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1. Insert the ''ICA-AtoM Demo CD'' into your computer and re-start your computer. This Demo CD is designed to boot all the required operating and server software from CD to launch the ICA-AtoM application. A Firefox web browser will open to the ICA-AtoM demo [[Home screen|Home page]].  
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1. Insert the ICA-AtoM Demo CD into your computer. Re-start the computer. The Demo CD is designed to boot all the required operating and server software from CD to launch the ICA-AtoM application. A Firefox web browser will open to the ICA-AtoM demo Home page.
  
  
2. This Demo CD ships with sample data which you can delete, modify or add to as you see fit. Please note this Demo CD only runs in memory. None of the changes you make will be saved the next time you run the CD. Visit the [http://www.ica-atom.org ica-atom.org] website to download and install a fully operational version of the software.
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2. If the Demo CD does '''not''' start up automatically, re-start your computer again and hold down the F12 key while it re-loads ("c" key if you are using a Mac). Choose the 'boot from CD' option.
  
  
3. ICA-AtoM always opens in the [[Default source language|default language]] for your application (for demo purposes this has been set to English). To switch languages, click one of the options in the [[Language menu]]. The current language is always underlined.  
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3. The Demo CD ships with sample data which you can delete, modify or add to as you see fit. Please note the Demo CD only runs in memory. None of the changes you make will be saved the next time you run the CD. Visit the [http://www.ica-atom.org ica-atom.org website] to download and install a fully operational version of the software.
  
  
4. On opening, ICA-AtoM provides view-only access, so that any user can immediately begin searching or browsing the contents of the application, using the [[Search / browse box]].
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4. ICA-AtoM always opens in the [[Default source language|default language]] for your application (for demo purposes this has been set to English). To switch languages, click one of the options in the [[Language menu|language menu]]. The current language is always underlined.
  
  
5. To add or edit content, you must have a user account and log in. Click the [[Log in link]] and when prompted enter your [[User name|user name]] and [[Password|password]]. For demo purposes enter "demo@ica-atom.org" as the user name and "demo" as the password. Once you have logged in, the appearance of the [[Home screen]] changes (not illustrated): the [[Main menu bar]] appears and includes buttons applicable to your user role (the 'demo' user is granted full [[Administrator|administrator]] access).
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5. Please note that not all of the [[User interface|user interface]] translations are complete in the 1.0 beta version and that the sample data is in English only. To add your own translations, see section 5, [[CD-1.0-5|Translate]].
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6. On opening, ICA-AtoM provides view-only access, so that any user can immediately begin searching or browsing the contents of the application, using the [[Search / browse box|search / browse box]].

Latest revision as of 13:07, 16 July 2008

Please note that ICA-AtoM is no longer actively supported by Artefactual Systems.
Visit https://www.accesstomemory.org for information about AtoM, the currently supported version.

1. Get started

Main Page > Demo CD > English > 1. Get started

Get started


1. Insert the ICA-AtoM Demo CD into your computer. Re-start the computer. The Demo CD is designed to boot all the required operating and server software from CD to launch the ICA-AtoM application. A Firefox web browser will open to the ICA-AtoM demo Home page.


2. If the Demo CD does not start up automatically, re-start your computer again and hold down the F12 key while it re-loads ("c" key if you are using a Mac). Choose the 'boot from CD' option.


3. The Demo CD ships with sample data which you can delete, modify or add to as you see fit. Please note the Demo CD only runs in memory. None of the changes you make will be saved the next time you run the CD. Visit the ica-atom.org website to download and install a fully operational version of the software.


4. ICA-AtoM always opens in the default language for your application (for demo purposes this has been set to English). To switch languages, click one of the options in the language menu. The current language is always underlined.


5. Please note that not all of the user interface translations are complete in the 1.0 beta version and that the sample data is in English only. To add your own translations, see section 5, Translate.


6. On opening, ICA-AtoM provides view-only access, so that any user can immediately begin searching or browsing the contents of the application, using the search / browse box.