Assist - General Usage

Logging In

You don't need to log in to view pages on Assist, only if you want to edit them.

If you do, click the Anonymous drop-down on the title, where you have the option to log in.

If you've forgotten your password, you can reset it here using your username or your email - this will only work if your email is associated to your user.

You should change your user page within Assist to list your contact details (email and phone number) so that other users can easily contact you.

Reading

Each page is typically linked to from lots of different areas:

• From the main page you will generally find links to everything in the system.
• You can search for pages using the search bar - see Searching below.
• You can browse pages through categories - see Categories below.
• Through lists of pages on categories - see Special Pages below.
• You can move to other pages through embedded links on a page.

When there is a link to another page, you can hover your mouse over it and the system will display a quick summary and an image to give you a flavour of the content before you click it. Not all links can display like this, but most do, and it's useful to get a preview of the contents of a link before you click into it.

Contacting other users

You can contact other users, including the admin of the system, using the user's talk pages.

You might find a user through page change history or through the users list. Once you click on the user, you will be taken to their personal page.

You can add to a user's talk page by clicking on their name and clicking the Discussion tab. They will be notified through email that their page has been edited.

You can email a user directly from user's page, using the Page Tools section, Email this user.

Note: You can only do this when you are logged in!

Searching

Although all pages from your CALIDUS system link directly to the appropriate page in this CALIDUS Assist guide, you can search for help on anything in the system using the search bar. It depends on how you have CALIDUS Assist configured, but this search bar is normally either in the title at the top of the screen or in the toolbar on the left.

Did you know that you can activate this search at any time using a shortcut key combination? Hover over the Search bar now and you will see it tells you the hot-key combination, typically ALT-F or ALT-SHIFT-F. Hitting those keys together will activate the search box and you can type in what you're looking for. Be aware that these shortcuts are dependent on the browser that you are using, so check for compatibility first.

If you know the name of the page, just type it there and click the Go button. If you want to search for any text in the page, click the Search button instead, or just hit enter for CALIDUS Assist to do it for you. Typically, as you type, the search bar will quickly offer you some matches that might be what you're looking for - if it is, just click the suggestion and Assist will take you there.

Categories

Pages are typically categorised into groups, either for commonality or in a lot of cases so you can print all of the pages as a PDF book.

From a page, you can see categories in the Categories list and click on them to see all pages in that category.

You can also see all categories from the Categories or Category Tree special pages.

Special Pages

You can access a lot of special pages from the Wiki Tools/Special Pages menu. Of interest are:

• Lists of pages
  • All pages - see and search the titles of all pages.
  • Categories - see and search the titles of all categories.
  • Category tree - see and browse through a tree of all categories.
  • Search - search for pages or content, with many more advanced features than the simple search bar at the top of the page.
• Users and rights
  • Active users list - any active users.
  • Change or remove email address
  • Preferences
  • Reset password
  • User contributions - showing edits by specified users.
  • User list - a list of all users on the system.
• Recent changes and logs
  • Gallery of new files
  • New pages
  • Recent changes
  • Watchlist - your watchlist of pages.
• Media reports and uploads
  • File list - a searchable list of all media (images etc)
• Data and tools
  • Version - system component versions and software attributions

Translation

The toolbox contains a link to Google Translate to translate the page into a language of your choice. Select the language from the drop-down list, and Google will translate the whole page for you.

Printing and Exporting

You can export pages from CALIDUS Assist using the Print as PDF or Download as PDF link. Where this appears depends on the style the Assist is configured with, but by default this link will be in the Toolbox menu on the left of the screen, or on the tabs at the top right of the screen.

You can export categories as a full document in the same way - all pages in that category will be included in the PDF in the order in which they are listed in the category.

We've typically also included a link in the description of categories where this will export as a document, and we also add the DOCbutton next to documents that you can download from the first page of Assist.