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 Welcome screen
As it does not need to have permanent internet access, you can make use of this application
anywhere and anytime. This is an advantage for those editors who have limited access to
internet. But, even if this is not your case, you can take advantage of many of the assistants
included in the application.
 Quick Access Toolbar
 Click on this button to see color thems to choose, including shades of gray. Feel free to
select to the color pattern you prefer.  Ribbon at the top of the application window
· Compact & Repair
- As you work with the application, the database file tends to
become larger. To Compact & Repair Database means that your database file
becomes smaller, not by compression, but by the elimination of unused space.
· Back Up Database
- A good practice to prevent data loss in case of system
failure is to make backups regularly.
· Encrypt with password - The application file is not encrypted by default. To
encrypt (or decrypt) the application you need to open the file in Exclusive mode (see
Access
Help). Evaluate the actual necessity of encrypting the application to protect it from non-
authorized modifications. Be aware that if you loose the password, you will be unable
to work with the data again.
· Size to Fit Form - This is an utility to fit forms in case they do not display
correctly.
· Close application - This button makes able to close the application without
closing Microsoft Access.
· Collection of guidelines
- The collection of Wikipedia Guidelines consists of
downloaded original pages from Wikipedia converted into PDF files. The advanced
users can download some more articles from Wikipedia and add them to the database
or update the already existing articles. The installation of the collection is optional.
Users who have internet access do not need install the guidelines, but still have the
possibility to open the online articles directly from the application.
· Administrator of citations
- To administrate references stored in the application
database. This resource was developed to give the users the possibility to reutilize the
same references in different related articles, or keep them stored for future editions.
· Administrator of templates - To administrate a collection of more than 250
templates stored in the application database, including those most frequently used in
English
Wikipedia. The advanced users can include additional templates into the database to
keep them by hand to be used in subsequent articles.
· Browser of pages
- This window enables to manage multiple pages of wikitext
under edition which you can keep stored in the database application. In this window
you can:
· Open new articles
· Browse and open existing articles
· Delete articles
To open a new article you only have to give it a reference name You can open an
article with the button <Open selected article> or making double click on the reference
name of the article. When you do this, the Edit window opens containing the text in
edition.
· Edit window - This window contains the text of the selected article. It offers you
access to multiple tools and assistants to build wiki code, although you are not
familiarize with
the markup rules and templates of MediaWiki code .
· Export to an external file (Notepad / Wordpad / Winword)
The final result of the process of edition is a wiki code (plain text) you can paste into a text file,
or directly into a Wikipedia Edit subpage.
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