself.
    408222<Break/>
    409       <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    410223When you add a file, the Librarian Interface searches through the source
    411224folders for auxiliary files containing metadata previously assigned to the
     
    419232    <Section name="removingfiles">
    420233      <Title>Removing Files</Title>
    421 <ObviousSentence>This section describes how to remove files and folders from your collection.</ObviousSentence>
    422       <Contents>
    423         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    424           <ContentsItem>
    425             The delete button
    426           </ContentsItem>
    427           <ContentsItem>
    428             The delete key
    429           </ContentsItem>
    430           <ContentsItem>
    431             Delete by drag and drop
    432           </ContentsItem>
    433         </ContentsGroup>
    434       </Contents>
    435       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    436234There are several methods for removing files and folders.  You must first
    437235indicate what items to remove by selecting one or more files and folders as
     
    445243      <Title>Filtering the Tree</Title>
    446244"Filtering" the collection tree allows you to narrow down the search for particular files.
    447       <Contents>
    448         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    449           <ContentsItem>
    450             The filter control
    451           </ContentsItem>
    452         </ContentsGroup>
    453         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    454           <ContentsItem>
    455             Custom filtering
    456           </ContentsItem>
    457         </ContentsGroup>
    458       </Contents>
    459       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     245      <Break/>
    460246The "Show Files" pull-down menu underneath each tree shows a list of predefined
    461247filters, such as "Images".  Choosing this temporarily hides all other files in
     
    464250tree.
    465251<Break/>
    466       <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    467252You can specify a custom filter by typing in a pattern to match files against (Librarian Systems Specialist and Expert modes only).
    468253Use standard file system abbreviations such as "*.*" or "*.doc" ("*" matches
     
    480265    <Section name="theenrichview">
    481266      <Title>The Enrich View</Title>
    482 <ObviousSentence>This section describes how to input and edit metadata using the Enrich view.</ObviousSentence>
    483       <Contents>
    484         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    485           <ContentsItem>
    486             The collection tree
    487           </ContentsItem>
    488           <ContentsItem>
    489             The metadata editing controls
    490           </ContentsItem>
    491           <ContentsItem>
    492             The value tree
    493           </ContentsItem>
    494           <ContentsItem>
    495             The metadata table
    496           </ContentsItem>
    497         </ContentsGroup>
    498       </Contents>
    499       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    500267Use the Enrich view to assign metadata to the documents in the collection.
    501268Metadata is data about data -- typically title, author, creation date, and so
     
    530297    <Section name="selectingmetadatasets">
    531298      <Title>Selecting Metadata Sets</Title>
    532 <ObviousSentence>This section explains how to specify metadata elements and how to add metadata sets to your collection.</ObviousSentence>
    533       <Contents>
    534         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    535           <ContentsItem>
    536             What is a metadata set?
    537           </ContentsItem>
    538           <ContentsItem>
    539             Controlling the metadata sets used
    540           </ContentsItem>
    541         </ContentsGroup>
    542       </Contents>
    543       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    544299Sets of predefined metadata elements are known as "metadata sets".  An example
    545300is the Dublin Core metadata set.  When you add a metadata set to your
     
    554309    <Section name="appendingmetadata">
    555310      <Title>Appending New Metadata</Title>
    556 <ObviousSentence>This section explains how to add metadata and values to files, and how to add new values for metadata elements.</ObviousSentence>
    557       <Contents>
    558         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    559           <ContentsItem>
    560             Adding to files
    561           </ContentsItem>
    562           <ContentsItem>
    563             Adding to folders or multiple files
    564           </ContentsItem>
    565         </ContentsGroup>
    566         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    567           <ContentsItem>
    568             Value hierarchies and editing values
    569           </ContentsItem>
    570         </ContentsGroup>
    571       </Contents>
    572       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    573311We now add a metadata item -- both element and value -- to a file.  First select
    574312the file from the Collection file tree on the left.  The action causes any
     
