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<!-- $XConsortium: ch08.sgm /main/5 1996/09/26 18:36:43 cdedoc $ -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1996 Digital Equipment Corporation. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1996 Hewlett-Packard Company. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1996 International Business Machines Corp. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1996 Sun Microsystems, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1996 Novell, Inc. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1996 FUJITSU LIMITED. -->
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<!-- (c) Copyright 1996 Hitachi. -->
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<chapter id="INFOUG.Custom.div.1">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.1">Customizing the Information Manager<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>setting</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>Information Manager</Primary><Secondary>customizing</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can change aspects of several Information Manager features,
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including preferences for:
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</Para>
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<VariableList>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>Browsing</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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You can specify the default font size, window geometry, and pin window
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state for the Reading window.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.2">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>Map</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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You can determine the default map geometry and whether the geographical
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map updates automatically as you move through the information library.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.6">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>History</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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You can set the maximum number of section titles included in Section
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History and Search History lists.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.9">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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<VarListEntry>
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<Term>Searching</Term>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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You can indicate the maximum number of section titles to include in
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Search Results lists and whether to display automatically the first
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search hit in a Reading window.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.12">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</VarListEntry>
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</VariableList>
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<Para>To change any of these attributes, you choose Preferences from the
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Options menu of any Reading window. The Information Manager opens the
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Preferences window as shown in the following figure.<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences window</Primary><Secondary>example of</Secondary></IndexTerm>
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</Para>
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<Figure><Title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.1a">Preferences Window</Title>
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<GRAPHIC id="INFOUG.Custom.igrph.1" entityref="INFOUG.Custom.fig.1"></graphic>
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</Figure>
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<Note>
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<Para>To keep the preferences that existed when you first opened the
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Preferences window, click Reset before closing the Preferences window.
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</Para>
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</Note>
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<sect1 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.2">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.2">Setting Browsing Preferences<IndexTerm><Primary>browsing</Primary><Secondary>setting preferences for</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>browsing</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can change the following default window behaviors for the browser:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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Browser Geometry.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.3">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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Font Scale.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.5">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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Pin Window State.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.6">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<para>To display the Browsing Preferences window, select Browsing from the Preferences for
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pull-down list.
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</para>
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<para>The following figure shows the Browsing Preferences window.
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</para>
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<Figure><Title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.2a">Browsing Preferences</Title>
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<GRAPHIC id="INFOUG.Custom.igrph.2" entityref="INFOUG.Custom.fig.2"></graphic>
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</Figure>
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<sect2 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.3">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.3">Changing the Browser Geometry<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>Reading window size</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>Reading window</Primary><Secondary>setting default size</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can increase or decrease the default size of Information Manager
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reading windows by changing the value in the Browser Geometry field. The
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default size is 500x630 pixels.
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</Para>
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<Para>To change the default reading window size:
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</Para>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Using the window manager’s sizing feature, set a
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window to the size you want to use as the default.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Click the box to the right of the Browser Geometry field. The
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Information Manager displays a message about how to set the default
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size.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Click inside the window that is the size you want as the default for the
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Reading window. The Information Manager inserts the window coordinates
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in the Browser Geometry field.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Click OK to apply the change and close the Preferences window.
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New Reading windows will be the size you specified.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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<Note>
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<Para>When you change the default size for the Reading window, existing
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Reading windows are not resized.
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</Para>
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</Note>
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</Sect2>
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<sect2 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.4">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.4">Changing the Font Scale<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>Reading window font size</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>Reading window</Primary><Secondary>setting default font size</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can increase or decrease the font size for text displayed in the
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Reading window. To specify a different font size, click the up arrow to
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increase the font size or the down arrow to reduce it.
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</Para>
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<Para>Click OK to apply the change and close the Preferences window. The
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Information Manager changes the text in all currently displayed sections
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to the new font size. All new Reading windows that you open will also
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display this new font size.
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</Para>
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<Note>
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<Para>Changing font size can affect the section’s word wrap. To see the
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effects of changing the font scale, without closing the Preferences
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window, click Apply.
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</Para>
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</Note>
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</Sect2>
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<sect2 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.5">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.5">Changing the Pin Window State<IndexTerm><Primary>Reading window</Primary><Secondary>setting default pin state</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>pushpin</Primary><Secondary>default setting for</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>pin window state</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can change whether Reading windows automatically open pinned or
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unpinned. By default, the Information Manager does not automatically
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pin Reading windows. However, if a Reading window is unpinned,
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its contents are replaced whenever you go to another section.
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</Para>
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<Para>If you frequently pin reading windows so that you can open
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multiple sections in different windows simultaneously, set
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preferences so that reading windows open automatically pinned.
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To do this, click the
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Pin Window check box, then click
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Apply.
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</Para>
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</Sect2>
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</Sect1>
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<sect1 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.6">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.6">Setting Map Preferences<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>map</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>graphical map</Primary><Secondary>setting preferences</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>
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You can change the following default attributes of the graphical map:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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Map Geometry.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.7">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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Automatic Updating.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.8">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<para>
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To display the Map Preferences window, select Map from the Preferences for
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pull-down list.
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</para>
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<para>The following figure shows the Map Preferences window.
