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Table of Contents Table of Contents Introduction ...............................................................................................................1 Supported Operating Systems .......................................................................................... 1 Minimum PC Requirements .............................................................................................. 2 Installing i!-VotingManager................................................................................................ 2 User Interface Layout ........................................................................................................ 3 Using i!-VotingManager ...........................................................................................9 Program Preferences ........................................................................................................ 9 NetLinx Connection ......................................................................................................... 10 Connection ............................................................................................................................. 10 Advanced ............................................................................................................................... 11 i!-Voting Agenda Editor ................................................................................................... 12 Topic Options ......................................................................................................................... 13 Agenda Editor Components ................................................................................................... 15 i!-Voting Agenda Results Viewer..................................................................................... 17 Appendix .................................................................................................................19 i!-VotingManager i Table of Contents ii i!-VotingManager Introduction Introduction i!-VotingManagerTM is a PC based software for use with the Platinum Solution NSS-VOTETM. i!-VotingManager is designed to create and edit i!-Voting voting topic agendas. It is also designed to view, export, and archive i!-Voting agenda results. i!-VotingManager is comprised of two main components: the i!-Voting Agenda Editor and the i!-Voting Agenda Results Viewer. i!-Voting Agenda Editor: This component allows you to easily create and manage multiple agenda files and download these agendas to your i!-Voting system. You can create or edit these files offline, and then simply connect to your i!-Voting NetLinx system and download the new or updated agenda files to the system. You can also retrieve existing i!-Voting agenda files from the i!-Voting system back to your PC. i!-Voting Agenda Results Viewer: This component allows you to view, export and archive i!-Voting agenda results from the i!-Voting system. After a voting session is completed, the results of the session are recorded to an i!-Voting agenda result file. To view the file: 1. Connect to the i!-Voting NetLinx system. 2. Select from the existing result files. 3. Retrieve the file. After retrieving the file, you can print the results, save them to the PC for archival purposes, or export the results to one of the supported formats from i!-VotingManager. Supported Operating Systems Windows 95®/98® (with at least 48 MB of installed memory) Windows NT 4.0® Workstation or Server (service pack 6 B or greater, with at least 64 MB of installed memory) Windows 2000® Professional or Server (running on a Pentium 266 MHZ processor (minimum requirement); 300 MHZ or faster recommended, with 96 MB of installed memory.) Windows ME® (running on a Pentium 266 MHZ processor (minimum requirement); 300 MHZ or faster recommended, with 96 MB of installed memory.) Windows XP® (running on a Pentium 266 MHZ processor (minimum requirement); 300 MHZ or faster recommended, with 128 MB of installed memory.) i!-VotingManager 1 Introduction Minimum PC Requirements Windows-compatible mouse (or other pointing device) At least 15 MB of free disk space (150 MB recommended) SVGA monitor, with a minimum screen resolution of 800 x 600 A Network adapter A Sound Card Installing i!-VotingManager 1. In Explorer, double-click i!-VotingManagerSetup.exe from the directory window where you downloaded the i!-VotingManager install program. 2. After reading the License Agreement, select I Agree and Next to proceed. 3. The Welcome To i!-VotingManager Setup dialog opens, reminding you to close all Windows programs before going any further. Click Next to proceed. 4. In the i!-VotingManager Select Components dialog, select which example programs you would like to install. 5. In the Select i!-VotingManager Install Location dialog, use the Browse button to navigate to a directory other than the default install directory, if desired. Click Next. 6. In the i!-VotingManager Shortcut Creation dialog, select Install Shortcut Icons for the installed components on your desktop, if desired. 7. Click Next in the Start i!-VotingManager Installation dialog to install the selected components. 8. The program prompts you to restart your system to complete the installation. Continued 2 i!-VotingManager Introduction User Interface Layout FIG. 1 displays the the graphical user interface (GUI) for i!-VotingManager. FIG. 1 i!-VotingManager User Interface 1. i!-VotingManager Components Selection: Click the tab of the component you wish to use (i!-Voting Agenda Editor or i!-Voting Agenda Results Viewer). 2. i!-VotingManager Menu: FILE Open i!-Voting Agenda File ­ Opens existing agenda file. Open i!-Voting Results File ­ Opens existing results file. Close ­ Closes open file. Append i!-Voting Agenda File ­ Appends topics from an existing agenda file to current open agenda. Save ­ Saves open file. Print ­ Prints current file. Recent i!-Voting Agenda Files ­ Opens agenda file from recent list. Recent i!-Voting Results Files ­ Opens results file from recent list. Minimize i!-VotingManger ­ Minimizes i!-VotingManager program window. Exit i!-Voting Manager ­ Exits i!-VotingManager software. EDIT Cut ­ Cuts current selection. Copy ­ Copies current selection. Paste ­ Pastes clipboard contents. Program Preferences ­ Opens program preferences dialog. Continued i!-VotingManager 3 Introduction VIEW i!-Voting Agenda Editor ­ Views Agenda Editor. i!-Voting Agenda Result ­ Views Agenda Results Viewer. TOOLS Spell Check ­ Launches spell check utility. Thesaurus ­ Launches thesaurus utility. Topic Wizard ­ Launches the Topic Wizard dialog. FIG. 2 Topic Wizard Percentages in Quorum Value ­ Switches quorum value method to percentage. Numbers in Quorum Value ­ Switches quorum value method to numbers. Continued 4 i!-VotingManager Introduction CONNECTION Connect to NetLinx ­ Connects to the i!-Voting NetLinx System. Disconnect from NetLinx ­ Disconnects from the i!-Voting NetLinx System. NetLinx Connection Settings ­ Opens NetLinx connection settings dialog. Retrieve Agenda/Results File from i!-Voting ­ Uploads an existing agenda or results file from the i!-Voting System. FIG. 3 Retrieve Agenda FIG. 4 Retrieve Results i!-VotingManager 5 Introduction Send Agenda/Results File to i!-Voting ­ Downloads an agenda or results file to the i!-Voting System. FIG. 5 Send Agenda Launch Web Browser to i!-Voting System ­ Launches a Web browser to the i!-Voting NetLinx Master. HELP i!-VotingManager Help ­ Opens i!-VotingManager help file. About i!-VotingManager ­ Views the i!-VotingManager About dialog. FIG. 6 About i!-VotingManager 3. i!-VotingManager Status Bar: Status Message ­ Display of program status messages. Quorum Value Method Status ­ Display of current quorum value method. NetLinx Connection Status ­ Current NetLinx connection status. 6 i!-VotingManager Introduction 4. i!-Voting Agenda Editor: User interface to edit/create voting agenda files 5. Agenda Editor Toolbar: Open Close Save Export Send to NetLinx Download from NetLinx Print Delete Selected Topic(s) Cut Copy Paste Move Selected Topic(s) Up Move Selected Topic(s) Down Spell Check Thesaurus Topic Wizard Opens Agenda file. Closes Agenda file. Saves Agenda file. Exports Agenda to File. Sends Agenda file to NetLinx. Downloads Agenda file from NetLinx. Prints Agenda topics. Deletes selected Agenda topics. Cuts selected Agenda topic cells. Copies selected Agenda topic cells. Pa ...