    587325    <Section name="addingpreviouslydefinedmetadata">
    588326      <Title>Adding Previously Defined Metadata</Title>
    589 <ObviousSentence>This section explains how to add metadata that uses values already present in the value tree.</ObviousSentence>
    590       <Contents>
    591         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    592           <ContentsItem>
    593             Adding to files
    594           </ContentsItem>
    595           <ContentsItem>
    596             Adding to folders or multiple files
    597           </ContentsItem>
    598         </ContentsGroup>
    599       </Contents>
    600       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    601327To add metadata that has an existing value, first select the file, then select
    602328the required value from the value tree, expanding hierarchy folders as
     
    610336    <Section name="updatingmetadata">
    611337      <Title>Editing or Removing Metadata</Title>
    612 <ObviousSentence>This section explains how to update the metadata assigned to a file.</ObviousSentence>
    613       <Contents>
    614         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    615           <ContentsItem>
    616             Updating files
    617           </ContentsItem>
    618           <ContentsItem>
    619             Updating folders or multiple files
    620           </ContentsItem>
    621         </ContentsGroup>
    622       </Contents>
    623       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    624338To edit or remove a piece of metadata, first select the appropriate file, and then the metadata value from the table. Edit the value field, deleting all text if you wish to remove the metadata.
    625339<Break/>
     
    630344    <Section name="reviewingmetadata">
    631345      <Title>Reviewing Assigned Metadata</Title>
    632 <ObviousSentence>This section describes how to view all metadata assigned to an entire collection.</ObviousSentence>
    633       <Contents>
    634         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    635           <ContentsItem>
    636             The audit table
    637           </ContentsItem>
    638         </ContentsGroup>
    639         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    640           <ContentsItem>
    641             Right button menu
    642           </ContentsItem>
    643           <ContentsItem>
    644             Autofilter
    645           </ContentsItem>
    646         </ContentsGroup>
    647       </Contents>
    648       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    649346Sometimes you need to see the metadata assigned to many or all files at once -- for instance,
    650347to determine how many files are left to work on, or to get some idea of the
     
    659356Interface while the "All Metadata" window is open.
    660357<Break/>
    661       <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    662358When it gets too large, you can filter the "All Metadata" table by applying
    663359filters to the columns.  As new filters are added, only those rows that match
     
    687383      <Title>Importing Previously Assigned Metadata</Title>
    688384This section describes how to import previously assigned metadata: metadata assigned to documents before they were added to the collection.
    689       <Contents>
    690         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    691           <ContentsItem>
    692             While adding files
    693           </ContentsItem>
    694         </ContentsGroup>
    695       </Contents>
    696       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     385      <Break/>
    697386If metadata in a form recognized by the Librarian Interface has been previously
    698387assigned to a file -- for example, when you choose documents from an existing
     
    748437This section explains how to review and alter the general settings associated
    749438with your collection.  First, under "Design Sections", click "General".
    750       <Contents>
    751         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    752           <ContentsItem>
    753             General settings
    754           </ContentsItem>
    755         </ContentsGroup>
    756       </Contents>
    757       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     439      <Break/>
    758440Here the values provided during collection creation can be modified.
    759441<Break/>
     
    771453plugins to use, what parameters to pass to them, and in what order
    772454they occur.  Under "Design Sections", click "Document Plugins".
    773       <Contents>
    774         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    775           <ContentsItem>
    776             Add a plugin
    777           </ContentsItem>
    778           <ContentsItem>
    779             Remove a plugin
    780           </ContentsItem>
    781           <ContentsItem>
    782             Configure a plugin
    783           </ContentsItem>
    784           <ContentsItem>
    785             Change plugin order
    786           </ContentsItem>
    787         </ContentsGroup>
    788         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    789           <ContentsItem>
    790             Custom configuration
    791           </ContentsItem>
    792         </ContentsGroup>
    793       </Contents>
    794       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     455      <Break/>
    795456To add a plugin, select it using the "Select plugin to add" pull-down list near the
    796457bottom and then click "Add Plugin".  A window appears entitled
     