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</para>
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<Figure><Title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.6a">Map Preferences</Title>
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<GRAPHIC id="INFOUG.Custom.igrph.3" entityref="INFOUG.Custom.fig.3"></graphic>
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</Figure>
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<sect2 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.7">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.7">Changing the Map Geometry<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>map size</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>graphical map</Primary><Secondary>setting default size</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can increase or decrease the size of the graphical map by changing
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the value in the Map Geometry field. The default size is 520x350 pixels.
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</Para>
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<Para>To change the size:
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</Para>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Click the box to the right of the Map Geometry field. The browser
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displays a message about how to set the default size.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Click the window that is the size you want as the default for the
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graphical map. The Information Manager inserts the coordinates in the
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Map Geometry field.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Click OK to apply the change and close the Preferences window.
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</Para>
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<Para>The next time you start the Information Manager, the graphical
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map’s default size will reflect your change.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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</Sect2>
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<sect2 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.8">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.8">Setting Automatic Updating<IndexTerm><Primary>graphical map</Primary><Secondary>setting auto update default</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>automatic map update status</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can specify whether the Information Manager automatically updates
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the graphical map to the section you are reading in the active reading
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window.
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</Para>
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<Para>To have the Information Manager automatically update the graphical map:
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</Para>
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<OrderedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Toggle the Auto Update button to the setting you prefer.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>Click Apply.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</OrderedList>
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</sect2>
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</Sect1>
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<sect1 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.9">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.9">Setting History Lists<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>history</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>history lists</Primary><Secondary>setting defaults for</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You may find that you never use most entries returned in Section History
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and Search History lists and prefer to limit the length of these lists.
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You can change the maximum number of sections included in:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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Section History List.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.10">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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Search History List.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.11">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<para>To display the History Preferences window, select History from the Preferences for
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pull-down list.
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</para>
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<para>The following figure shows the History Preferences window.
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</para>
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<Figure><Title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.9a">History Preferences</Title>
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<GRAPHIC id="INFOUG.Custom.igrph.4" entityref="INFOUG.Custom.fig.4"></graphic>
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</Figure>
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<sect2 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.10">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.10">Changing the Section History List<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>section history list size</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>section history list</Primary><Secondary>setting default size</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can change the maximum number of section titles that the Information
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Manager maintains in the Section History list. The default is 100
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sections.
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</Para>
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<Para>To change the maximum number of sections in the Section History list,
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click the up arrow to increase the number or the down arrow to reduce
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it.
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</Para>
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<Para>Click OK to apply the change and close the Preferences window. The
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Information Manager restricts the Section History list to the number of
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sections you have specified.
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</Para>
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</Sect2>
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<sect2 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.11">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.11">Changing the Search History List<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>search history list</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>search history list</Primary><Secondary>setting default size</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can change the maximum number of section titles that the Information
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Manager maintains in the Search History list. The default is 50
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sections.
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</Para>
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<Para>To change the maximum number of sections in the Search History list,
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click the up arrow to increase the number or the down arrow to reduce
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it.
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</Para>
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<Para>Click OK to apply the change and close the Preferences window. The
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Information Manager restricts the Search History list to the number of
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sections you have specified.
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</Para>
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</Sect2>
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</Sect1>
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<sect1 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.12">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.12">Changing Search Preferences<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>search</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>search</Primary><Secondary>setting preferences for</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You can set the following search preferences:
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</Para>
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<ItemizedList>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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Maximum Search Hits.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.13">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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<ListItem>
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<Para>
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Auto Display First Hit.
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See <xref Role="JumpText" Linkend="INFOUG.Custom.div.14">.
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</Para>
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</ListItem>
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</ItemizedList>
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<para>To display the Search Preferences window, select Searching from the Preferences for
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pull-down list.
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</para>
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<para>The following figure shows the Search Preferences window.
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</para>
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<Figure><Title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.12a">Search Preferences</Title>
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<GRAPHIC id="INFOUG.Custom.igrph.5" entityref="INFOUG.Custom.fig.5"></graphic>
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</Figure>
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<sect2 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.13">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.13">Setting the Maximum Number of Search Hits<IndexTerm><Primary>search</Primary><Secondary>setting default for maximum hits</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>setting maximum search hits default</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>You may find that search hit lists return too many entries. To limit the
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length of these lists, you can change the maximum number of section
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titles displayed in the Search Results list. The default is 50 sections.
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</Para>
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<Para>To change the maximum number of sections in the Search Results list,
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click the up arrow to increase the number or the down arrow to reduce
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it.
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</Para>
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<Para>Click OK to apply the change and close the Preferences window. The
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Information Manager restricts the Search Results list to the number of
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sections you have specified.
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</Para>
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</Sect2>
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<sect2 id="INFOUG.Custom.div.14">
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<title id="INFOUG.Custom.mkr.14">Setting Auto Display First Hit<IndexTerm><Primary>preferences</Primary><Secondary>setting auto display first hit default</Secondary></IndexTerm><IndexTerm><Primary>search</Primary><Secondary>setting default for auto display first hit</Secondary></IndexTerm></Title>
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<Para>To automatically display the first section containing significant search
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hits, use the Preferences window to set the Auto Display First Hit
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feature. When you click the Auto Display First Hit button, the
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Information Manager toggles the feature On and Off.
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Click OK to apply the change and close the Preferences window.
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</Para>
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</Sect2>
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</Sect1>
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</Chapter>
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