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Introduction to the CD-ROM Edition
The ARRL Handbook For Radio Communications
This Version 10.0 of the
ARRL Handbook CD-ROM
contains the complete text,
drawings and photos of the printed
2006 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 7.0 of 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.
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
Reader
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.
Note:
Adobe
Reader
version 6.0 or higher is required to use the search index
included on this CD-ROM. Older versions of
Reader
will not work with the search
index, but are otherwise functional. Adobe
Reader
7.0 is included on the CD-ROM, if
you need to install that version.
Full-Text Searching
The on-screen icons, or buttons, in the
Reader
tool bar associated with full-text
search are located at roughly the center 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
. In the “where would you like to search”
field, be sure “in the index 2006 ARRL Handbook” is selected. 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.
Now, click the Search icon again, or click New Search from within the Search
Results. At the bottom of the Search screen, click
Use Advanced Search Options.
Check the
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.
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!

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