Table of Contents: 1. Boeing Digital Technical Documents Overview 2. Contents of the Data CD 3. Installing Boeing Digital Technical Documents 4. Using Help and Installation Files 5. CD Will Not Start Automatically 6. Using Indexes ======================================================================= Boeing Digital Technical Documents Overview ======================================================================= The Boeing Digital Technical Documents Version 2 contains an application CD and data CD's. The data is designed to be installed and run from the Technical Documents application. The data can also be installed and run from the Portable Maintenance Aid (PMA). However, if the application is not available to the user, the data CD's can be run without the application. There is a chapter list, and on some CD's, a document list, that provides access to the contents of the manual on the data CD's. The data CD's are designed to start automatically when inserted in a CD-ROM drive if the Technical Documents application or the PMA application is not installed, and Adobe (Registered Trademark) Acrobat Reader is installed. When you insert a data CD in the CD-ROM drive, the Reader will start and the chapter list or document list will show. Bookmarks are on the left side of the screen that give you a way to navigate to the document on the data CD. If the document list shows, select the bookmark for the document you want to view. When the chapter list shows, select the bookmark for the chapter you want to go to. You use the following procedures to configure your PC for using the correct version of Adobe Acrobat Reader and for Autorun of the CD. You must use Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 with Search or higher to use the search function provided with your technical documents. If Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed but is not Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.0 with Search or higher, or if Adobe Acrobat Reader is not installed on your PC, a prompt will show that will ask you if you want to install the correct version of Reader. You must have Adobe Reader to view the PDF documents. If you do not have Adobe Reader please contact your system Administrator. ======================================================================= Contents of the Data CD ======================================================================= The data CD contains the following components: - Loader application - Documentlist file (for multiple part documents) - Chapterlist file(s) - Document PDF files - Configuration files - Accessories folder - Network folder The loader application provides the Autoplay function and will start the chapter list file or document list file if the CD-ROM drive is configured for Autoplay. The document list file contains links to the different parts of the document. The chapter list file(s) contain links to the chapters of the applicable document, the Temporary Revision (TR) folder, and Help. The document PDF files are the PDF files for the applicable document. The configuration files contain information necessary for the Technical Documents application to correctly display and access an installed document. The accessories folder contains help and install files. These files give information on using the data CD's if you do not use the Boeing Digital Technical Documents application. The network folder contains PDF chapter list file(s) that you can use to setup access to the document files on a network. See the install file in the accessories folder for detailed information and instructions. ======================================================================= Installing Boeing Digital Technical Documents ======================================================================= Use this section for general steps to install the Boeing Digital Technical Documents product for use without the Technical Documents or PMA applications. 1. Install Adobe Acrobat Reader (the loader program will prompt you to install the correct version if it is not already installed). 2. Setup temporary revisions (see install.pdf or install.hlp). You can find detailed installation instructions in the Install.hlp and Install.pdf files. ======================================================================= Using Help and Installation Files ======================================================================= The help files on the data CD's provide information for using the functionality provided in the Boeing Digital Technical Documents product, including Adobe Acrobat Reader, when used without the application. The installation files on the data CD's provide information for setup and installation of your TR's on a local PC or on a network server. Two help files and two Installation files have been provided on your data CD's. The help files are help.hlp and help.pdf. The content of each file is the same but provided in two formats for you to choose your preferred format. It is recommended that if you want to print the help contents you open the help.pdf file and print that file. The installation files are install.hlp and install.pdf. The content of each file is the same but provided in two formats for you to choose your preferred format. It is recommended that if you want to print the installation file contents you open the install.pdf and print that file. ======================================================================= CD Will Not Start Automatically ======================================================================= Boeing Digital Technical Documents data CD's are designed to start automatically when inserted into a CD-ROM drive if Technical Documents or PMA application's are not installed, and Adobe Acrobat Reader is installed. If a Technical Documents data CD does not start automatically, do the steps that follow to get to the document. 1. Click Start on your Windows task bar 2. Choose Run from the Start menu 3. Open the CD-ROM Drive and Browse to DOCUMENTLIST.pdf or CHAPTERLIST_ACRONYM.pdf (where ACRONYM is the document acronym), or type: (CD-ROM drive letter):\DOCUMENTLIST.pdf (example: E:\DOCUMENTLIST.pdf) or (CD-ROM drive letter):\CHAPTERLIST_ACRONYM.pdf (example: E:\CHAPTERLIST_SRM.pdf) 4. Select OK Note: You must follow this process each time you want to start a data CD. Contact your local IS support to configure the PC for autoplay. ======================================================================= Using Indexes ======================================================================= Each data CD (except for the Fuel Measuring Stick Manual) contains an index file for the document on the CD. Indexes will attach automatically when you open a chapter in the document. It is possible that you can have more than one index attached at one time (for example you could have indexes for the 737 AMM and the DC-9/MD-80 SRM attached at one time). If multiple indexes are attached when you do a search you will get results for all documents with attached indexes. You must be careful to select the correct model/manual when you get results from a search. See the Help documentation for Technical Documents for more information. NOTE: When you search for a word or phrase that contains a hyphen (-) or a slash (/), use an asterisk (*) instead of the hyphen or slash. For example, if you want to find part number 251A2147-1, type 251A2147*1 in the search box.