User Interface

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User Interface Training
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Agenda

• System Overview/Security
• Prerequisites
• Logging Into ePrint
• Selecting a Report
• Viewing/Printing a Report
• Logging Out of ePrint
• Tips/Troubleshooting
• Using ePrint Help

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System Overview
User PC
Mainframe
ePrint Server
Data compressed, indexed, formatted
Browser communicates with ePrint
Report created (print file)
Security applied, pages retrieved, PDF assembled
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What Youll Need to Get Started

• FRS User ID Password
• (go to http//www.unco.edu/acctservices/form/ to
  get
  
• FRS access application if needed)
• Current Web Browser
• Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher
• Netscape Communicator 4.0 or higher
• Acrobat Reader
• Download the latest version from www.adobe.com
• Run within your browser or in stand-alone mode

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Logging Into ePrint
1. Key in user ID and pass- word
.

• 2. Select a repository.
• Select FRS
• 3. Select Enter.

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Repository List

• Lists all the ePrint report types (to which
• the user has access) in selected repository

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Use the Icons as a Guide

• Simply point-and-click to
• Retrieve a PDF file to view in Acrobat Reader
• Download the TXT version of a report
• Drill down for detail (See Report List)
• Use a page key to pick pages (Search Report)

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Drilling Down to Select a Report
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Report List

• Lists all of the instances on file for the
• selected report type.

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Using a Page Key

• If the Search Report (looking glass) icon
  appears, you can select a page key and then

(Use 1 of these options.)
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Selecting Page Key Values Manually
Click the checkboxes next to the values.
You can skip to a specific value.
Navigation buttons
Click the icon after making your selections.
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Using the Validation Page

• Displays selected page key values.
• If satisfied with your selections, click the
  View PDF or Download TXT icon.
  
• To backtrack and change your selections, use the
  navigation bar.
  
• Validation page does not appear if no page key
  was used.

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ePrints Navigation Bar

• Provides a shortcut to previous pages. Click a
  section to return to that page.

Repository List
Report List
Search Report (Pick Pages)
Page Key Values
Validation Page
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Viewing and Printing a Report

• PDF report with no page key specified
• Acrobat Readers navigation pane will be hidden,
  and the report will be displayed in full
  screen-width format.
  
• PDF report in which you picked pages
• Navigation pane visible on the left. Click a
  bookmark to scroll to that part of the report.
  
• Consult Acrobat Readers Help and ePrints Help
  for more detail.

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Using Acrobat Reader
Toolbar buttons
Bookmarks correspond to page key values
Acrobat Readers Navigation Pane
Toolbar buttons
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Using Acrobat Readers Tools (1 of 2)
First, Previous, Next or Last Page
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Using Acrobat Readers Tools (2 of 2)
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Logging Out of ePrint

• Click the Logout link in the top, right-hand
  corner of any page.
  
• Log out if your browser will remain open.
• Automatic logout when you close browser.

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Tips/Troubleshooting

• To avoid display problems when using Microsoft
  Internet Explorer, configure Acrobat Reader to
  run outside browser.
  
• To download a text file using Microsoft Internet
  Explorer, right-click the Download Text icon
  and select Save Target As. (With Netscape
  Navigator, use the primary mouse button.)

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Remember to Use ePrint Help!

• Every page (even login page) has link to
• context-sensitive Help.
• Every Help page has link to
• Contents Page
• Alphabetized Index
• Related Topics

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EPrint Resources

• https//eprint.unco.edu
• Remember to use FRS User ID (4 digit number) and
  Password.
  
• Troy Fluharty ext. 1-1087

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User Interface
Questions?