NGS Style Manual
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Using This Manual
Backtracking Through Jumps
Browsing
Displaying the Main Page
Menu Commands / Printing		 Navigation Keyboard Buttons
Scrolling Through an Item
Searching for an Item
Selecting a Hypertext Link

Backtracking Through Jumps - Return to top.
Use the browser's Back button to backtrack through the items (entries) you have viewed.
To backtrack through items:
Click the < or > buttons on the keyboard navigator to display the previous or next list of items, or previous or next items within a list. Buttons are dimmed when option is not available.
Items: In this manual, each entry, consisting of title and text, is an item. The ITEMS button displays a list of all items from A to Z in alphabetical order (see Navigation Keyboard Buttons below).

Browsing - Return to top.
Use the browser's Back or Forward buttons, or the Style Manual back < or forward > buttons to browse items.
To view the previous list or item
Click the < button. The < button is not active within the first list (A) or the first item in any list. Button is dimmed when option is not available.
To view the next item
Click the > button. The > button is not active within the last list (Z) or the last item in any list. Buttons is dimmed when option is not available.


Displaying the Main Page - Return to top.
Choose the MAIN PAGE button in the keyboard navigator.

Menu Commands - Return to top.
The Inside NGS web version of the NGS Style Manual is designed to be used with a web browser. Use browser menu commands or icons to Edit=>Select All or Copy, File=>Page Setup or Print, or for other browser menu actions. Use the pointing device to select portions of items before copying or printing.
File=>Print
Prints the item that is currently displayed. In this manual, each entry, consisting of title and text, is referred to as an item. One item displays per page, although lengthy items may require two or more pages. Summary documents, which list all items for one letter, are also available for viewing or printing as though they were a single item. You can print one item per page(s) or all items under one letter. Although possible, printing the entire manual is time consuming. See Appendix B for more information.

File=>Page Setup (PC and Mac)
Set page options before printing. For the PC, choose header and footer options to display the page title and page location / URL at the top of the page, and page number, count, and date at the bottom. For the Mac, choose Page, Date, Location, Title, or None for the header and/or footer in the left, middle, or right positions.

File=>Print Setup (PC) or File=>Print (Mac)
File=>Print Setup (PC) sets printer options before printing an item. You can select a printer and set or change options for the printer. The options available depend on the type of printer selected. These options are available via the print dialog box on the Mac.

Edit=>Copy
Copies the text of the current item to the Windows Clipboard. A portion of the current item must be selected before the menu entry is enabled. Use Edit=>Select All to select the entire text portion of the item. Text copied to the clipboard can be pasted into another application or document. To copy graphics, right click (PC) or click and hold (Mac) while pointing to a graphic and choose "Save Image As" to save it to disk. Then import the saved graphic into the application or document. Please note that graphics are sometimes used to represent text, if that text cannot be displayed correctly on all platforms. See Appendix B for more information.

Navigation Keyboard Buttons - Return to top.
These buttons are located along the top of the page and enable you to easily navigate this online manual. To activate a button's function, point to it with the mouse cursor, and click the button.
Main Page: Displays the NGS Style Manual Main page.
Previous < and Next >: Allows moving to the previous or next list, or the previous or next item within a list. These buttons are not active in the ITEMS list (see below). Buttons are dimmed when option is not available.
Click ITEMS to display an alphabetical list of all items A to Z . Click an individual keyboard letter to see a list of items under that letter (see A B C, below).
The Previous < or Next > buttons are not active on the All ITEMS page. Buttons are dimmed when option is not available. Navigate through the pages of this list by using the Previous Page and Next Page text links.
On any ITEMS page, Use the Collapse All text link to collapse all items to a list of the letters of the alphabet. Then click the pointer to the left of the letter to expand the items for that letter.
Items: Displays a list of all entries for each letter of the alphabet.
Search: Displays a form to use in searching the NGS Style Manual. Click the Search button after entering a word to search for. Click the title of an item displayed on the Search Results page to display that item.
Previous < and Next > buttons are not active on pages opened from search results. Use the browser's Back button to return to the Search Results page. See Searching for an Item, below.
Help: Displays this document.
Feedback: Send an e-mail to the Style Committee to comment about an item.
Link to the Inside NGS, Resources page.

Scrolling Through an Item - Return to top.
If the information in an item doesn't fit in the window, use the scroll bar(s).
To scroll through an item
Click one of the scroll arrow buttons to scroll one line at a time, drag the scroll bar button to quickly scroll through an item, or hold the arrow buttons to scroll up or down continuously.

To scroll up or down, one window at a time
Click above or below the scroll box in the scroll bar, or use the PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN keyboard keys.

To move to the beginning or end of the item
The keyboard combination CTRL+HOME takes you to the beginning of the item. CTRL+END takes you to the end of the item.

Searching for an Item - Return to top.

You can find information quickly by using the SEARCH button. The Search button opens the Search dialogue box, where you type in the word that you want to search for. All items associated with that word are listed, and you can select one to view.



To search for information
1.Click the Search button to display a form to use in searching the NGS Style Manual.
2.A link is provided on the form to an advanced search form.
3.Click the form's Search button after entering search criteria on either form.
4.Click the title of items displayed on the Search Results page to display that item.
5.Use the browser's Back button to return to the Search Results page.


Selecting a Hypertext Link - Return to top.
Items can include links to other items or to more information about the current item. These are called hypertext links. These links are identified by a bright-blue colored, underlined text. When you point to a hypertext link, the mouse pointer changes to a pointing hand. Click the hypertext to go to the linked item. Use the browser's Back button to return to the previous item.
Backtracking Through Jumps
Browsing
Displaying the Main Page
Menu Commands / Printing		 Navigation Keyboard Buttons
Scrolling Through an Item
Searching for an Item
Selecting a Hypertext Link