ON LINE PROCEDURE DOCUMENTATION
ON LINE RESEARCH SUPPORT
The ON LINE PROCEDURE DOCUMENTATION and the ON LINE RESEARCH SUPPORT
facility have a lot in common. Both use the paragraphic mode of entry.
One is used to develop documentation and the other is used for online
research. Both will be discussed here. We will first go over the procedure
documentation and then discuss research support. In the research support
we will refer to previous descriptions.
Selecting the CIMS idea management system will show this display. You will then
select option (A). This will access the ON LINE SYSTEM DOCUMENTATION facility.
This is a documentation facility that you can develop although the system comes
with examples of system documentation.
The system software documentation is provided as shown above but these can be
replaced by your own documentation. If we select option B) ECM SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION
we will get the following screen:
The first three of the ECM software packages are described on this menu. Option
(D) proceeds to the next menu. From this we can see that we can build a hierarchical
structure of procedures if necessary. Selecting EASYWORD WORD PROCESSING option
we get an example of this as shown below:
EASYWORD documentation can be described on one menu screen. If it requires
more than one menu screen, it will be chained to the next menu. We will select
option (B) SPREADSHEET PROCESSING procedures.
EASYWORD paragraphic facility is utilized for the documentation. This is a
paragraphic menu designed to support up to 16 entries. Each entry on the
left box has 30 lines of information. Thus you can page down three times
if the information exceeds one display. We will select I) LINE TOTALS
and the following display appears:
At this point we selected option (I). All that is necessary to enter is I. The
letter (I) will be expanded in the location of your entry to the selection you have
chosen from the right. The detail information that was entered for that line item
will be displayed in top left block. You can page down or simply hit the enter key
as in word processing to see the information.
When you are done reviewing the information, you will press the ESC key. The program
gives you the option of exiting or continuing in the review of other items listed.
If you decide not to continue it will provide you with the following mini menu:
You could request printout of all the entries in this section in paragraphic mode.
The other functions are used in the editing and setting up of the paragraphic
word processing system. This process will be discussed in the next section. All we
are concerned her is how to use this system to access information.
Note that the process is the same as in the C~GATES system as to going back to a
previous menu. Simply place the mouse pointer in the top area of the screen above the
menu and press the left button. You can also press the Right Button to get the
documentation on this system. You can also press the ESC key to return to a previous
menu.
ON LINE RESEARCH SUPPORT
Now lets look at ON LINE RESEARCH SUPPORT. You will select (B) to access the
on line research facility.
The research support facility that is being displayed is an example of what
you can do with this aspect of CIMS. You can choose any subject that you
are interested in and replace any menu heading by pressing (X) on a given display.
This will permit you to simply change a line item only or add a document file
or another menu to it. The forth entry is usually reserved for another menu.
Now the procedure is the same as the previous ON LINE DOCUMENTATION FACILITY with
the exception of the ability to access web sites directly from within the
description that you set up.
In other words if you found mayo clinic to be informative relative to
information that you have in the paragraphic description you simply enter
at the beginning of any line
www.mayoclinic.com
and if you want to access that web site you simply position to the line
which has the web site and press the (=) key. Rather than replacing the first letter of www with an = it will issue a web command to access that web site.
If the web site address is too long for a single line you can extend it to up to 3 lines by using the \ symbol such as:
www.mayoclinic.com/article/cancer/
\12752012a.html
In this way you do not need to print any online information since you have access
to the information and it is organized into categories as part of the paragraphic
method.
As an example the following display shows all the research topics related to cancer.
To select ESSIAC we simply enter (N)
In the description of essiac we see reference to web sites such as
WWW.ESSIACFACTS.COM. All that has to be done is position to the line with
the web site address and press the (=) equal character. The CIMS program will
access and display the web site listed.
On the following display is an example of an extended web site address. Since
you are limited on entry of a web site to the blue window, it may require more that
one line. Simply place a (\)in the next line and continue.
Once you have made some research comments or simply reviewed them press the ESC key to
exit.
Press back icon on web page to return to previous option.