    818479<Break/>
    819480The plugins in the list are executed in order, and the ordering is sometimes
    820 important. The order of the plugins can be changed in Library Systems Specialist and Expert modes only (see <Reference target="preferences">Preferences</Reference>).    </Section>
     481important. The order of the plugins can be changed in Library Systems Specialist and Expert modes only (see <Reference target="preferences">Preferences</Reference>).   
     482    </Section>
    821483    <Section name="searchtypes">
    822484      <Title>Search Types</Title>
    823 This section explains how to modify a new design feature in Greenstone, Search Types, which allow fielded searching. The search types specify what kind of search interface should be provided: form, for fields searching, and/or plain for regular searching.  Under "Design Sections", click "Search Types".
    824       <Contents>
    825         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    826           <ContentsItem>
    827             What enabling advanced searches means
    828           </ContentsItem>
    829           <ContentsItem>
    830             Adding a new search type
    831           </ContentsItem>
    832           <ContentsItem>
    833             Removing a search type
    834           </ContentsItem>
    835           <ContentsItem>
    836             Changing the order of search types
    837           </ContentsItem>
    838         </ContentsGroup>
    839       </Contents>
    840       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     485This section explains how to modify a new design feature in Greenstone, Search Types, which allow fielded searching. The search types specify what kind of search interface should be provided: form, for fielded searching, and/or plain for regular searching.  Under "Design Sections", click "Search Types".
     486      <Break/>
    841487When you enter the Search Types view, first check "Enable Advanced Searches", which activates the other controls. This changes the collection to use an indexing mechanism that allows fielded searching. Index specification is slightly different in this mode. (When switching between standard and advanced searching, the GLI does its best to convert the index specification, but may not get it completely right.)
    842488<Break/>
     
    850496      <Title>Search Indexes</Title>
    851497Indexes specify what parts of the collection are searchable.  This section explains how to add and remove indexes, and set a default index.  Under "Design Sections", click "Search Indexes".
    852       <Contents>
    853         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    854           <ContentsItem>
    855             Add an index
    856           </ContentsItem>
    857           <ContentsItem>
    858             Edit an index
    859           </ContentsItem>
    860           <ContentsItem>
    861             Remove an index
    862           </ContentsItem>
    863           <ContentsItem>
    864             Set default index
    865           </ContentsItem>
    866         </ContentsGroup>
    867       </Contents>
    868       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     498      <Break/>
    869499To add an index, type a name for it into the "Index Name" field.  Select which
    870500of the possible information sources to index by clicking the checkboxes beside
     
    906536      <Section name="definefilters">
    907537        <Title>Define Filters</Title>
    908 <ObviousSentence>The section explains how to define a partition filter.</ObviousSentence>
    909         <Contents>
    910           <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    911             <ContentsItem>
    912               Add a filter
    913             </ContentsItem>
    914             <ContentsItem>
    915               Remove a filter
    916             </ContentsItem>
    917             <ContentsItem>
    918               Update a filter
    919             </ContentsItem>
    920           </ContentsGroup>
    921         </Contents>
    922         <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    923538Filters allow you to group together into a subcollection all documents in an
    924539index for which a metadata value matches a given pattern.
     
    941556      <Section name="assignpartitions">
    942557        <Title>Assign Partitions</Title>
    943 <ObviousSentence>This section explains how to assign a previous defined partition filter.</ObviousSentence>
    944         <Contents>
    945           <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    946             <ContentsItem>
    947               Add a partition
    948             </ContentsItem>
    949             <ContentsItem>
    950               Remove a partition
    951             </ContentsItem>
    952             <ContentsItem>
    953               Set default partition
    954             </ContentsItem>
    955             <ContentsItem>
    956               Clear default partition
    957             </ContentsItem>
    958           </ContentsGroup>
    959         </Contents>
    960         <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    961558Having defined a subcollection filter, use the "Assign Partitions" tab to build
    962559indexes for it (or for a group of filters).  Select the desired filter (or
     
    973570You do this by generating a partition using the "Assign Languages" tab of the
    974571"Partition Indexes" view.
    975         <Contents>
    976           <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    977             <ContentsItem>
    978               Language controls
    979             </ContentsItem>
    980             <ContentsItem>
    981               Add language
    982             </ContentsItem>
    983             <ContentsItem>
    984               Remove language
    985             </ContentsItem>
    986             <ContentsItem>
    987               Set default language
    988             </ContentsItem>
    989             <ContentsItem>
    990               Clear default language
    991             </ContentsItem>
    992           </ContentsGroup>
    993         </Contents>
    994         <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     572    <Break/>
    995573To add a new language to partition by, use the "Assign Languages" tab to build
    996574an index for it.  Select the desired language from the "Language to add"
     
