Information Catalog Manager User's Guide

Browsing subjects

Begin your search for the CelDial campaign information by finding the most recent sales figures.

Important: As you find various objects in this task and subsequent tasks in the scenario, do not close any windows unless instructed to do so. You will need the objects that you find for a later task.

To find the most recent sales figures for 2000:

1. Double-click the Subjects icon in the window.

   The Subjects window opens, showing a list of objects in your information catalog. These objects contain other objects, but are not contained by any other object. The Subjects window opens in an icon view by default, but can also open as a list view.

   The grouping of objects you just opened represents information related to the CelDial corporation. To view information contained in an object, you can double-click on it or click Open as --> Tree from its pop-up menu. Right-click on the object to access its pop-up menu.

2. Double-click CelDial Sales Information. The Tree view for that object appears.

   The Tree view shows you the relationship of the objects that belong to the CelDial Sales Information grouping. The objects in the Tree view have plus signs (+) next to them to show that all objects in this view are grouping objects that contain other objects.

3. Click the + sign next to the object named CelDial Sales Spreadsheets. The Tree view expands to show the objects at the next level of this grouping. The contents include the objects CelDial Sales for 1st quarter 2000 and CelDial Sales for 4th quarter 2000.
4. Double-click CelDial Sales for 1st quarter 2000 to view the object description.

   The Description View window opens. The Object type field of the Description view tells you CelDial Sales for 1st quarter 2000 is a spreadsheet object.

5. Select the Actions property from the Properties list. Its value is:
   Click on 'Start Program...' and choose
   'Spreadsheet Viewer Using Lotus 1-2-3'
   

   The Actions property tells you it is possible to launch a program to view the sales information. In this case, the program is Lotus 1-2-3.

   If you do not have Lotus 1-2-3 installed: You can select a graphics program to view the simulated application panels that are included in the sample information catalog.

See Starting a program to learn how to launch a program.