tutor-browser.aug.3

, 13-Aug-98 15:30-PDT CE ;;;;
  INTRODUCTION
    Welcome to the AUGMENT Browser! This file is a sort of "programmed text" for new users. By following the instructions contained in it, you should be able to learn by yourself how to use many of the unique and powerful features of this system. In this lesson you will learn the basics of browsing AUGMENT files.
    Don't worry if you make a mistake -- you can't hurt anything.
  AUGMENTED BROWSING
    The AUGMENT Browser provides some of the power and efficiency of AUGMENT in a simple, easy-to-use format which looks and feels pretty much like the browsers you normally use. The simplest form of the AUGMENT Browser, "User Class 1", offers these value-added features:
      * Zoom buttons for zooming in and out of structure
      * unified access into a "living" repository of documents, email and other dialog records, intelligence collections, briefings, source code, workflow, etc.
      * automatic numbering of each object for easy reference
      * use of the numbers and custom view settings inside URL links
    Let's begin with zooming.
  ZOOMING
    Most files in a knowledge repository have a logical structure, be it a document, email, meeting records, source code, work breakdown, briefings, or time logs. For example, this tutor file is structured with the headings, paragraphs, and lists. AUGMENT actually uses this structure for rapid and efficient browsing. Using the Zoom buttons provided in the left margin, you can quickly zoom in and out of the structure for less or more detail on a particular topic:
      FULL VIEW: The rightmost button provides a "normal" view, or "full" view (the same view you have now).
      ZOOM OUT: The leftmost button zooms OUT to an outline view.
      ZOOM IN: The middle button zooms IN for a more detailed outline view.
      Note that all three buttons will hoist, or "Jump" the associated heading or paragraph to the top of the viewing window.
    Now try it.
      => Zooming Instructions:
        1) First, note where you are now so you can find your way back.2) Click on the Zoom Buttons to explore this tutorial file.3) Return to this ZOOMING section with a full view when finished.
  KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORIES
    A knowledge repository is typically a collection of knowledge, such as a web site, news group, online conference, or digital library. The largest repository on the AUGMENT host is the AUGMENT reference library -- the published documents about AUGMENT, what it does, and how to use it. The homepage for this repository is the AUGMENT Locator. This will be the destination for your next exercise. Feel free to follow any links that you find.
      Also feel free to request "Bookmarks", which will create an editable index for you in an AUGMENT file (later you will learn how to annotate and otherwise manage your bookmarks).
    => Browsing Exercise Instructions:
      1) First, note where you are now so you can find your way back.2) You will browse the AUGMENT locator section titled DOCUMENTATION using the ZOOM buttons3) Return here when finished,using the Home button.4) Now click on this link to get started .
  "LIVING" KNOWLEDGE REPOSITORIES
    The browser you are using is part of a suite of tools designed specifically to boost "Collective IQ" of teams, organizations, and communities. "Collective IQ" is a measure of how quickly and intelligently people can work collectively toward common goals. This goes well beyond getting more information faster, to include leveraging their collective memory, perception, foresight, planning, problem-solving, and so on, into applicable knowledge. This knowledge goes well beyond the published documents, to include successive drafts, commentary, dialog records, rationale, intelligence collections, and so forth.
    This system was designed to facilitate
      * the collaborative process
      * the unified development, capture, integration, management, cross-referencing, and tracking of heterogeneous knowledge
      * value-added utilization of this knowledge
    So instead of an archive of publications, a "living" knowledge repository should be a dynamic work environment, and a vehicle for collaboration across time, space, and organizational boundaries.
    Following are some examples of living repositories for you to browse. Each link will start you off with an outline view of a Locator file. Again, feel free to request Bookmarks, and to follow any links that you find. For example, you may come across a status report containing references to bug fixes, which may in turn reference the corresponding source code, which in turn references the design documents.
      Software R&D Project::
      Aerospace Program::
  GRADUATING TO CLASS 2
    The enhanced "User Class 2" Browser adds Augment menu and buttons for:
      * jumping by number* full view control, with filtering* shared screen teleconferencing* creating links that you can edit, annotate, email, etc.* term/name lookup in glossary, roster, etc.* supporting organizational roles* providing password protection based on user login
    These select features add a tremendous amount of power and utility to a dynamic knowledge environment, as well as to the collaborative process.
