Adept Document Library FAQs

Adept Document Library Overview

To review recently released documentation, see the Adept Document Library What's New menu. This menu is updated regularly to provide easy access to the most current documentation available. For additional information on the Adept Document Library, use the menu to the left to access the related articles, or scroll down the page.

Using the Adept Document Library

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Navigate to http://www1.adept.com/main/ke/data/adept_title_index.htm.
Click Using the Adept Document Library in the QUICK LINKS menu on the right.

Adept Document Library on CD-ROM Released

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A new version of the Adept Document Library on CD-ROM was released in April 2007. This CD contains the documentation files released on or before that date. For the documentation that has been released since that date, please use the Adept Document Library from the Adept website. (http://www1.adept.com/main/ke/data/adept_title_index.htm).

Finding Adept Documentation

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Adept documentation is available from the following sources:

The Adept Document Library on the Adept website contains the most current documentation.
All Adept DeskTop, Adept Windows, AIM and V+ software CD-ROMs contain a copy of the most recent documentation available in the Adept Document Library. Note that the Adept software CD may also include preliminary documentation for products that have not been officially released.
Customers can also order a copy of the Adept Document Library on CD-ROM by contacting their Adept Sales person.
If a customer requires a printed version of HTML-formatted documentation, use the HTML Print Utility feature to generate a .pdf version of the documentation.

Publication Date For HTML documentation

For documentation formatted in HTML, each page contains a footer that includes the date the information was last modified. The .pdf files include the part number, revision, and publication date, usually on page 3 of the document.

Printing Online Documentation (HTML format)

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You can generate a portable/printable pdf file from a collection of HTML documents using the HTML Print Utility. This utility provides a means for capturing the content (text and graphics) of a specified documentation set (HTML format) so you can view, print, or distribute the information outside of the Adept Document Library system. This utility is not intended to create publication-quality manuals from HTML files. After generation, the .pdf file can be viewed and printed using Adobe Acrobat Reader.

The HTML Print Utility is available for the AIM and V+ documentation collections.

To try out the Print Utility:

Open the AIM Baseline User Guide.
In the Contents panel, select the Print Documentation item
Follow the instructions provided to create a .pdf file for the AIM Baseline User Guide.

For additional information on using the Print Utility, see What are the Features and Limitations of the HTML Print Utility?

Please send any questions, comments or suggestions on the Print Utility to techpubs@adept.com.

Using Adept Software Documentation

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The Adept software documentation provides a Table of Contents pane which provides index and search capabilities as described in the following table.

Feature	Description
Table of Contents	Provides access to the new Print facility, the Adept Documentation Library and all topics included within the documentation set currently displayed. The Table of Contents pane can be displayed by clicking the Show TOC icon, or hidden by clicking the Hide TOC icon.
Index	Provides a list of keywords. Click a keyword to view its corresponding topic. If several topics reference the same keyword, select the topic to view from a popup menu.
Search	Enter words or phrases to scan topic content and find all topics that match the search criteria. In contrast to the Adept Document Library search feature which returns search results from all of the documentation in the Adept Document Library, the Search tab in the contents pane allows you to search within the documentation that you are currently viewing.

Sample of AIM Documentation window

Using Adept Hardware Documentation (PDF format)

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The Adept hardware documentation available in the Adept Document Library library is provided in Adobe Acrobat .pdf format. When you link to a hardware document, Adobe Acrobat will launch in the browser window and display the document. To navigate within the document, use the tools available in the Adobe Acrobat toolbar. To return to the Adept Document Library Document Library, click the Back button in the Internet Explorer toolbar.

Problems viewing PDF files in the Adept Document Library

We have received several reports of users having problems with the browser locking up when they attempt to navigate in or print documentation in .pdf format. This problem is related to the configuration of the Adobe Reader software. Adobe has provided several solutions, based on particular operating systems. These are available from the Adobe Knowledgebase.

Sending Feedback

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We value your input and any customer feedback. If you have any suggestions or comments, please forward them to techpubs@adept.com. A link to this address is also provided at the bottom of each page in the Adept Document Library software documentation.

If you encounter any problems with the content, formatting, or operation of the Adept Document Library, please send comments to one of the following addresses:

Technical content errors or omissions: bugs.doc@adept.com

Formatting or operational problems: techpubs@adept.com

Please include the following in your e-mail:

Subject line:	Adept Document Library Issue
Message:	URL of the page (copied from the browser address bar) along with a brief description of the problem.