Omea Pro Printed Documentation Table Of Contents Welcome............................................................................................................................................ 1 Help Navigation Buttons.......................................................................................................... 1 Toolbars ..................................................................................................................................... 1 Adjusting the window and pane size.............................................................................. 1 Navigating topics.................................................................................................................... 1 About Local Video Tutorials ................................................................................................... 2 What’s Next?............................................................................................................................ 2 Introducing Omea Pro.................................................................................................................. 3 New in Omea Pro ........................................................................................................................... 5 General Improvements............................................................................................................ 5 Organizational Features Improvements............................................................................ 5 Browser Integration.................................................................................................................. 5 NNTP Plugin.................................................................................................................................. 6 Outlook Plugin Features .......................................................................................................... 6 RSS Plugin Features.................................................................................................................. 6 New Message List/Tree Control............................................................................................ 7 Search, Rules and Views Improvements.......................................................................... 7 Bookmarks Support Improvements.................................................................................... 8 Contact Management Improvements................................................................................. 8 Excel Plugin .................................................................................................................................. 8 Key Concepts................................................................................................................................... 9 Key Concepts of Omea ................................................................................................................ 9 What are "Resources"? ............................................................................................................ 9 Tracking Resources ................................................................................................................... 9 Organizing Resources............................................................................................................. 10 Finding Resources.................................................................................................................... 10 Quick Tour ...................................................................................................................................... 13 Quick Tour ...................................................................................................................................... 13 The Main Window..................................................................................................................... 13 Main Menu............................................................................................................................... 13 Workspace Controls ............................................................................................................ 13 iii Omea Pro Printed Documentation Shortcuts Bar......................................................................................................................... 14 Basic Search .......................................................................................................................... 14 Resource Tabs....................................................................................................................... 14 Back-Forward Buttons........................................................................................................ 14 To Do List................................................................................................................................14 Status Bar............................................................................................................................... 14 Inside Resource Tabs ............................................................................................................. 14 Left Sidebar............................................................................................................................ 15 Items List ................................................................................................................................15 Item Viewer............................................................................................................................ 15 Getting Started ............................................................................................................................. 19 Getting Started with Omea Pro.............................................................................................. 19 Indexing Your Computer’s Resources.................................................................................. 20 Initial Indexing.......................................................................................................................... 20 Modifying the Indexing Configuration.............................................................................. 21 The Options Dialog.............................................................................................................. 21 Indexing Folders....................................................................................................................... 22 Adding More Folders to the Index................................................................................. 23 Removing Folders from the Resource Index............................................................. 24 Folder Indexing Options.................................................................................................... 24 Excluding Specific Sub-folders from the Resource Index .................................... 24 Indexing Outlook Folders...................................................................................................... 25 Initial Indexing via the Startup Wizard....................................................................... 25 Adding More Folders or Sub-folders for Indexing ................................................... 26 Excluding Specific Folders from Indexing .................................................................. 26 Indexing Instant Messaging (IM) Histories ................................................................... 27 Adding an IM History to the Resource Index............................................................ 28 Removing an IM History to the Resource Index...................................................... 28 Indexing Other Resource Types......................................................................................... 28 Web Pages .............................................................................................................................. 28 Newsgroups............................................................................................................................ 28 Feeds......................................................................................................................................... 28 Configuring Options .................................................................................................................... 29 iv Table Of Contents How to Access the Options Dialog..................................................................................... 29 Available Option Categories and Groups ........................................................................ 30 Folders & Files....................................................................................................................... 30 Instant Messaging ............................................................................................................... 30 Internet.................................................................................................................................... 30 MS Outlook ............................................................................................................................. 31 Omea ........................................................................................................................................ 31 Organizing Your Resources ...................................................................................................... 33 Organizing your resources ......................................................................................................