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Dan Mooney - Gisèle Winger - Ric Woltz | Windows eTeacher3 | Macintosh eTeacher3 | eTeacher 3 If you used eTeacher 2 and are upgrading to eTeacher 3 there are two procedures you must perform so that the comments you created in eTeacher 2 are available in eTeacher 3. You must first save or export your comment library in eTeacher 2. Then you must import that saved library into eTeacher 3. Windows eTeacher2: Saving Your Comment Library After entering eTeacher,2 go to Report and choose Comment Builder. From the Comment Builder click Export Library (at the top). In most cases you will want to include all of your comments and statements in this library. However if you wish to create a library consisting of only some of your comments and statements click the appropriate buttons. Fill in the relevant Library Details (i.e. Your name and/or Term 3 etc.) Click the Save as button on the bottom. The next box to be displayed requires you to indicate the type of file, the file name and the location on the computer you wish to save the tab file. Click on the small black triangle at the end of the Save In: line and a menu will pop up. Select Desktop with your mouse. Release your mouse button when Desktop is highlighted Type the name of your tab file in the small box below the words Save as:. Name it lastnamelibrary.tab to indicate that this is your library file (i.e., smithlibrary.tab or smithlibrary). Select Tab (Tab-Separated Text) in the Save of Type area by using the same technique you used for selecting the Desktop. Click Save.   Windows: eTeacher 3 Runtime Importing a Comment Library Open eTeacher3 Runtime. Click the Login button and enter the password. Enter the Comment Builder in the Report section Click the Manage Library tab at the top. Click the Import Library button on the bottom. A box will appear requiring you to locate the comment library tab file. The next box to be displayed is the Open File box. Click on the small black triangle at the end of the Look In: box and a menu will pop up. If you have saved your library tab file on the Desktop choose Desktop. If you have saved it in another location choose that location in the Look In box. Choose All Available in the Files of type section at the bottom. Locate the file that contains your saved comment library and click once on it once to highlight it. If you followed the directions for saving your comment library in eTeacher2 the file will likely be named lastnamelibrary.tab or simply lastnamelibrary (i.e., smithlibrary.tab or smithlibrary). With the correct file highlighted click the Open button. The process of importing the comment library will begin. When this process is complete a new button with your library name will appear in an appropriate box. To view the contents of the library, click on the button. At this point you may transfer the entire library to Your Comments by clicking the arrow next to the words Transfer Library. If you only want to transfer selected comments click once on the comment. A small arrow will appear at the beginning of the comment once you have selected it. Click the small arrow to transfer that specific comment. Macintosh eTeacher2: Saving Your Comment Library After entering eTeacher 2, go to Report and choose Comment Builder. From the Comment Builder click Export Library (at the top). In most cases you will want to include all of your comments and statements in this library. However if you wish to create a library consisting of only some of your comments and statements click the appropriate buttons. Fill in the relevant Library Details (i.e. Your name and/or Term 1 etc.) Click the Save as button on the bottom. The next box to be displayed requires you to indicate the type of file, the file name and the location on the computer you wish to save the tab file. Click on the Desktop button. Choose Tab-Separated Text from the small box to the right of the word Type:. Type the name of your tab file in the Name section (just above the Type: section.. Name it lastnamelibrary.tab to indicate that this is your library file (i.e., smithlibrary.tab). Finally click the Save button. Macintosh: eTeacher 3 Runtime Importing a Comment Library Open eTeacher 3 Runtime. Click the Login button and enter the password. Enter the Comment Builder in the Report section Click the Manage Library Tab at the top. Click the Import Library button on the bottom. A box will appear requiring you to locate the comment library tab file. The area near the bottom and to the left of the words Show: should say All Available. Make this change if necessary. Locate the file that contains your saved comment library and click once on it once to highlight it. If you followed the directions for saving a comment library in eTeacher 2 the file will probably be named lastnamelibrary.tab. With the correct file highlighted click the Open button. The process of importing the comment library will begin. When this process is complete a new button with your library name will appear in an appropriate box. To view the contents of the library, click on the button. At this point you may transfer the entire library to Your Comments by clicking the arrow next to the words Transfer Library. If you only want to transfer selected comments click once on the comment. A small arrow will appear at the beginning of the comment once you have selected it. Click the small arrow to transfer that specific comment.   | Windows eTeacher3 | Macintosh eTeacher3 | Top | Home 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 next