    1007585Greenstone can search across several different collections as though they were
    1008586one. This is done by specifying a list of other collections to be searched along with the current one.  Under "Design Sections", click "Cross-Collection Search".
    1009       <Contents>
    1010         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1011           <ContentsItem>
    1012             Selecting a collection
    1013           </ContentsItem>
    1014         </ContentsGroup>
    1015       </Contents>
    1016       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     587      <Break/>
    1017588The Cross-Collection Search view shows a checklist of available collections.  The
    1018589current collection is ticked and cannot be deselected.  To add another
     
    1029600This section explains how to assign "classifiers", which are used for browsing,
    1030601to the collection.  Under "Design Sections", click "Browsing Classifiers".
    1031       <Contents>
    1032         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1033           <ContentsItem>
    1034             Classifier selection and configuration
    1035           </ContentsItem>
    1036           <ContentsItem>
    1037             Add a classifier
    1038           </ContentsItem>
    1039           <ContentsItem>
    1040             Remove a classifier
    1041           </ContentsItem>
    1042           <ContentsItem>
    1043             Configure a classifier
    1044           </ContentsItem>
    1045           <ContentsItem>
    1046             Alter classifier ordering
    1047           </ContentsItem>
    1048         </ContentsGroup>
    1049       </Contents>
    1050       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     602      <Break/>
    1051603To add a classifier, select it using the "Select classifier to add" pull-down list near the
    1052604bottom and then click "Add Classifier".  A window appears entitled
     
    1076628This section discusses the format settings, and how the Librarian Interface
    1077629gives access to them.  Under "Design Sections", click "Format Features".
    1078       <Contents>
    1079         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1080           <ContentsItem>
    1081             Formatting
    1082           </ContentsItem>
    1083           <ContentsItem>
    1084             Add format command
    1085           </ContentsItem>
    1086           <ContentsItem>
    1087             Remove format command
    1088           </ContentsItem>
    1089           <ContentsItem>
    1090             Update format command
    1091           </ContentsItem>
    1092         </ContentsGroup>
    1093         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    1094           <ContentsItem>
    1095             Extended formatting options
    1096           </ContentsItem>
    1097         </ContentsGroup>
    1098       </Contents>
    1099       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     630      <Break/>
    1100631You can apply a format command to anything in the "Choose Feature" pull-down
    1101632list, which includes each classifier and a predefined list of features.  When
     
    1126657of the Greenstone Developer's Guide.
    1127658<Break/>
    1128       <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    1129659If the "Allow Extended Options" checkbox is ticked, some advanced formatting options are enabled. The list of features that can be formatted is changed slightly, and more variables are available to be used in the format command, providing greater control over the page layout.
    1130660    </Section>
     
    1134664language-specific text fragments for parts of the collection's interface.
    1135665Under "Design Sections", click "Translate Text".
    1136       <Contents>
    1137         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1138           <ContentsItem>
    1139             Add translation
    1140           </ContentsItem>
    1141           <ContentsItem>
    1142             Remove translation
    1143           </ContentsItem>
    1144           <ContentsItem>
    1145             Update translation
    1146           </ContentsItem>
    1147         </ContentsGroup>
    1148       </Contents>
    1149       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     666      <Break/>
    1150667First choose an entry from the "Features" list.  The language-specific
    1151668strings associated with this feature appear below.  Use the "Language of
     
    1164681This section explains the metadata set review panel.
    1165682Under "Design Sections", click "Metadata Sets".
    1166       <Contents>
    1167         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1168           <ContentsItem>
    1169             Available metadata sets
    1170           </ContentsItem>
    1171           <ContentsItem>
    1172             Adding metadata sets
    1173           </ContentsItem>
    1174           <ContentsItem>
    1175             Editing metadata sets
    1176           </ContentsItem>
    1177           <ContentsItem>
    1178             Removing metadata sets
    1179           </ContentsItem>
    1180         </ContentsGroup>
    1181       </Contents>
    1182       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     683      <Break/>
    1183684This view is used to review the metadata sets that the collection uses, and the
    1184685elements that are available within each set.  Choose from the list of "Available
     
