Snsearch Operating Instructions for

"The writings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslev and his disciples"

"ëúáé øáéðå îåäø"ï îáøñìá æé"ò åúìîéãéå"

Version 2

 

(click on topic titles to skip to topic help)

 

Search

Browse

Gematria

Main Menu Bar

File

Search

Text

View

Tools menu

Window menu

Help

Toolbar

Keyboard Shortcuts

Shortcut Menu – Access to Links

Abbreviated Tutorial to Main Important Features of System

 

 

Search (or Free Search from Search menu)

The Search window serves for searching for text in the book databases on the CD.

To open the Search window press F3, click on the "Search" icon, or select "Free Search" from the Search Menu.

 

Type the word(s) you want to find and press ENTER or click on the "Search" button.

 

For help using the Search System and various Search Options, click on Help at the lower left hand side of the Search window, or see here.

 

For help navigating within the search results after results are displayed, and complete information on viewing and browsing options, select Current Window from Help menu or press Ctrl+F1, or see here.

 

For quick access to a specific book (without going through the database), press the Alphabetic tab and type the book name directly into the search box.

 

 

Browse

The Browse window enables browsing through books and opening texts when the "address" (exact source) is known; also for locating a specific article.

 

The Browse window is accessed by pressing the Browse button on the tool bar, selecting Browse List from Text menu or pressing F4.

 

For quick access to a specific book (without going through the database), press the Book list tab and type the book name directly into the search box.

 

For detailed help about use of browsing functions, open browse window and then select Current Window from Help menu, or see here.

 

 

Gematria

Press F7 to open a "Gematria" window or press Gematria button on toolbar. Type the word or words you are looking for, and then press ENTER or click on the "Search" button.

 

For Complete details of the various Search options, including acronyms, skip letters and more, click on "Help" at the lower right hand side of the "Gematria" dialog box, or see here.

 

 

 

 

Main Menu Bar

 

File

Save to file           opens the save window (for saving the selected text as a text file).

Print (Ctrl+P) –         opens the Print dialog box which displays the various printing options.

Copy as simple text – copies the currently open text to the clipboard as simple text (ignoring font, color and word processor specifications).

Copy                      copies the currently open text to the clipboard to be pasted into a word processor. The program preserves text attributes specified by the user in the Options windows (View menu), under color, fonts and CDrom tabs. By Saving the Configuration on the View Menu, these specifications (colors, fonts, printers and more) will become the system default.

Multiple print -         prints up to 4 different texts in separate columns on one page.

Exit -                           exits the program.

 

 

Search

Free Search (F3) -   opens Search window where you may type in words to be searched, and select various other search options. See here.

Gematria (F7) -         opens "Gematria" window, for searching matching gematria values, first/last letters, skip letters and more. see here

Results list -             shows a window which displays the number of the search results in each database. Select a database to view and press enter, or double click on the database or select and press OK, to view results in the selected database. see here.

Next database -       when searching several databases, this displays the search results from the next database in the list. Alternatively, Click  Book+.

Previous database - when searching several databases, this displays the search results from the previous database in the list. Alternatively, Click Book-

 

 

Text

Browse List (F4) -               opens a list containing the titles of the books in the CD-Rom (database tree). Navigate through the sections and chapters of the book down to the text level by clicking on name of book or selecting book and pressing Enter. see here

Display extensive text (F5) – extends amount of text displayed, i.e. if a window containing a certain sentence is open, choosing this option will display the entire book.

Next paragraph (F9) -        opens the following page, section, chapter or verse.

Previous paragraph (F8) - opens the previous page, section, chapter or verse.

Next result (Ctrl+F9) -         jumps to the next search find.

Previous result (Ctrl+F8) – jumps to the previous search find.

Find in Text (Ctrl+F) -         enables you to search for any word in the open text.

Find Next (Ctrl+G) -             finds the next time a word appears in the open text.

 

 

View

Toolbar -                               displays/hides the toolbar.

Status line -                          displays/hides the status line at the bottom of the main window, which displays important context-sensitive information

The Hebrew date and updated version appear on the Status line in yellow.

Double click on version number to view additional information about this version, as well as the number of users authorized to use it.

Double click the Hebrew Date to access the Halachic times of day for various cities worldwide.

Options -                               Opens a window with multiple tabs for selecting fonts and colors for display etc. The General tab allows choosing interface language, displaying and printing nikud, saving and printing options, autosave etc. The Cdrom allows word processor selection etc.

 

Save Configuration –        saves current configuration of parameters selected in Options window. By default the system saves the configuration automatically; this option is meant for users who disabled autosave configuration through the Options window.

 

 

Tools menu

History (Ctrl+H) –    opens a window with a list of all the texts that were opened in the program since its activation (according to database date and address) and allows quick repeated access to them. History is saved automatically only if this option was checked in Options window.

Copies pieces (Ctrl+V) – Opens a multiple text clipboard which retains every section that was copied (using Ctrl+C) in the current work session. The options include: Print each section separately, Print all sections printed together, Copy section to regular clipboard for pasting in wordprocessor, View section in word processor, delete line of section from multiple text clipboard, and Close window.

Save current window in history (Ctrl+E) – this option is available in case the automatic saving option under Options was disabled, and the user is interested in saving the current window, which contains text or search results.

Add Note              opens a window in which the current text can be saved as a bookmark and personal notes can be added (Ctrl+N). See detailed information here.

