Ag Leader SMS Basic and Advanced Manual - Manual (Page 10)

SMS Basic and Advanced Manual
The Management Views window and the Preview window have options in the upper right hand corner of the windows
that allow you to hide/minimize the windows or collapse/expand the windows up/down to maximize/minimize their
display. Clicking on the "pushpin" icon so that it points sideways will cause the window to "hide". When it does this the
window will hide to the left edge of the screen and only be visible, as shown above, as a vertical tab(s). Move your
cursor over the tab and the window will expand out to its full size. When you move your cursor off the expanded
window it will automatically hide again. To un-hide a window then click the "pushpin" icon when the window is
expanded so that it points down and the window will remain visible.
The other option is to expand/collapse the windows vertically. To do this, click the "arrowhead" icon to the right of the
"pushpin" icon in one of the windows shown above and the window will either expand up/down vertically to fill the
window area available. This will cause the window above or below it to effectively hide. Click the icon again to return
the window to its default state.
Shortcut Menus
Shortcut menus appear when you move your cursor over an object and click the right mouse button. Shortcut menus
provided access to specific feature for an object or a quicker method of getting to common functions. The Shortcut Key
or SHIFT + F10 can also provide access to the shortcut menu.
Getting Started
Installation
If you haven’t already done so, install the software on your computer. It is recommended that you install it on a storage
drive other than your main boot drive that contains your operating system, which is normally your C:\ drive. This is
especially true if your C drive is partitioned and is less than 10GB in size. The reason for this recommendation is due
to the amount of data that must be stored and is generated by your precision farming activities. If you have a smaller C
drive you could quickly fill the drive up or hinder performance of your computer by using to much of the boot drives
storage and operation memory. The software does allow you to install the actual program on a different drive than
where you data and database are stored. For example you can install the actual program on your C drive but have all
your data stored on a second drive.
Follow these steps to install the software on your computer from a CD:
1. Insert the software CD into your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive. The CD menu should now automatically start-
up, if it does not, then click on the My Computer icon and open your CD-ROM or DVD-ROM drive by double-
clicking on it.
2. Follow the directions on the screen to install the software.
Migration
Each new release normally only supports migration and restoring backups from the previous version of the software.
Please see the current release notes for the details on what versions are supported for migration.
Registering Your Software
The software requires an unlock code to give you unlimited mapping and data creation capability. You have 21 days to
try the program before the program will require an unlock code provided by Ag Leader Technology . Once you have
4