---

Main Menu Items:

The opening screen is the Main Menu.  It lists the main menu options for using the CD-ROM version of Duane's Clinical Ophthalmology.

Main Menu options include the following links:

Search

Search is performed using the Java™-based JObjects search engine, which requires JAVA support in your browser.

How to use Search

This link opens a window to search using jObjects technology. QuestAgent Search Tips are available by clicking on the line that reads “Click here for help”

Search requires JAVA support in your browser to work. It also relies on other technology to highlight results.

Macintosh Users:

As of this writing, July 2005, the preferred Macintosh browser is Safari 2.0 or higher. However, Firefox 1.0 or higher with the Java Embedding Plug-in is also an excellent choice. Users of Mac "Classic" OS9 may use Netscape 6.2 or later.

Due to flaws in the way Mozilla based browsers handle Apple's newer Java Runtimes, it is necessary to download and install the Java Embedding Plug-in from "http://javaplugin.sourceforge.net/" before using the product in Firefox or Netscape.

It is recomended that users update to the most recent version of Java avaliable and recommended by Apple. Internet Explorer for Mac has its own JAVA support and does not require the plug-in, though installation of the plug-in will not interfere with IE. Please note that, due to these Issues concerning JAVA and Microsoft, we recommend using the latest version of Safari or Firefox.

Highlighting: No current browser on Mac Classic OS9 will support highlighting.

How to use Search: Macintosh OS 9

Links are provided for both a standard search and an advanced search.

Standard Search:

1. Once the search engine loads you are ready to search for words and/or phrases.
   
2. Each search permits the user to select all of the CD contents, or a just a single section. It is recommended that the user limit the search to a single section for more relevant results unless it is known that the search term crosses the section's subject material. Pull-down menus with explanations are provided for several search options.
   
3. Search displays the number of hits and the search results listed by volume and chapter. Double-click a search result to view the page.
   
4. Use your browser's “back” button to return to the search results page.
   
5. Browser “History” button: Search results are not stored in browser history.

Advanced Search:

1. The advanced search allows the user to search by a specific data field or combination of fields. Clicking the “more” button adds another level of filtering for the search term. Clicking the “less” button removes a level of filtering.

How to use Search: Windows and Macintosh OS X:

Note: Mac OSX users may experience two limitations on Internet Explorer with respect to the search application.

1. The principal limitation concerns the use of the “Search” links throughout the CD. When the user clicks on a “Search” link for the first time, the link will take the user to the search template. After the first time the link is followed, the “Search” links will not function again. Mac IE users can instead use the browser “Back” button to return to the search template page, and from there, perform another search in the normal manner. Alternatively, if the user clicks and holds the cursor over the “Back” button a history list will appear in a drop down menu. The user can return to the search template by clicking on the link “http://127.0.0.1:9801/questagent/search.vm”, or access particular search results by clicking on a link that begins with the path similar to “http://127.0.0.1:9801/questagent/search.vm?cmd=search&collection=............”. If there is not a search link available in the “Back” button history, and a search has been completed, the browser/CD-ROM may need to be restarted in order to use search.
   
2. Occasionally, when the browser first opens the CD-ROM, the browser will “hang up” on the search template page. If this happens, and you do not wish to begin a search, just follow the link “Back to Main Menu” to return to the homepage. Item number 1 above would then be applicable.
   

Search Options: Links are provided for three types of searches—simple, full, and fielded.

• Simple search (Quick):

Use this search form when you wish to search for a single word or term.

• Full search:

This search form permits the selection of various search options. The options are defined on the search form page.

• Fielded search:

This search form permits the user to search by a specific data field or combination of fields. Clicking the “more” button adds another level of filtering for the search term. Clicking the “less” button removes a level of filtering.

Each search permits the user to select all of the CD contents, or a just a single section. It is recommended that the user limit the search to a single section for more relevant results unless it is known that the search term crosses the section's subject material.

Search term(s) are highlighted. When there are multiple hits on a page, buttons “<” (previous) and “>” (next) are placed on either side of the highlighted word to allow the user to go from one highlighted word to the next. The first “hit” will only have a “>” (next) arrow, and the last “hit” will only have a “<” (previous) arrow.

Search displays the number of hits and the search results listed by volume and chapter. Double-click a search result to view the page.

Troubleshooting Search:

Windows:

On Windows, the most common problem is the search link being non-responsive on the main menu page the when the CD is first loaded. If the search link does not work and the path in the browser address bar is “CD-ROM_drive_letter:\startApplet.html” then your JAVA is not installed properly.

You will need to install or re-install JAVA. There is a special installer for this on your CD. Run Setup from your CD-ROM. At the Select Install Type screen, choose CUSTOM INSTALL. Check the JAVA install box on the next screen and follow the prompts. This should fix the problem. If problems persist, delete all JRE versions and the Java Web Start applet from the control panel using “add/remove programs”. Restart your computer and then re-install the JAVA JRE with the CUSTOM INSTALL from the Ophthalmology CD-ROM.

