Nisus InfoClick - Manual (Page 17)

Getting Started
For those who do not believe in reading manuals, you might want to return to the beginning of this
document and review only “The Quickest Start” on page . Here, this “Basic Start” and “Grand
Tour” offer a broad introduction to the InfoClick interface, the available tools and what you need to
know when you start the application, for the first time.
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To begin using InfoClick jump to page 7 to Find What You Seek!
InfoClick is an information storage and retrieval application. It is initially focussed on providing a
very powerful and comprehensive search of your emails. It also includes a note taking feature. This
allows you to link files, emails, other notes and web pages to any note.
In today’s computer based work, each of us is critically dependent on the use of our email. Apple’s
Spotlight search is very useful and works well for some searches. But sometimes you experience
frustration knowing that the email you are searching for exists, but you can’t think of the right
words to find it. InfoClick helps you on such frustrating occasions.
InfoClick — a “Grand Tour” beginning on page 2 is where you learn about InfoClick menus, dialogs,
and tools. Review this section to learn more about the InfoClick working environment and its
features. This portion of the manual lists each menu with a short description of what it does.
If you have questions about your Macintosh or other computer equipment, refer to the
manufacturers’ manuals.
Basic Start 1
InfoClick — a “Grand Tour” 2
Basic Start
Here’s how to open or start InfoClick:
Open or Start InfoClick
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Click the InfoClick icon in the Dock.
An InfoClick search window labeled “InfoClick Search” displays, ready for searching. The window
has two optional states:
• Normal Search
• Detailed Search
You can switch from one to the other at any time. InfoClick remembers the state of the window
when you quit and reopens in that same state.
Open or Start InfoClick for the First Time
When you first start InfoClick, the initial indexing process will take some time, particularly if you
have a lot of emails, notes or RSS feeds. Processing will proceed in the background as you work on
other projects on your computer, but you will not be able to use InfoClick until the indexing
completes.
1 After that initial long indexing, updates occur automatically when InfoClick is running
and you should not notice any further delays. During automatic updates, the bottom of the
InfoClick window displays the progress and the updating should not impact your work.
When indexing is completed InfoClick displays the alert illustrated in Figure 1 on page .
When InfoClick is the active application, which means its name is displayed immediately to the
right of the apple on the menu bar, it will update frequently, every few minutes. When it is inactive,
which means a different application’s name is displayed to the right of the Apple menu, the updates
are infrequent, every hour or so. You will see that InfoClick is busy when a task/progress bar
appears in the lower left corner of the InfoClick window as illustrated in Figure 11. You can cancel
(to postpone) this task by clicking the X button to the left of the progress bar.
We recommend keeping InfoClick active all the time so that when you need it, the index is current.
Figure 11
Task/Progress bar in the lower left corner
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1 During initial indexing a progress window displays.