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Fast Start to DialogLink 5

In DialogLink 5 many familiar commands have been enhanced with an interactive, graphical interface. Fast Start to DialogLink 5 familiarizes you with the basic features of DialogLink 5 and then discusses the enhanced and new commands. After reviewing this guide, you will be able to use DialogLink 5 to find valuable strategic information to meet your professional needs. In order to keep the guide as brief as possible, not every feature is illustrated. Learn more about other features of DialogLink 5 by reading the extensive online help, consulting the DialogLink 5 User Guide, contacting your Dialog representative or the Knowledge Center in your region or attending a local or online training class. See the “Wrap Up” section for more details.

This workbook presumes that you are familiar with Dialog Command Language. If you are not, you can sign up for training at www.dialog.com/training or take an online course at www.dialog.com/webtraining.

download Fast Start to DialogLink 5 (PDF, 5.17MB, 58 pp.)

Contents

    Section 1: Introduction
    What's New in DialogLink 5
    About this Fast Start
    DialogLink 5: Logging On
    Registering DialogLink 5
    Adding a Searcher at Your First Log On
    The DialogLink 5 Work Area
    The Session Window
    Toolbar
    DialogLink 5: Logging Off

    Section 2: Search Basics
    Preparing a Search in the Type-Ahead Buffer
    The Previous Tab
    Record Linking
    Saving and Printing
    Downloading Records to XML, HTML and TEXT Files
    Marked Text
    Visual Expand (VE)
    Explode in Visual Expand
    DIALINDEX®
    Using DIALINDEX in DialogLink 5

    Section 3: The Linking Pane
    The Linking Pane
    Help and Information
    Session Navigator
    Set Links
    Using Visual Rank (VR)
    Using Set Links to Find Related Literature

    Section 4: Alerts
    Edit Alerts

    Section 5: Account Management and Configuration Settings
    Account Management
    Configuration Settings
    Using the Settings Menu

    Section 6: Creating Reports
    Report Templates
    Customized Reports

    Section 7: Wrap Up

    Appendix: Chemical Structure Searching

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