1 Welcome

Current manuals

WebTerm 6 is an enormously powerful tool for terminology management on a global scale. To enable you to make the best possible use of WebTerm 6 there are a number of manuals available to you. In that way, you can obtain the right information for the particular task.

WebTerm 6 Administration Guide

For the administrator - deals with configuring WebTerm 6 and managing users

WebTerm 6 User Guide

For terminologists - deals with using WebTerm for world-wide terminology management

Latest versions available from our website

The latest versions of those manuals and other documentation can be downloaded from our website at www.star-solutions.net in the section
Support/Download | Download Center .

To make things simpler

To make this manual easier to use, symbols are used to draw your attention to important information and useful tips.

Table 1-1: Symbols in this manual

 

Meaning

 
 

Warning

Warns you of the risk of serious errors. Failure to observe the instructions may lead to loss of data.
 

Important note

Draws your attention to an important note on how to avoid errors.
 

Tip

Provides a tip on how to simplify your work.

 
 

Enterprise version

Indicates that the function concerned is only available with the Enterprise version which allows you to edit terminology.
 

Administrator function

Indicates that the function concerned is only available if you have administrator permissions.
 

Optional function

Indicates that the function concerned is optional and, therefore, is not available on all WebTerm installations.

In order that you can clearly recognise when instructions are referring to a menu, or to an item that has to be entered or selected by the user, they appear in the following fonts:

Table 1-2: Fonts

 

Meaning

Example

 

Menu/Window/Button

Menu items, window titles, tab titles, options, buttons and icon names appear in bold type.

Open the Languages menu.

Click the Languages menu.

Select Show all

Select the option Show all .

User input

Text that has to be entered by the user by typing it on the keyboard appear in Courier italic .

Type valve .

Type the word valve on the keyboard.

Contents of lists, messages, files

The contents of option lists or files appar in Courier font.

Select German .

Select the entry German from the list of choices.

The program displays the message Completed successfully .

WebTerm displays the message Completed successfully in a message window.

Delete the entry
manual=ignore

The file contains the entry manual=ignore . Delete it from the file.

Content of variables

Angled brackets are used to identify variables that you have to replace by actual content. The brackets as well as their contents must be replaced.

Enter <Search term> .

Enter the term that you want to search for. E.g., if you want to search for raven , enter raven

Select <user> .

Select the desired user. E.g., if you want to select the user Carry Onn , select Carry Onn

File/folder names

The names of files and folders appear in Courier font.

The file ldvd.rbe is located in the folder \config\global .