EIS eComPress Publications ~ USER TIPS

If you've had a problem downloading any of our internet publications then you can try again.

Note for Windows XP Service Pack 2 users

When you are trying to download any eComPress publication, your may not see the download dialog box but instead you will see a strip appeared at the bottom of your Internet Explorer's toolbar and it will read something like: To help protect your security, Internet Explorer blocked this site from downloading files to your computer. Click here for options...

Actions to take:

1. click on the strip;
2. click Download File...;
3. click yes (if applicable);
4. click either run or save.

We are often asked questions about some of the more powerful features of EIS electronic publications. Please find outlined below some user tips which have been compiled from some of the more commonly asked questions.

Tip One ~ Hard Disk Space.

All EIS publications are very efficiently compressed, encrypted and fully indexed. These facilities are all integrated, and when the publication is installed on the hard drive and/or network server, the information does not decompress, but installs in exactly the same amount of space that is used on the CD-ROM or the Web server.

This provides a number of significant benefits to the end user.

Firstly, all EIS publications can be distributed on a minimum number of disks and use a minimum on-line download time. This makes it extremely cost-effective to deliver a fully indexed database, which occupies space of the order of six to eight times less than it would require in a decompressed state.

Secondly, the information does not decompress, and only occupies the small amount of space that it does on the distribution medium, saving valuable hard disk space on the users computer.

Thirdly, the indexing provides for very fast searching of what is a significantly smaller file.

Tip Two ~ Searching.

You can position the cursor on any line with a blue arrow head at the beginning of the line, press ENTER or just click, and jump directly to that section. The publication also comes with an exhaustive full text searching index. Every word and number within the publication is indexed, and we guarantee that any information within the data files can be found using this indexing facility.

This facility enables strings of words, including numbers, to be found. This is supported by an "and" / "or" boolean search facility to assist the more sophisticated user to find information in an efficient manner.

Operate the F2 function key, a search window will be displayed Specify Search Words. You can key in any word, string of words ie. phrases or clauses eg. law or minister of state or any combination of words using & (and) or | (or) eg. minister & act or minister | charges etc.

The search facility also provides a suffix or end of word wildcard facility. If you type in "Rule-" and you will find "Rules", "Ruled" etc. You can type in the first few letters of any word (preferably 3 or more letters) followed by a "-"to find all words starting with those letters.

The searching facility is conducted on the compressed files, and the information, when found, is then displayed on the screen in an uncompressed form.

Tip Three ~ MegaLex Macquarie Dictionaries installation problem.