Macintosh: OS 9

Macintosh OS-X is recommended for Macintosh users. While Search will run on OS 8.6 through 9.2, highlighting of search terms is not supported. A correct search result is returned, but individual search words lack highlighting. In order to find search terms on the result page under the Classic OS, we suggest repeating the search term using the browser “Edit > Find on Page” menu function.

Use Internet Explorer 5.1 or later if available which has native JAVA support. At the present time, Explorer 5.1 running on OS 9 does not support highlighting, though it is expected that some future edition will support highlighting.

The search applets set up for Macintosh by default do not support highlighting.

Error: “Not enough memory to run Java VM”, this indicates that the memory allocation for the Browser needs to be increased: This can be done as follows:

Macintosh: OS X

Note: Mac OSX users may experience two limitations on Internet Explorer with respect to the search application.

1. The principal limitation concerns the use of the “Search” links throughout the CD. When the user clicks on a “Search” link for the first time, the link will take the user to the search template. After the first time the link is followed, the “Search” links will not function again. Mac IE users can instead use the browser “Back” button to return to the search template page, and from there, perform another search in the normal manner. Alternatively, if the user clicks and holds the cursor over the “Back” button a history list will appear in a drop down menu. The user can return to the search template by clicking on the link “http://127.0.0.1:9801/questagent/search.vm”, or access particular search results by clicking on a link that begins with the path similar to “http://127.0.0.1:9801/questagent/search.vm?cmd=search&collection=............”. If there is not a search link available in the “Back” button history, and a search has been completed, CD-ROM may need to be restarted in order to use search.
   
2. Occasionally, when the browser first opens the CD-ROM, the browser will “hang up” on the search page. If this happens, and you do not wish to begin a search, just follow the link “Back to Main Menu” to return to the homepage. Item number 1 above would then be applicable.

Macintosh users who wish to use a version of Netscape, Mozilla, or other browsers that requires JAVA support should look in the MRJ folder on this CD-ROM. This is important for both Classic and OS-X applications.

General Settings and User Preferences:

1. Browser Privacy Settings: On some Computers, cookies may need to be set to the lowest setting in order for the JObjects fielded search applet to function properly. If you cannot access the “more” button on the fielded search form properly, you may need to change your privacy settings as follows:

   Windows:

   1. Internet Explorer 6:
      • Open browser, on the Tools menu select “Internet Options”, then select “Privacy tab”. Move the slider to the “Low” or “Accept All Cookies” setting.
      • Optionally, if the user wants to block cookies, click the advanced button, then check the box “Override automatic cookie handling”, then check “Block” and then check “Always allow session cookies”.
        
   2. Internet Explorer 5.5:
      • Open browser, on the Tools menu select “Internet Options”, then select “Security tab”. Move the slider to the desired Security level for this zone. Click the “Custom level” button, then scroll to the “Cookies” setting. On the setting “Allow cookies that are stored on your computer” check the “Enable” radio button.
      • Optionally, if the user wants to block cookies, click on the setting “Allow cookies that are stored on your computer” check the “Disable” radio button, and then on the setting “Allow per session cookies” check the “Enable” radio button.
        
   3. Netscape:
   • Open browser, on the Tools menu select “Edit > Preferences > Privacy & Security > Cookies”. Check the lowest setting or “accept all Cookies”

    

   Macintosh:

   1. Internet Explorer:
   • Open your browser and from the top menu select “Explorer > Preferences >Receiving Files> Cookies”. Select the appropriate cookie setting.
   2. Netscape:
   • Open browser, on the Tools menu select “Netscape > Preferences > Privacy & Security > Cookies”. Check the lowest or “accept all Cookies”.

2. With any browser, be sure to set preferences so that Java is enabled.

   Windows:

   1. Netscape:
      • Open your browser and from the top menu select “Netscape > Preferences > Advanced”. On the “Advanced” tab, check the “Enable Java” checkbox.
      • Expand the “Advanced” tab and select “Script & Plug-ins”, and check the “Enable Javascript”.

    

3. Macintosh:

   1. Netscape:
      • Open your browser and from the top menu select “Netscape > Preferences > Advanced”. On the “Advanced” tab, check the “Enable Java” checkbox.
      • Expand the “Advanced” tab and select “Script & Plug ins”, and check the “Enable Javascript”.
2. Internet Explorer:
   • Open your browser and from the top menu select “Explorer > Preferences >Web Browser > Java” On the “Java” tab, check the “Enable Java” checkbox.

Unicode Fonts

In order to view the complete character set for the technical language on the CD-ROM, the Browser Font Preferences must be set to Unicode. Unicode comprises the character sets of English, the Cyrillic alphabet used for Russian, the Greek, Hebrew, and Arabic alphabets, and other alphabets and alphabet like writing systems used in countries across Europe, Africa, the Indian subcontinent, and Asia.

