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Introduction to the CD-ROM Edition

The ARRL Handbook For Radio Communications

This Version 9.0 of the ARRL Handbook CD-ROM contains the complete text,

drawings and photos of the printed 2005 ARRL Handbook . In addition, it contains

"template" packages that contain additional information such as printed-circuit board

layout drawings, parts lists and expanded treatment of some subjects. Also included

is companion DOS/Windows software.

Using this CD-ROM

This CD-ROM is viewed using Adobe’s Reader software, version 6.0. The software

(both Windows and Macintosh versions) is included on the CD-ROM. Adobe Reader

installation instructions can be found in the CD-ROM booklet and later in this

document.

The book and the companion files, such as the templates , include hyperlinks.

These links will appear in blue or green text. Clicking on the text of a hyperlink will

cause Reader to display another, related part of the book. (See the Reade r Help

documentation for information on configuring this feature.)

The version of Reader used with this CD-ROM includes Acrobat Search capability,

which allows rapid full-text search of the entire book. This functions as an instant

index for every chapter and word in the book. We strongly recommend that you take a

few minutes to view the on-line documentation available from Acrobat Reader ’s Help

menu.

Full-Text Searching

The on-screen icons, or buttons, in the Reader tool bar associated with full-text

search are located at the right side of the tool bar. As an example, let’s use this very

powerful facility to find all instances of the word “reactance” throughout the book.

Click on the Full-Text Search icon . (Note that this is different from the nearby

Find icon ). Under Options , make sure that the Word Stemming checkbox is

unchecked. Now, type in the word “reactance” and then either press the Enter key or

click on the Search button. The program will search for a while for all instances of the

word “reactance” and will present you with a list box showing all chapters that contain

this word. Select Chapter 4 by double clicking on it. The first occurrences of

reactance (on page 4.11) will be highlighted. Click the search Next icon

to show

the next occurrence of “reactance,” also on page 4.11.

You can adjust the way that found text items are highlighted using the

File|Preferences|Search menu item.

Now, click back on the Full-Text Search Continue icon, check the Word Stemming

checkbox and redo the search. Again, select Chapter 4. Note that the program has

highlighted not only the occurrences of "reactance," but also the occurrences of

“reactive." This is because Word Stemming was selected for the search, and

variations on the root “react” have been found. Again, if you wish to limit the search to

exact matches for “reactance,” uncheck the word-stemming checkbox and redo your

search.

Other than not allowing word stemming, another way to limit a search is to specify

more than one word. For example, if you specify “series reactance” for the full-text

search, the number of occurrences will be much smaller than for just “reactance”

alone. You can use the Search Results icon to choose another chapter for viewing,

and the Next and Previous search buttons to navigate through the found items.

The Search submenu on the Tools menu has additional search commands.

The full-text search capability gives you a very powerful tool for finding all sorts of

information on the CD-ROM  much more powerful in fact than an Index at the back of

a paper book. Enjoy!

Installing Adobe Reader

While the Reader program used to view the Handbook CD is normally run directly

from the CD, there is a copy included on the CD-ROM that you may choose to install

on your hard disk for viewing other files. Installing Adobe Reader is optional.

To install Reader for Windows :

1. Select Run from the Windows Start menu.

2. Type d:\Acrobat\setup (where d: is the drive letter of your CD-ROM drive; if

the CD-ROM is a different drive on your system, type the appropriate letter)

and press Enter .

3. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

To install Acrobat Reader for the Macintosh:

1. Open the ARRL Handbook CD 9.0 icon on the desktop.

2. Double-click the Acrobat Reader Installer icon.

3. Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

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