Saving
Text, Images, and Web Pages with
iMiser
Research Assistant
Q. I can save all text by clicking Save All
text on Web page on the Import Menu. How can I save
text on a Web page with the text formatting, such as
bold and italics?
A. You can save the text formatting by highlighting
the text of interest and dragging it to the iMiser drop
target.
Q. I can't drag and drop certain images from Web
pages. How can I save those images?
A. Images that are also links can't be saved in the
current version of iMiser. You can save the image to the
hard drive by right-clicking the image and selecting Save
Picture As. To save the image in iMiser, simply drag
and drop the saved image from Windows Explorer or the Desktop
to the iMiser drop target.
Q. Sometimes I drag text from a Web page and there
are large blank spaces in the saved text. What's going
on?
A. Blank spaces may result from dragging text and
images at the same time. They can be removed by clicking
them and pressing Delete.
Q. Sometimes I try to save a Web page and it
doesn't look right after I save it. What's going on?
A. Some Web pages use a new, proprietary technology
that iMiser may not be aware of yet. The iMiser
development team is always working on adding new
technologies to widen the number of Web pages that can
be imported. There may also be errors in the HTML coding
for that page. Additionally, some Web sites purposely
make it difficult, and sometimes impossible, to
save the page.
Using Keywords with
iMiser Research Assistant
Q. Why should I add keywords?
A. The fastest way to search for and retrieve a
document is by using the Keyword List search tool. The
only alternative is to search the full text of each
document, which takes much longer. The full-text search
tool, however, is quite fast, having been clocked at
about 400 average-sized records per second on a 2.8 GHz
Pentium.
Q. What's the best way to add a keyword?
A. The easiest way is to double-click the word.
Keywords can also be added by typing them into the Add
Keywords Box, by highlighting then right-clicking them,
and by dragging them to the Add Keywords Box on the
upper right.
Q. How can I add a phrase to Keywords?
A. The easiest way is to highlight the phrase and
drag it to the Add Keywords Box. You can also highlight
it and right-click it.
Q. I don't want to add keywords, but iMiser keeps
telling me it's necessary. What can I do?
A. You can turn this feature off in Options > Preferences
>
Prompts. However, it is not recommended because keywords
provide a fast way to search for and retrieve documents.
Searching
for Documents with
iMiser Research Assistant
Q. The Keyword List search tool lets me search for
one, two, or three keywords. Which should I choose?
A. We recommend searching for one keyword first. If
there are too many search results, repeat the search
with two or three keywords. This will narrow (limit) the
search and produce fewer search results.
Q. The Full-Text search tool lets me use up to
four search words or phrases. How many should I use?
A. Start your search with one word or phrase. If
there are too many search results, repeat the search
with two, three, or four words. This will narrow the
search, producing fewer search results.
Q. The Full-Text search tool has an option to find
whole words only. Why would I want to do that?
A. Some words contain other words. For example, supervisor
contains the word visor. In some cases, you can make
your search more accurate by finding whole words only.
Q. Sometimes I search with the Keyword List search
tool and it doesn't find a document that I know I have.
What's going on?
A. If you've chosen to search in a given date range,
the document may not be in that range. Try searching
with a wider date range or no date range.
Q. Why would I want to search for a document in a
certain date range?
A. You may want to narrow (limit) your search to just
recent documents or just older documents. For example, you
may want to see only documents dated the last week,
month, or year.
Using
iMiser Research Assistant Favorites
Q. Why would I want to use iMiser Favorites?
A. If you want to organize and categorize your
documents, Favorites is an easy and convenient way to do
it. You can make Favorites folders with any topic you
want, limited only by your imagination.
Q. How do I add a document to iMiser Favorites?
A. First click the Favorites button (heart icon) so you can view
Favorites. Next select a folder to which to add your
document. Click the Add button (plus sign) above
Favorites to
add the document. You can add a new folder by clicking
the New button (folder icon) above Favorites. Both of these tasks
can also be achieved with the iMiser Favorites right-click menu.
Q. Are iMiser Favorites the same as my Web
browser's Favorites?
A. No, but the principle is the same. Favorites in
your browser organizes links to Web sites, while
Favorites in iMiser organizes documents and Web pages that you have
saved.
Q. Is there any way to add a document to iMiser Favorites
automatically?