    1200701    <Section name="thecreateview">
    1201702      <Title>The Create View</Title>
    1202 <ObviousSentence>This section explains the Create view used to produce a collection.</ObviousSentence>
    1203       <Contents>
    1204         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1205           <ContentsItem>
    1206         Building the collection
    1207       </ContentsItem>
    1208           <ContentsItem>
    1209         Previewing the collection
    1210       </ContentsItem>
    1211     </ContentsGroup>
    1212         <ContentsGroup linkto="advanced">
    1213           <ContentsItem>
    1214             Message log
    1215           </ContentsItem>
    1216         </ContentsGroup>
    1217       </Contents>
    1218       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    1219703The Create view is used to create the collection by running Greenstone
    1220704collection-building scripts on the information you have provided.
     
    1226710Once the collection has successfully built, clicking "Preview Collection" will launch a web browser showing the home page of the collection.
    1227711<Break/>
    1228       <Anchor name="advanced">Advanced Instructions:</Anchor>
    1229712In Expert mode, you can use the "Message Log" entry at the left to review previous attempts to build the collection, whether successful or not. Select the log you want by clicking on the desired date in the "Log History" list.
    1230713    </Section>
     
    1234717For more information of importing and building read Chapter 1 of the Greenstone
    1235718Developer's Guide -- Understanding the collection-building process.
    1236       <Contents>
    1237         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1238           <ContentsItem>
    1239             General settings
    1240           </ContentsItem>
    1241           <ContentsItem>
    1242             Import settings
    1243           </ContentsItem>
    1244           <ContentsItem>
    1245             Build settings
    1246           </ContentsItem>
    1247         </ContentsGroup>
    1248       </Contents>
    1249       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     719      <Break/>
    1250720Controlling the various settings is done in a similar way to the
    1251721"Configuring Arguments" window described in the <Reference target="plugins">Document Plugins</Reference> section.  Some
     
    1264734      <Title>Preferences</Title>
    1265735This section explains the preferences dialog, accessed by opening "File" -> "Preferences".
    1266       <Contents>
    1267         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1268       <ContentsItem>
    1269         General
    1270       </ContentsItem>
    1271       <ContentsItem>
    1272         Mode
    1273       </ContentsItem>
    1274           <ContentsItem>
    1275             Workflow
    1276           </ContentsItem>
    1277           <ContentsItem>
    1278             Connection
    1279           </ContentsItem>
    1280           <ContentsItem>
    1281             Warnings
    1282           </ContentsItem>
    1283         </ContentsGroup>
    1284       </Contents>
    1285       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     736      <Break/>
    1286737The first "General" option is a text field for entering your e-mail address. This will be used for the "creator" and "maintainer" collection metadata items. The next option is a pull-down list of the languages in which the Librarian Interface can be presented. If you change the dictionary by choosing one from the list, you must
    1287738restart the Librarian Interface in order to load the new language strings from
     
    1315766      <Title>File Associations</Title>
    1316767The Librarian Interface uses particular application programs to open particular
    1317 file types.  This section explains how to assign and edit these file
    1318 associations.
    1319       <Contents>
    1320         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1321           <ContentsItem>
    1322             Add association
    1323           </ContentsItem>
    1324           <ContentsItem>
    1325             Edit association
    1326           </ContentsItem>
    1327           <ContentsItem>
    1328             Remove association
    1329           </ContentsItem>
    1330         </ContentsGroup>
    1331       </Contents>
    1332       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
     768file types.
    1333769To alter file associations open the "File" menu and click "File
    1334770Associations...".
     
    1353789    <Section name="exportingcollections">
    1354790      <Title>Exporting Collections to CD/DVD</Title>
    1355      
    1356 This section describes how to export collections to a self-installing
    1357 Greenstone CD/DVD.
    1358       <Contents>
    1359         <ContentsGroup linkto="simple">
    1360           <ContentsItem>
    1361             How to export
    1362           </ContentsItem>
    1363         </ContentsGroup>
    1364       </Contents>
    1365       <Anchor name="simple">Simple Instructions:</Anchor>
    1366791Greenstone can export one or more collections to a self-installing
    1367792CD/DVD for Windows. To do so, Greenstone's "Export to CD-ROM" package
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