ENVIRODATA

The ENVIRODATA screen consists of three sections. The top section shows detailed text for a topic in the database. The middle section consists of an alphabetical index of topics. The bottom section consists of text-entry boxes for specifying searches of the index.

To find a topic in the index:

	1. Click on the index then type the first letter of the topic and keep typing it until the topic
		you want appears; OR
	2. Click above or below the box in the scroll bar to the left of the index; OR
	3. Drag the scroll box up or down by positioning the mouse cursor over it, holding the left
		mouse button down and moving the mouse up or down; OR
	4. Pressing the up or down arrows at the end of the scroll bar. 

To see the data associated with a topic:

	1. Once you have the topic in view in the index, simply click on the topic with the mouse
		cursor.
	2. Pressing the up and down arrows on the keyboard moves between adjacent topics.

To search the index:

	1. Click on the text box labelled "Topic:"
	2. Type in a word, phrase or part of a word that you believe might exist in the topic you
		want
	3. Press the Enter key of click on the Search button.
	4. To see the next index entry, press Enter of click on Search again.
	5. To narrow the search, enter a word or phrase in the text box labelled "Sub-topic". (You
		can move to this text box either by clicking on it with the mouse or by pressing
		the Tab key.) Pressing Enter or clicking the Search button will show only those
		index entries containing both pieces of text.

To go to a cross-reference within a topic:

	Cross-referenced topics are any word or phrase in UPPERCASE LETTERS.
	To go to a single word cross-reference, simply double click the mouse on the word. The
	new topic will appear.
	To go to a cross-reference that is a phrase of two or more words, select the  phrase as
	follows:  Position the mouse cursor just before the beginning of the phrase, hold down
	the left button and move the mouse cursor to the end of the phrase. Release the cursor.
	The new topic will appear.

To print topics:

	Select each topic in turn and then select Send to Print Queue from the File menu (or
	press Ctrl+Q). Once you have finished sending topics to the print queue, select Print
	Queue Now from the File menu (or press Ctrl+P). Be sure you have set up a printer for
	Windows (using the Printers icon on the Control Panel.)

To copy a topic to the Windows clipboard:

	Select the desired topic and then select Copy to Clipboard from the Edit menu.

To exit reading these instructions:

	Click on the index.

To exit ENVIRODATA and return to the Windows Program Manager:

	Select Exit from the File menu.
