1 Training-General Features

KnowItAll Software Training

General Features

Introduction to the Basic Applications in the KnowItAll Informatics System

Purpose

This exercise demonstrates the features of the KnowItAll environment.

Objectives

This exercise will teach you:

➢ How to open individual KnowItAll applications

➢ How to access on-line help

➢ How to transfer information from one application to another

Training Files Used in This Lesson

• Cholesterol.dsf

KnowItAll Applications Used

• BrowseIt

• ChemWindow®

• SearchIt

• ReportIt

Background

All KnowItAll solutions are designed using a unique architecture that allows for the seamless transfer of information from one software tool to another without having to leave the main interface.

The KnowItAll Environment

	Action	Result
1	Open the KnowItAll Informatics System by double-clicking its icon on the desktop.	The KnowItAll Informatics System automatically opens to the BrowseIt application. This application offers access to a web community designed especially for KnowItAll users and access to training movies and other information. Notice the KnowItAll interface integrates a series of software applications within logically grouped toolboxes, so the user can move from one task to the next and transfer information from one application to another. As you move throughout the KnowItAll Informatics System, notice that certain screen elements are shared by all applications (e.g., Title and Menu bars; Back/Forward buttons; Transfer/Return to bar; and Applications toolboxes).
2	Explore the online Help.	Open the Help menu and choose KnowItAll Help and Training. This leads you to the online Help site.
3	Examine the contents of the File, License and Help menus.	All KnowItAll Informatics System applications share the same Menu bar, located beneath the Title bar at the top of the application's window. The contents of the Menu bar change to reflect the current application as you move throughout the KnowItAll Informatics System. All applications include File, License, and Help menus. Other menus become available depending on the capabilities of each application.
4	Click each toolbox title in the Applications toolbox area on the left edge of the application window.	Depending on the edition(s) you have, this area can have Basics, Data, Spectral Processing and Spectral Analysis. Click a toolbox title to open it. Click icons within the toolboxes to open and explore different KnowItAll applications.
5	Navigate to the Basics toolbox, then open the ChemWindow application by clicking its icon	The application opens to a blank drawing pane.