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CDSDoc User Guide, Product Version 2.1


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Setting CDSDoc User Preferences

There are several preferences that each CDSDoc user can set to control the behavior of the CDSDoc Library window, Search, and other features.




General Window Features

The next sections describe how to set features that control the number of browser windows and the size and location of the CDSDoc Library window.



Using a new browser window or reusing the same window

CDSDoc opens documents in the same browser window that you may currently be using to display another website. You may change this default as follows:

  1. Choose Edit - Preferences from the CDSDoc Library window.

  2. In the General tab, choose:

    • New browser window to always use a separate browser window in Netscape or Internet Explorer when you choose a document from the Library window. This prevents CDSDoc from "taking over" any current tasks you are doing with the browser.

      CDSDoc will reuse this separate window for each book - you will not see multiple browser windows displaying individual manuals.

    • Current browser window to open any document from CDSDoc into the last active browser window you were using.

  3. Click OK. Your changes will take effect the next time you open a document with CDSDoc.



Displaying the Library window by default or suppressing display

When you click Help in an application to open a manual in CDSDoc, only the manual appears.You can change the default so that the Library window is also opened when you click Help.

  1. Choose Edit - Preferences from the CDSDoc Library window.

  2. In the General tab, set Always show when a document is opened:

    • ON (checked) to always display the CDSDoc window when you open a document by clicking Help.

    • OFF (blank) to open only the document when you click Help.

  3. Click OK. Your changes will take effect the next time you open a document by clicking Help.



Setting the location of the Library window

To control where the Library window appears on your screen, do the following:

  1. Choose Edit - Preferences from the CDSDoc Library window.

  2. In the General tab, choose either:

    • Use the current location and move the Library window to the place where you want it to appear.

    • Use these coordinates and enter the coordinates, counted in pixels starting from the upper left corner of the screen, where you want the window to appear.

  3. Click OK. Your changes will take effect.



Setting the default size of the Library window

To change the default size of the Library window, do the following:

  1. Choose Edit - Preferences from the CDSDoc Library window.

  2. In the General tab, choose either:

    • Use the current size and drag the corners of the Library window to the size you prefer.

    • Use this size and enter the number of pixels wide and high you want the Library window to be.

  3. Click OK. Your changes will take effect.



Controlling the Netscape colormap (UNIX only)

Both Netscape and Cadence applications use a colormap to control the color of objects in their interfaces on UNIX. Sometimes Netscape can "steal" colors from Cadence tools, making the objects difficult to view. You can control whether Netscape shares colors with Cadence tools, or uses a separate colormap.

  1. Choose Edit - Preferences from the CDSDoc Library window.

  2. In the General tab, choose either:

    • Use default colormap to have Netscape share its colormap with Cadence applications.

    • Use private colormap to use a separate colormap for Netscape.

      Note:  If you use a private colormap, then you may notice colors "flashing" or changing when you move your mouse between Netscape and the Cadence applications. As long as your mouse is inside a Cadence application, however, the colors should appear correctly and they will not be used by Netscape.

  3. Click OK. Your changes will take effect after you exit and then restart CDSDoc.



Choosing a default browser (Windows only)

When you first start CDSDoc on a Windows machine, it uses Netscape to display documents. If you want to change the default browser, do the following.

  1. Choose Edit - Preferences from the CDSDoc Library window.

  2. In the General tab, choose:

    • Netscape 4.x or Netscape 6.x to launch that version of Netscape whenever you open a document.

    • Internet Explorer to launch Internet Explorer whenever you open a document.




Search Preferences

You can control whether the Search results window - the window that lists all matching documents after you do a Search - opens in the current browser window, or in a new browser window. Using a new browser window means you can see both the results and the Search that you executed at the same time. When you click on a result, the document opens in a third window, so that you can quickly return to the results list if the book you opened is not the one you want.

  1. Choose Edit - Preferences from the CDSDoc Library window.

  2. In the Search tab, choose either:

    • Current browser window to have the Search results appear in the same window from which you started the Search.

    • New browser window to display Search results and the documents opened from the results list in a separate window.

  3. Click OK. Your changes will take effect after you exit and restart CDSDoc.




Setting the Port ID for CDSDoc URLs

When CDSDoc displays a document, it uses the http server started by Search to "serve" the document. The server prepends a machine name and port address to each URL. The default port address is 9000. This means that every URL displayed for a document has the format:

http://machineName:9000/directoryname/filename.html#linkname

If you have other web servers at your site that use the port address 9000, you may want to control the port ID for CDSDoc. To do so:

  1. Choose Edit - Preferences from the CDSDoc Library window.

  2. In the Advanced tab, type in the specific Port ID you would like to use.

    The port ID must be greater than 1024.

  3. Click OK. Your changes will take effect after you exit and restart CDSDoc.


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