I. Basics Concepts

A. Getting around
1. Hyperlinks: These are links from one page to another. They can be words or pictures. When a word is a link to another page, it will be a different color than the regular text.
Most of the time it is blue (Never black). Also, Links are always underlined.

Note: On the bottom of most pages, there are links to the Home page and at times to the
           Eradication Manager.

2. Web Browsers: At the top left of the web browser(a program to access the internet i.e. Netscape Communicator, and Microsoft Internet Explorer), there are 2 buttons that you need to know: “Back” and “Forward”. With these buttons, you can go back to a previous page or forward to the page you just left.

B. Boxes
1. Action Boxes: There are gray boxes in the Eradication manger with words in them. These boxes are action buttons that will execute the given command. (Ex: “Mark to be Sprayed”- sends your field information to update the database.)

2. Selection Boxes: These are boxes that have a list of information or names that has an arrow to the right of the box. When you click on the box with the mouse, the whole list will appear. Once you see the list, you can find the information or the name of the person you are looking for and highlight it by clicking on that info or name. Lastly, you will need to find and press the action box to execute the search.

Note: You can either use the mouse to find the name or use the up and down arrows to sort through the list.

Example: “Choose System User Type”

3. Data Boxes: Similar to “selection boxes”, these are empty boxes that have a white background.  To begin typing information in the boxes, you will need to have the cursor blinking in the box. You can do this by putting the mouse over the box and clicking the left button one time.

C. Logging into Eradication Manager
To log onto the Eradication Manager, first click on the "Eradication Manager" link on the index page (http://www.obweo.org).  This will bring you to a new page asking for a user name and password.

Note: Your default user name is the first letter of your first name and your full last name.  If there is duplication in user names, either an underscore( _ ) is placed between the letter and the name of one of the duplicates, or a 1 is placed at the end of the user name.

     For example: a user named “Charlie Brown” would have the user name of "cbrown"
               or "c_brown" or "cbrown1" if another user has a first name starting with "c" and
                a last name brown.

Your password has been assigned to you by the OBWEO MIS staff.  If you have not been told your password, contact the MIS staff by email or calling the Hobart office.

Note: If you still have questions, please contact OBWEO MIS(Management Information Systems) @ 1-800-246-4810

D. Uploading Files
This function is used to send files such as satloc log files, from your computer to another computer. To begin, press the “Browse” Button to open a menu for you to locate the file on your computer that you want to send . At the file upload menu, you will need to locate the folder that your file is in order to be able to identify that particular file.
To change folders:
      -To view a folder, double click on the folder.
      -To go back a folder, press the folder icon that has an arrow on it. This is next to the bar that says “look in:” at the top middle of the box.
      -To view a hard drive, click on the arrow down button and select “c:” Then find the folder.

Once you have found the file, highlight the file by clicking on it once, then press “open”. Now, you should see the file you are wanting to upload on the webpage. Next, press the “send” button to upload the file to the database.
 
 
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