About this manual
This user manual is divided into five chapters. Chapters 1 and 2 provide background information, chapters 3 and 4 provide detailed user information and chapter 5 provides import and export information as follows:
•Chapter 1 - Multi Voting - containing a brief overview of the Digital Congress Network Next Generation and an overview of the functionality of the Multi Voting application.
•Chapter 2 - Getting Started - containing details of how to start the Multi Voting application from the Startup screen and a description of the Help facility.
•Chapter 3 - Preparing for a Conference - containing details about how to prepare for a voting session; creating and editing votings, specifying vote settings and type, display contents and styles, working with script files, and printing.
•Chapter 4 - Controlling Voting - containing details about how to initiate and control a voting session, voting with a script, voting without a script, and how to exit Multi Voting.
•Chapter 5 – Voting import/export - contains details about the import scripts and exported files.
Manual conventions
For clarity this user manual uses consistent styles, symbols and typographical conventions. They are:
iNote
General notes are contained within rules and indicated with this symbol in the left margin. Notes are used to draw attention to special actions or information.
iCaution
A caution is contained within rules and indicated with this symbol at the left margin. Cautions are used to draw attention to actions or commands that could lead to a loss of information or damage to equipment
iTip
A tip is contained within a box and indicated with this symbol at the left margin. Tips are use to provide supplementary information that may make an action quicker or easier to carry out.
•An action (to be carried out by the user) is shown with a larger round bullet mark.
Typographical conventions
The following typographical conventions (text styles) are used in this manual:
•Typed input - information to be typed in using the keyboard is shown as:
Filename
•Single key - input via a single key (or keys) on the keyboard is shown as:
<enter>, <shift>, etc.
•Multiple keys - input via a combination of keys pressed together is shown as:
<ctrl>+<p>, <alt>+<f4>
•Screen text - information that appears on screen is shown as:
‘Choose Startup Modules:’
Hyperlinks
This manual is also available as a digital document in the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). All references to pages, figures, tables, etc. in this digital document contain hyperlinks to the referenced location.
