What to Do and Not Do when first using Folio Views

There are many ways in which you can customize the way Folio Views works for you. Details are given in Folio Help - accessed by pressing F1 when running Folio Views.

     Don't:

     Attempt to start PEP program except by using Start -->Programs--> PEP ArchiveCD1v3 or from a desktop icon. Make sure you use by correct version of PEP by eliminating all previous versions.

     Attempt to do any customization and changing of your settings menu, until you have understood the implications.

Specifically, do not at this stage attempt to use the menu items accessed from the View Menu or the Settings Menu on the Menu Bar or the icons.

The icons are for use in association with Study Aids. See Study Aids - Bookmarks, Highlighters and Notes.

     Place a check or tick in any of the boxes marked "Checked branches" until you have understood the implications.

Folio designed the Checked Branches and Print By Section features to interact, so that you can quickly print any articles you check in the Bibliography pane. Unfortunately, when you check articles (sections) in the Print dialog, this also carries back to the bibliography.

The problem is that even if you are not using the Checked Branches feature for searching, once you print a specific article using this feature, it is still carried over to the bibliography list. And the search dialogs and the ranked search area of the search toolbar automatically limit the search to the selected articles whenever any checked branches exist.

Compounding the issue, there is a bug (part of Folio Views) in the refresh of the bibliography list when you return from the print dialog, such that the changes to checked branches in the print dialog are not reflected in the bibliography pane. That means that after returning from the Print dialog, you won't see the checked articles (branches), but they will actually be in effect for your next search, unless you clear them search.

This is how to overcome this problem if you have used checked branches and want to escape its grip:

Any time you print using checked sections, when you return to the main window, you must CLEAR your selections using the Edit menu option "Clear All Checks" (or right click on the Bibliography pane of any tab and select "Clear All Checks")

     Do:

     Say "Yes" when you are asked to save the file when exiting from Folio Views if you have added any bookmarks, notes, or highlights. See Study Aids - Bookmarks, Highlighters and Notes

     Occasionally click the "Save" icon. This saves your settings, search lists, notes, highlighters, etc. (You do not need to save the basic information on CD-ROM, which is permanent)

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