    => Instructions - Graduating to Class 2
      1) pull down the Options menu and select "Morphe window into class" and "2".
    You should now have an Augment menu in the menubar, and associated Augment buttons enabling the features outlined above. Let's begin with changing viewspecs.
  CHANGING VIEWSPECS
    The Zoom Buttons changed your view with preset view settings, which we call "viewspecs". The Viewspecs button above allows you to select your own settings.
    => Viewspec Instructions
      1) Click on the Viewspecs button.2) Click on "Blank lines" and "Numbering"3) Click OK
    Notice how your view has changed. Blank lines and numbering are gone.
    => More Viewspec Instructions
      1) Click on the Viewspecs button.2) This time notice the one-letter codes next to each checkbox "y" and "z" for Blank Lines ON and OFF "m" and "n" for Numbering ON and OFF3) Click on "Blank lines" and "Numbering"4) Click OK
    You can use those one-letter viewspec codes as shortcuts. Here's how:
    => Viewspec Shortcut Instructions
      1) Click on the typein box next to the Viewspecs button. 2) Type the letters nz to turn Numbering and Blank Lines OFF3) Click on the Viewspecs button.
    => Please turn Numbering and Blank Lines ON before you continue.
  JUMPING
    You have already learned to "jump" to a particular heading or paragraph using the Zoom buttons. Now you can jump directly to any heading or paragraph by number using the Jump Item button. For example, in the next exercise you will jump to the first section in this file (Item 1), then back here (Item 8a).
    => Jump Item Instructions (review all the steps before you begin)
      1) Make a note to jump back here when finished (Item 8a).2) Click on the typein box next to the Jump Item button and type the number 1.3) Press the Jump Item button.4) Repeat the jump, this time entering 8a instead of 1.
    Note that you can jump to any item in this file by its number.
  JUMPING WITH VIEWSPECS
    Now you will learn how to combine Jump Item and Viewspecs for "on-the-fly" view control. If you click on the Jump Item button when its typein box is empty, a dialog box will pop up to prompt you for the item number and viewspecs.
    => Instructions (review all the steps before you begin)
      1) Make a note to jump back here when finished (Item 9b).2) Click on the Jump Item button to get the Jump Item dialog.3) Type the number 3 into the Jump typein box.4) Select viewspecs xbz (choose one method) * press the Viewspecs button and select them using the mouse, or * type the codes directly into the Viewspecs typein box.5) Click OK.6) Repeat the jump to return here, this time entering 9b instead of 3, and viewspecs yw instead of zxb.
      Note: If you do not want to change the viewspecs, just omit step 4.
    You are now on your way to becoming a high-performance user.
  FILTERING INFORMATION
    You can get a filtered view of the file using the Filter button. When you enter the text to be searched, and turn the filter ON, your view will contain only those items which contain that text. When you turn the filter OFF, you will get your previous view back.
    => Filtering Instructions (review all the steps before you begin)
      1) Make a note to jump back here when finished (Item 10b).2) Click on the Filter button.3) Click on the "Set filter:" typein box and enter the word Instructions.4) Click on "Start at top of file".5) Click on "Turn filter" and "On".6) Click OK. 7) When finished, click on the Filter button and "Turn filter" "Off"
    Note that once a certain filter is set, you can turn it On or Off by entering viewspec i or j respectively using the Viewspecs button. This means you can also turn the filter On or Off on-the-fly using Jump Item button.
  PRECISION BROWSING
    You have just experienced the tip of the iceberg in the powerful combination of jumping, viewspecs, numbering, and outline structuring. You will learn more about these features later, along with Augment hyper-links and cross-window jumping and editing. Together these form a foundation for a very powerful knowledge environment designed specifically to "boost Collective IQ" in your organization. This includes not only the highly efficient navigation through the knowledge space, but the development, integration, and application of that knowledge as well.
  CREATING LINKS & BOOKMARKS
    [TBD]
  JUMPING TO ANOTHER FILE
    [TBD]
  REVIEW
    [TBD]
  GRADUATING TO THE "TURBO" CLASS
    After you click on the following link you will select "Morph window into" and "Turbo Class" from the Options menu.
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