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Notes for Upgraders from v. 2

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Major changes and new features in v. 3

Search settings

The settings for each search engine, on-line dictionary, on-line encyclopaedia and local dictionary are no longer found on the program settings window (tabs 1-10), where the general program settings are still found, but are accessed through a new Search Settings Window: simply highlight the item required and hit Enter (or double-click) to open the new Edit window.

PluriSearch

The Express Shortcut key (renamed PluriSearch Shortcut key) now launches not one, but any number of searches (almost) simultaneously.

  1. Open Search settings.
  2. Select the searches you would like to add to the PluriSearch (Pluri column).
  3. Close Search settings.
  4. Launch with PluriSearch Shortcut key or select PluriSearch button on the Choose Type of Search window.

Direct shortcuts

It is now possible to define specific shortcut key combinations for your favourite searches.

  1. Open Search settings.
  2. Highlight the search concerned.
  3. Double click (or press Enter).
  4. Put cursor in Shortcut.
  5. Press the required key combination.
  6. Press Save and close.
  7. Close Search settings.

Search in local resources

IntelliWebSearch now has a limited local resource search capability (dictionaries on CD-ROM/hard disk).

  1. Open Search settings.
  2. Choose Add new search from the Edit menu.
  3. Put the dictionary path in Start, e.g. D:\LocalDictionary.exe.
  4. Put the necessary key strokes in Finish (for details see “Form Fill mode” in Adding New Searches), e.g. @{Enter}.
  5. Copy (at least an unambiguous representative part of) what appears in the dictionary window title bar when the dictionary is open into Window Title (Description), e.g.  LocalDictionary.
  6. Set all other settings as you would normally do (Encoding has no effect).
  7.  Press Save and close.
  8. Close Search settings.

More buttons

It is now possible to add searches to 5 groups of 10 buttons, effectively increasing the number of buttons to 50!

  1. Open Search settings.
  2. Highlight the search concerned.
  3. Choose the required group from the Add to/Remove from… dropdown box.
  4. Close Search settings.
  5. Open Choose Type of Search window.
  6. Choose the group name from dropdown list (on the right of the PluriSearch button).

Pluses

If you wish, IntelliWebSearch can now automatically insert a plus sign in front of each word in the search string to try to outsmart certain smartsearch engines.

  1. Open Choose Type of Search window.
  2. Unselect Quotes? (if selected).
  3. Select Pluses?

You can’t select quotes and pluses together.

Interword separator

If you wish, IntelliWebSearch can now automatically insert a string, such as a Boolean operator, between the words in the search string instead of single spaces.

  1. Open Search settings.
  2. Highlight the search concerned.
  3. Double click (or press Enter).
  4. Type the string to insert into Interword Separator. If the string begins or ends with a space, enclose it in quotation marks.
  5. Press Save and close.
  6. Close Search settings.

Easier sharing

Easier ways of sharing search configurations with colleagues.

Case 1 = you want to share your settings.

  1. Open Search settings.
  2. Highlight the search whose settings you wish to share.
  3. Choose Copy to clipboard from the Share menu.
  4. Start a new message in your email client.
  5. Paste the clipboard into the message (usually Ctrl+V).
  6. Send the message to your colleague.
  7. Close Search settings.

Case 2 = you want to copy someone else’s settings.

  1. Highlight a whole block of settings (in an email, for example).
  2. Copy the settings to the clipboard (usually Ctrl+C).
  3. Open Search settings.
  4. Choose Import from clipboard from the Share menu.
  5. Edit if you wish.
  6. Press Save and close.
  7. Close Search settings.

New user’s starter pack

Settings for over 80 search engines/dictionaries/encyclopaedias.
Old users may have them added to their existing settings if they wish.

Automatic/manual update check

Easier to make sure you always have the latest version.

Case 1 = manual.

  1. Right click IntelliWebSearch icon in system tray.
  2. Choose Check for updates.

Case 2 = automatic.

  1. Open Program settings.
  2. Set Check for updates to Monthly or Weekly.