DialogWeb: Setting Preferences

DialogWeb: Setting Preferences

Scope

There are a variety of settings that the searcher can make to simplify the search process and appearance.
After making changes in the settings,
- Click Save Changes to exit and save your changes, or,
- Click Cancel to exit and not save your changes.

Settings for Guided Search and Command Mode

Logon Preferences
Logon to

The default logon search mode for most DialogWeb customers is Command Search. To change the default, select Guided Search.
Alias Password
You can specify an alias password in place of your Dialog-assigned password, however, your Dialog-assigned password always remains active and unchanged. To specify or change your existing alias password
- In Settings, Current Session, click Change Alias Password.
- On the Change Alias form enter your Dialog assigned password in the Original System Password text box.
- Enter an alias password (3-8 characters) in the New Alias Password text box.
- Enter the alias again in the New Alias Password (again) text box.
- Click Save Changes.
In Command Search, you can also use the SET PASSWORD command to specify an alias password. To use the SET PASSWORD command, enter set password followed by your Dialog assigned password, a space, and an alias password (3-8 characters). For example, enter set password abcd12345 mere to specify mere as the alias password for the Dialog-assigned password abcd12345. Note: Alias Passwords set using this method do not become effective until the next working day.

Settings for Guided Search Only

Display Preferences
- Categories
  You can prevent the display of Target Searches in the DialogWeb categories by un-checking the 'Show Targeted Searches' check box.
  The default is to display the search categories for both Targeted and Dynamic Searches.
- Cost Display
  If you want cost estimates to display, select the Costs checkbox. The default is to show cost estimates and price information.
- Notify if Cost Exceeds
  To specify a dollar amount which will automatically display a warning message if record display or send costs exceed the specification, enter a dollar amount in the Notify if Costs Exceed text box. The default is $1000.00 but some databases have their own price notification set at a lower amount.
- Database Lists
  If you do not want database list displays to include file numbers, check the Show Database File Numbers box to remove the checkmark.
- Search History
  You can specify the number of search sets that display when you click the Refine Search option in Dynamic Search, by entering a number (1-400) in the Search History text box. The default is the 5 most recent sets.
- Picklist
  You can specify the number of titles (1-300) to include in a single Picklist display by entering a number in the Picklist text box. The default is ten records.
- Record Format for Picklist Links
  You can specify the format for displaying and sending records when a title is clicked on in a Picklist. Select a format from the drop-down list. The default is Full Record. Format options include:
  - Free - all the available information that can be provided at no cost
  - Full Record Format - displays the full record including the text or abstract and images when available
  - Short - title or equivalent information plus indexing
  - Medium - displays a bibliographic citation and a word count or equivalent summary information, or an equivalent summary
  - Long - displays the entire record without additional indexing fields or an executive summary format
  - Key Word in Context - all available free information plus KWIC
- Market Research Titles Link to
  To specify a format for display and sending records from a Report Picklist when a record title is clicked; select either the Table of Contents or Section Headings option from the drop-down list. The default is Table of Contents. The default is Browser (with options).
  
  Display Records
  You can specify how records from the Picklist display by selecting either Browser (with options) or Browser ('clean copy' for Print/Save). Browser (with options) displays the records and the DialogWeb interface. Browser ('clean copy' for Print/Save) displays only the text of the selected records.
Searching
- Restrict Results to
  When available, you can restrict the results of your search to English Language Only and Fulltext Articles Only by selecting the appropriate text boxes.
Sending Records
- Preferred Address
  Specify an address code for sending search results. Use the Address Book to display a list of your stored addresses. Your default address is the postal address used in your Service Agreement.
  
  Email Output Format
  Select an option from the drop-down list. Options include:
  - ASCII Text - plain ASCII text
  - HTML File - for email transmission in HTML format
  - Tagged ASCII Text - plain ASCII text and two-character fields tags

Email Records as
- Select an option from the drop-down list. The default is No Attachment Support. Options include:
  - Mime Attachment - cc:Mail, Lotus Notes, MS Exchange, MS Internet, Novell GroupWise, America Online, AT&T Mail, Compuserve, Prodigy, Eudora, Pegasus
  - Mime Inline - MS Outlook 97, MS Outlook Express, Netscape Navigator Email, Netscape Communicator Email
    UUEncode - Unix mailers
- No Attachment Support - use as the default