Using the ID Works

Online Reference Library

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Welcome
Welcome to the Credentia™ ID Works™ Online Reference Library.
This library contains end-user documentation to help you
understand, create, and use ID Works projects.

Some information included here may not apply to your environment.

For example, if you don’t encode magnetic stripes on your cards, you
won’t need to read the ImageCard® Select/IV Magnetic Stripe Plug-
in document.

Conversely, your system may include some equipment, such as a

TWAIN-compliant camera, that Credentia does not manufacture or
sell. Such equipment is not documented in this library. See the
manufacturer’s documentation for those products.

Why We Chose PDF

Documents are stored in this library using the Adobe® Acrobat®
Portable Document Format, or PDF. Distributing product information
as PDF files has several advantages:

• PDF offers you extensive search capabilities. A full-text index is

available for every file in the library.
• You can use hypertext jumps to move about in a file you’re
reading on line.
• You can print the documents for reference or to read when
you’re away from your computer. If your printer can print on both
sides of a piece of paper, the PDF documents you print will look
just like a traditional hard copy manual.
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Reading the Library On Line
Online manuals contain the same information as paper manuals, but
you use them a little differently:

• Instead of turning pages by hand, you use the mouse to “jump”

to the page you want to read.
• To find a topic, you can browse a list of “bookmarks,” scan the
table of contents, or perform a keyword search.
• When you find the information you need, you can either read it
on your computer monitor or print it.

Getting Around
In an online manual, you can move from page to page as you would
in a book. You can also jump back to whichever page you viewed
most recently.

Moving from Page to Page

Click these buttons to “turn the pages” of the document. The

inside buttons send you to the previous page and the next page.
The outside buttons send you to the first page and last page of
the document.

Returning to the Last View

Click the left button to return to the page you viewed most
recently and the right button to return to the current page.
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Viewing a Page
Magnifying a page can make the text—and especially the graphics—
easier to read. However, magnified pages are often too big to fit on
screen all at once. To see different parts of a page, you can move
the page around inside the window.

Changing the Magnification

To see graphics more clearly, select the number in this control

(at the bottom of the screen), type 134 or 192, and then press
ENTER.

To return to the original view, click the button on the right. The
leftmost button in this cluster lets you see the page at actual size
and the middle button shows the whole page.

You can also select a magnification by choosing from those

listed in the View menu.

Moving a Page Around

When you click this button, the cursor becomes a hand, which
you can use to drag the page around inside the window. (You
can also use the scroll bars to scroll a page.)

Finding a Topic
There are two ways to get to the information you need. You can:

• Jump to a topic from the bookmark list on the left side of your
window.
• Perform a keyword search for a topic.
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Jumping from the Bookmark List

The list of “bookmarks” on the left side of the screen shows the
contents of the entire document. The first bookmark in the list returns
you to the contents page for the entire Online Reference Library.
When the pointer is over a bookmark, it turns into a hand with a

pointing finger.

When you click a bookmark icon, that topic appears in the window.

To display
subtopics, click the
triangle next to a
topic.

To view a topic or To get a full view

subtopic, click the of the bookmark
page icon. list, click this line
and drag it to the
right.
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Searching by Keyword

You can also find information by performing a keyword search. For

example, if you’re looking for instructions on installing a wuzzle, you
might perform a keyword search for “installing” or “wuzzle.” Reader
scans for the word in the text, and then allows you to jump to every
instance it finds.

To perform a keyword search:

1 Click the “find” button.

2 Type the word you want to find, and then press ENTER. Reader
will search for the word.

3 Reader will jump to the first appearance of the word (if the word
is found). To see the next appearance, press CTRL+F and then
ENTER.
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Printing Pages
You can print a single page, a range of pages, or an entire manual.
1 Press CTRL+P, or from the menu bar select File and then Print.

2 Specify the page or page range you want to print.

3 Click OK.
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Comments? Suggestions?
Please send comments, suggestions, or corrections to:

ID Works Information Development

Credentia
11111 Bren Road West
Minnetonka, MN 55343-9014 USA

Or send an e-mail message to:

doc_feedback@credentia.com