Macintosh:

Encoding

Macintosh does not use Unicode fonts directly; instead, Macintosh uses its TECM, (Text Encoding Conversion Manager) to map Unicode characters to Apple’s proprietary fonts. Mapping can occur from several Mac fonts on a single HTML page at the same time. In order to enable this, multiple language sets must be selected.

1. Open Internet Explorer; ensure that the IE application window is active.
2. Click “Edit” on the menu/toolbar bar at the top of the screen.
3. Click “Preferences” to open the Internet Explorer preferences window.
4. Expand, if necessary, the “Web Browser” sub-menu, click “Language/Fonts”.
5. In the Languages sub-menu; if no languages are selected, click on “Add”.
6. Choose a language from the “Add a Language” pop-up.
7. Select fonts & sizes for the selected language.
8. Repeat 5-7 for each character set you want to use.
9. Move your primary (default) language to the top of the list with the “Move Up/Move Down” buttons.

Language Selection: Mac OS X

Internet Explorer 5.2

1. Open Internet Explorer; ensure that the IE application window is active.
2. Click “Explorer” on the menu/toolbar bar at the top of the screen.
3. Click “Preferences” to open the Internet Explorer preferences window.
4. Under the “Web Browser” sub-menu, click “Language/Fonts”.
5. In the Languages sub-menu; if no languages are selected, click on “Add”.
6. Choose a language from the “Add a Language” pop-up.
7. Select fonts & sizes for the selected language.
8. Repeat 5-7 for each character set you want to use.
9. Move your default language to the top of the list with the “Move Up/Move Down” buttons.

Windows:

Language Selection: IE 5, 5.5 and 6

1. Open Internet Explorer; ensure IE application window is active.
2. Click “Tools” on the menu/toolbar bar at the top of the screen.
3. Click “Internet Options” to open the Internet Explorer preferences pop-up window.
4. Click the “General” tab.
5. Below the History section; select “Languages” to open the “languages preferences” pop-up.
6. Under the “Web Browser” sub-menu, click “Language/Fonts”.
7. In the Languages sub-menu; if no languages are selected, click on “Add”.
8. Choose a language from the “Add Language” pop-up.
9. Repeat for each character set you want to use.
10. Choose a primary (default) language from the “Add a Language” pop-up.
11. Move your default language to the top of the list.
12. Click “OK” when finished adding languages.
13. Select “Fonts”.
14. Select a language script and the Web page (proportional) font and plain text (fixed-width) font to be used with it.
15. Select fonts & sizes for your primary language.

As with IE for Macintosh, Windows IE 5 and 6 can use several fonts to display a single page that contain multiple scripts for which you have selected fonts.

Encoding: IE 5, 5.5 and 6

Navigation Tips:

Chapters:

The Table of Contents lists the main volumes and chapters and you may either jump directly to a specific volume or chapter from the list or start scrolling down to view details about the volumes and chapters.

Browser Back Button:

Use the “Back” button on the browser toolbar to retrace your navigation link history. Navigation links appear as colored text for references and tables that takes you somewhere else on a page. By clicking the “Back” button, you will return to the last such link visited.

When you view figures from thumbnails or click on a figure name, you are not clicking on navigation links, but rather “New Window” links. The figure opens in a new window that remains open until you close it. The “Back” button will not re-open a window that may have been closed. In order to review references and tables, you may navigate with “Back” to the launch point for the link, and then re-launch the respective item.

Bookmarks and Favorites:

It is often useful to bookmark a topic, so you can quickly and easily return to that topic at any time. This is a browser-based program, so bookmarking is a feature of your browser. (Note: Internet Explorer refers to bookmarks as "Favorites.") To add a bookmark from the CD, right-click the page that you want to bookmark, a context menu will open. Select Add to Favorites. Bookmarks that are created for pages that have been obtained through the search engine will only remain functional in the current browser session. If you open a page from a bookmark saved through the search engine, some of the links will not be active, e.g., the Search link.

This CD is designed to operate with the CD in your computer. If you use a bookmark to the CD when it is not in your computer, you will either get a file not found error or a prompt to put the CD in the CD-ROM drive. Please refer to your browser documentation for details on how to best use favorites.

Copy and Paste:

If you need to use some of the text from the CD in notes or in another document, you may highlight the text in the browser display and use copy and paste to place it in Word or another application.

Copy and Paste may not work for text in a search window, and it may be difficult to paste into a search window. This is because copy and paste in search is managed by both your computer’s native operating system and by the JAVA run-time environment. You may find that Copy and Paste work from only a mouse-click or only from selection in the menu. This behavior may change after updates to your OS or to the JAVA runtime environment.

Return to Top