HOW TO USE DAEDALUS
For additional guidelines, Daedalus has an on-line "Help," which is on the far right of the menu bar at the top of the screen.
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LOGGING ON
1) With the "start" button, choose Daedalus.
2) Enter your name and your password, then "okay."
READING INTERCHANGE TRANSCRIPTS
1) Under "Utilities," which is on the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose "Read a Document."
2) On the right, choose the folder "chat."
3) On the left, choose which discussion you want to read by placing the cursor on it and then pressing the left mouse button twice. Or you can highlight it, and then choose "okay." Generally the date and the title of the discussion will be readily identifiable.
SAVING INTERCHANGE TRANSCRIPTS TO YOUR DISK
1) Under "Utilities," which is on the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose "Copy a Document." Or if the Interchange discussion is already opened, choose "Save a Copy," which is under "File."
2) At the top of the box, make sure you change "Save In" to "3 1/2 floppy A."
3) Give your file a name if you don't want to use the one I’ve provided.
4) At the bottom of the box, save as type "rtf." That will enable you to read your document on your home computer's word processor so long as your computer is a PC, not an Apple. (If you have old word-processing software, however, save as "txt.")
5) Note: You must open your document as a "rtf" type of file in order to read it.
SAVING YOUR OWN DOCUMENTS
1) You have two options, either saving to your disk or to your folder which is on the hard-drive. To save to your disk, follow the directions above.
2) To save to your folder, which you have when you are logged on to Daedalus, the computer automatically defaults to your folder whenever you want to save a document. Notice, then, that at the top of the box, you've directed the computer to "save" your document "in" the folder labeled with your name.
3) If you want to access any of your documents, you'll need to choose "open," then find your file folder by scrolling down the choices to the right.
USING INVENT
1) Under “Activity,” which is on the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose "Invent." In the “New-Open Dialogue Box,” choose “New” if you are interested in beginning a new series of questions, and choose the “Open” button if you want to continue work on the series of questions which you began earlier.
2) Choose the specific series of questions you want to answer.
3) A question will appear at the top of the window, and above will be a writing space where you can compose your answers. If you want to see an explanation of a question, choose the button “Explain.”
4) Use the “Save” or “Save A Copy” commands under the “File” menu to save your work. The program will save your file in two ways, (a) as a text with the file extension *.TXT, and (b) as a prompt file with the file extension *.ITX. You can open the text file (.TXT) with “Write” or another word processor. You can open the prompt file (*.ITX) with Invent.
PRINTING YOUR WORK IN INVENT
1) Under “Activity,” which is on the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose “Write.”
2) From the “New-Open Box,” choose the “Open” button.
3) In the “File-Open Box,” choose the version of the Invent file you saved which has the text-file extension (*.TXT). (Note that when you are using MS Word, if your file does not appear, then choose “All files” under “Files of Type.”)
4) Once the file is open, under the “File” menu, choose “Print.”
USINB BIBLIOCITE
1) Under “Activity,” which is on the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose “Bibliocite.” 2) Choose the “New Button” in the New-Open dialog box. The program automatically opens a new record; select the appropriate source type. Then record the bibliographic information in the appropriate fields for this source.
3) For new sources, select the “Add New Source” command or click on the “New Source” button on the database interface;
4) To make a Works Cited or Reference page:
(a) Choose the style (APA or MLA) you want to use;
(b) Save your Bibliocite database in your Daedalus folder, giving it a “*.bib” extension;
(c) Choose the “Make Works Cited” (MLA) or “Make References” (APA) command from the Bibliocite menu;
(d) Save the Works Cited or References document to your 3.5” disk. Give the document a name, save as a “*.rtf” file, and click the OK button;
(e) In “Write”, open your Works Cited or Reference page. Look for it as a “*.rtf” file type.