A. Yes. Before you import a document, select the
Favorites folder to which you want to add the document.
To add the document automatically during an import,
check the box on the bottom of the first screen of the
Import Wizard. The box will stay checked the next time
you import a document. The selected folder will stay the
same also, so you can add a series of documents to the
same Favorites folder.
Q. Can I relocate an iMiser Favorites folder?
A. Yes. You can drag and drop a folder with all its
contents to another location. Be careful, though,
because you may not be able to undo the change. It may
be best to back up your database first.
Q. Is there any way to open iMiser Favorites with the
treeview collapsed?
A. Yes. In Options > Preferences > Defaults, uncheck
Open
Favorites with the treeview expanded.
Q. How can I change the name of an iMiser Favorites
folder?
A. Click the name itself and it will become
highlighted, allowing you to edit it. You can also
choose this option from the right-click menu.
Q. How many nested iMiser Favorites folders can I make?
A. For all practical purposes, you can make an
unlimited level of nested Favorites folders.
Q. How can I sort iMiser Favorites folders?
A. With options on the Favorites right-click menu, you can sort
the contents of the current folder or all root-level
folders.
Q. How can I edit a title in iMiser Favorites?
A. Titles cannot be edited directly in Favorites. To
edit a title, click the title in favorites to navigate
to that database record, then edit the title in the
Title field in the upper left of the screen.
Errors
and Related Issues in iMiser Research Assistant
Q. How can I see what errors occurred in iMiser?
A. Use a text editor such as Notepad to view
iMiser.log, which is located in the iMiser folder.
Q. How can I be informed if errors occurred in
iMiser?
A. In Preferences > Errors, check the box Notify
when exiting if any errors were logged in iMiser.log.
Q. Why do I get an Illegal Operation (Page Fault
in Msvbvm60.dll) when I try to run iMiser (Win9x)?
A. Early versions of Norton Antivirus ca. 2001 can cause
this problem in certain programs. Symantec Corp.'s
solution involves either a free update to a later
version or disabling script blocking. We recommend the
free update. To see the Symantec® Knowledge Base article, click
Here.
Q. Why does the iMiser browser act erratically
after I've saved certain Web Pages?
A. Some Web pages contain encrypted,
obfuscated, or very complex HTML or script, such as
JavaScript. Under some circumstances, the above
conditions can cause the iMiser browser, as well as
other browsers, to do unexpected or unusual things, such
as appear to briefly "hang" when a page is loaded.
You may also see the "Not responding" message
briefly or screen artifacts, such as white-outs.
Note
that this issue and many
others will have been solved, or in some cases partially solved, in
iMiser
Research Assistant v3.2.
Q. Why don't saved Web pages look quite the same
as the original when I save certain complex pages?
Why are parts of the page sometimes missing?
A. One possibility is that iMiser may not yet
be aware of a new, emerging Web technology or an
evolving existing technology. Through constant
vigilance, our staff is dedicated to making iMiser aware
of such technologies and fixing this type of
problem.
Another possibility is that the Web designer of some
pages has intentionally made it impossible, or very
difficult, to save certain page components. This
may occur when the material, such as an image or Flash
file, is copyrighted and the copyright holder chooses
not to allow others to obtain it. Whereas most,
but not all, copyright holders will not mind if you keep
a personal copy of their copyrighted material, we
strongly discourage you from publishing such material on
the Internet or elsewhere.
The iMiser Research Assistant
History
List
Q. How can I just add URL's to the history list
and not database records?
A. In Options > Preferences > History, uncheck the box Add
database records to history list in addition to URL's.
Q. How can I add an entry to the history list?
A. The entry typed into the Address Bar will be added
to the history list automatically when you
navigate to a different database record or a different URL.
Q. Why are URL's sometimes not added to the
history list?
A. No duplicates are added to the history list.
When
you navigate to a database record or a URL that is
already in the history list, it will not be added.
Q. My history list only holds 30 entries. How can
I change this number?
A. The total entries in the history list can be
changed in Preferences -> History. The allowable
range is 10 to 200.
General Questions about
iMiser Research Assistant
Q. When iMiser saves an image from the Web, where
is it saved?
A. Images from the Web are saved in the iMiser\Images
folder.
Note that saved local images
remain in their original location.