Notes List             opens a list of all notes written by user, and enables searching through them, editing them and opening the desired text.

There is a Note (on current text) this option is available (not grayed) only when an article with a user note on it is open; opens a window displaying the relevant note.

 

Window menu

Tile all windows (Shift+F2) – in default mode, the system opens each window to its maximum size. Navigate between windows by clicking the corresponding tab in tab row above windows. If you prefer to view all open windows on the screen, Tile all windows will reduce their size so that the title and abstract windows will be displayed at bottom of screen, with text windows above them. This option can be used to display windows side by side for simultaneous viewing

Close all the texts – closes all open text windows, leaving title and abstract windows open.

Close all the windows – closes all open windows.

 

Help

General (F1) – displays complete help file in program window. (The help file is written in html, and is displayed using the default browser.)

Current Window (Ctrl+F1) – displays help content for current window only.

About – displays opening screen of program, including program information, version etc.

Note – displays a detailed "Read Me" introductory letter to the user, including general information about the software, list of databases and explanation of main features in current version.

 

To Close an Open Text Window – click on  ª  on the right corner of the menu bar (to the right of Help).

 

Toolbar

 

Search –                   opens the Search window. see here.

Browse                 opens the books and articles list for browsing and displaying texts. see here

Gematria –                opens Gematria window. see here.

Results                 opens the Results List, which displays the databases that include results for the current search with the number of search results in each database, for selecting and displaying the results from one of the databases. For help navigating within the search results after results are displayed, and complete information on viewing and browsing options, select Current Window from Help menu or press Ctrl+F1, or see here.

Save as                 opens the Save as window, for saving text as plain non-formatted text.

Print                       opens the Print window. This window allows to choose a printer, print to pdf file, remove source titles, remove nikud and access Print Setup window for additional printer and paper setup options. (See more options above under Copy and Copy pieces.)

Result -, Result + – moves forward and backwards between search results in a full text window (available only after a chapter, text or article is selected for display)

Book -, Book + –     displays results from the previous or next database including matches, when the search is performed on several databases.

Prev., Next           in text results window, moves to previous or next search result.

in extensive display, moves to previous or next article in the book which includes the result.

Find                       searches for a word within the currently open text,

Close                     closes all the open text windows, and leaves only the text results window open.

Close all                closes all open windows in the program, but leaves the program running.

 

 

 

Keyboard Shortcuts

F1 –           opens general help.

F3           opens Search window.

F4           opens Browse List window.

F5 –           Displays extensive text – In a window containing a single source/verse, displays the entire chapter.

F7 ­–           opens Gematria window.

F8           scrolls to previous paragraph of text.

F9           scrolls to next paragraph of text.

Ctrl+F1   opens help screen for current window.

Ctrl+F8  scrolls to previous search result.

Ctrl+F9  scrolls to next search result.

Ctrl+B –    copies current section to clipboard, for pasting into word processor as plain unformatted text.

Ctrl+C –    copies current section to clipboard, for pasting into word processor.

Ctrl+E –    saves current window in History.

Ctrl+F –    searches in open text.

Ctrl+G –    when searching for a word in a text screen, finds next appearance.

Ctrl+H     opens History window with a list of all the texts that were opened in the program since its activation (according to database date and address) and allows quick repeated access to them.

Ctrl+N     opens Save Favorites and Personal Notes window

Ctrl+P –    opens Print window. The options in this window include selecting a printer, removing titles, choosing between printing with diacritics (nikud) or without them, and access to Print Setup for setting printer and paper options, and printing to PDF file format.

Ctrl+S     saves to file.

Ctrl+V     opens multiple text clipboard (see Copies pieces).

Shift+F2 – tiles all open windows on screen (windows can be displayed side by side for simultaneous viewing, for instance a section from a book in one, and the Tanach chapter linked to it on the other).

 

 

 

Shortcut Menu – Access to Links

The open text may be linked to additional information in the program databases, and access to this information is possible through the shortcut menu. Select a word or several words from the open text and click right mouse button to view contextual menu options:

Copy – copies current section to clipboard, for pasting into word processor.

The same can be performed using the Ctrl+C keyboard shortcut – copies current section to clipboard, for pasting into word processor.

See also Copies pieces for options on multiple-text clipboard.

Search Current Database

Search Databases – search in all the selected databases.

Open Reference – whenever you wish to open a source by specifying its reference, e.g. verses from Tanach etc.

 

 

 

Abbreviated Tutorial to Main Important Features of System

(this section does not replace the detailed help above)

Search Current Database – selection of this option will initiate a search in the database which includes the requested quote; if the search is in the Tanach, the search will yield results from Tanach, etc.

Search Databases – Selection of this option will initiate a search in all the databases selected from the search screen, which include the requested quotes.

Open Reference – whenever you wish to open a source by specifying its reference, e.g. áøàùéú à, à, use this function to open the text at the requested place.

When there is a reference to a verse number enclosed in brackets, the referenced source may be opened by double clicking on the link, or selecting the link and opening it through the contextual right-click menu.

 

Status bar at the bottom of the screen displays the Hebrew date and version no (in yellow). Double click on version no. to view information regarding the current version, and no. of user permits for this software installation. Double click the Hebrew date to view a list of halachic times for today and tomorrow, for selected locations worldwide.

 

For additional assistance or clarifications, please contact us at tora@tora.co.il.