To browse and search a single file: 1. At the opening menu, click the + sign to the left of the Documents
folder. 2. Click once on the file you wish to open. 3. To search the documentation file for a specific term, you may:
Click Search on the menu bar Document,
or
Double-click the cursor on the term, or
Click the search
button on the
button bar. 4. Click the button that corresponds to the type of search you would like
conducted.
To browse and search multiple files:
At the opening menu, click the + sign to the left of the Search folder>Global
document search. 1. Enter the term(s), separated by spaces, you wish to search. 2. Choose Search or Enter. 3. The search will provide a list of the files that contain the specific term(s)
entered. The file name, file description, and the number of times the term
is found are provided as well. 4. Click on the file you wish to view and Open. Although the Search results
box closes, the results of your search are still displayed under the Search folder in the
data set window.
If printed documentation tables are not
aligned, cut and paste them in an application such as WordPad and use LinePrinter font to
print.
Browsing and Searching Data To view the data set or a subset. 1. At the opening menu, click the + sign to the left of the
word Data to list the data files. 2. Click on a file name>Browse data. 3. This command displays the records, with horizontal red lines separating the
individual records, and vertical red lines separating the fields within records. The field
and value labels appear in the window at the bottom of the screen.
4. For a description of the field and record value, double-click on the
corresponding field. If you click Select, you will select a subset of those
records. The number of records selected will be shown in the left hand corner of your
bottom window.
If you want to save the subset
expression to your hard drive, click Save before selecting the
records. Saved subsets can be loaded later for tabulation or export.
When a search yields multiple records, the
first record will appear. To locate the next record-- do NOT use the
arrow keys--you must click on the search for next match button
.