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Accounting Configuration Handbook | |
 WinVN is the program you will use to access the Internet NewsGroups. These are collections of articles that people write about different subjects. You can find information and discussion, not to mention much verbal diatribe, in the Usenet Newsgroups. Turn on your computer, your modem (if external) and then go into Windows. Open up the Internet Program Group and double-click on the Trumpet icon. Log into MaineStreet as you normally would. Minimize Trumpet, then double-click on the WinVN icon. You will be presented with a window that shows a list of the available NewsGroups you can access. They have names like comp.ai.fuzzy.logic, and others.
 Searching the Newsgroup Listing
Here's how you can search through the listings for a particular word.
Go to the Group Menu. If the word(s) you are searching for are in the NewsGroup listing, the screen will scroll to the appropriate section of the listing and the word will be highlighted. If no match was found, you will receive a message stating this.
Suppose you want to access a particular NewsGroup and you don't want to scroll down the list 500 pages each time. You can Subscribe to the NewsGroup by highlighting the NewsGroup and going to the Group Menu. Select Subscribe Selected NewsGroups. The NewsGroup will now be at the top of your page of listings whenever you start up WinVN. Unsubscribing from a NewsGroup If you no longer wish to have a particular NewsGroup appear at the top of your page of listings, you can Unsubscribe it by selecting the NewsGroup and going to the Group Menu and selecting Unsubscribe Selected NewsGroups.
 If you want to see what Articles are contained within a particular NewsGroup, you can open it by double-clicking on it with the Left mouse button.
You can sort the Articles within an open NewsGroup in the following categories:
 Go to the Sort menu and choose the method you want to use to sort the Articles. Searching a NewsGroup for a word
 You can search a NewsGroup Article list for a particular word or words by going to the Find menu and entering the word(s) you are searching for. Saving an Article to your Hard Drive You can save selected Articles to your Hard Drive by highlighting them with your mouse and then going to the File menu and selecting Save Selected Articles. You will be prompted for a filename to save the Articles under. Enter the name, then hit OK or Enter/Return. The Articles will then be saved to your Hard Drive. This may take a while, since the Articles have to be downloaded to your computer before they can be saved.
 Some Articles in the NewsGroups contain embedded graphic images or executable files. You can attempt to decode these Articles by highlighting them and then going to the File menu and selecting Decode Selected Articles. You will be prompted for a directory to save the decoded Articles. Enter the one you want, or accept the default directory. You will then see a progress window showing the number of lines of code that have been received, and then another window which shows the Decoding Status of each Article being decoded.
You Select an Article by pointing at it with the mouse and clicking the Left Mouse button. To select more than one Article in a row, hold the mouse button down and drag the mouse over the Articles you want to select. The Articles will be highlighted in reverse video. Marking Selected Articles as Seen If you look at the left hand side of the Article lists, you will notice that there is either a s or u there. This stands for "Article has been Seen" or "Unseen". You can mark any Articles that you want as Seen by highlighting the Article(s) and going to the File menu and choosing Mark Selected Articles as Seen. Marking Selected Articles as Unseen You can mark selected Articles as Unseen by highlighting the Articles and going to the File menu and choosing Mark Selected Articles as Unseen. Closing a NewsGroup Once you are finished browsing through a NewsGroup, you can close it by going to the File menu and choosing Update and Exit. Opening an Article If you find an Article you want to read you can open it by double-clicking on it with your Left mouse button.
 Saving an Article to your Hard Drive If you want to save the current Article you are reading to your Hard Drive you can do this by going to the Articles menu and choosing Save.
 Enter the name of the file you want to save it as, then hit OK or Enter/Return. Printing an Article You can print an Article you are reading by going to the Articles menu and selecting Print. Decoding an Article with an executable program You can Decode an Article that contains an embedded image or executable program by having the Article open, then going to the Articles menu and selecting Decode Article. You will be prompted for the name of the file that you want it decoded under. Searching an Article for a word You can search for a particular word or words within an open Article by going to the Search menu and entering the word(s) you are searching for and the text will scroll to the appropriate spot, highlighting the word.
 You can respond to an open Article by going to the Respond menu and selecting Follow-up Article Closing an Article Go to the File menu and choose Exit.
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